The IHBC is delighted to welcome Torsten Haak, Executive Director of the Iona Community and IHBC’s Vice President as our guest judge for IHBC’s 2025 Gus Astley Student Award, supporting our student awards programme of certificates, cash prizes & free places at IHBC’s 2026 Annual School – #IHBCNewcastle2026 – 18-20 June.
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image: Rob Cowan for IHBC Context
IHBC’s members’ journal Context in June 2025 – No. 184 – focussed on ‘Leaders of conservation thought’, but it also included our must-read update on recent journals, ‘Periodically’, by Bob Kindred MBE.
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The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) has warmly welcomed the approval from the Privy Council Office (PCO) for the submission of a Petition for Charter following its review of our Memorandum.
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The UK Centre for Mould Safety (www.UKCMS.org) launched on 27 September 2025, exactly one month before Awaab’s Law comes into force as part of Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023, to ensure landlords are ready for the most significant housing safety reform in a generation.
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Energy performance certificates (EPCs) tell us how energy efficient our buildings are, but the way these certificates are generated has changed, reports Moses Jenkins for the Engine Shed.
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The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members our exclusive ‘News and Tender Alerts’, with the Director’s tender taster this week a call by an English Parish for a lead on repair and interventions etc. on a Grade II* Church, to 03/12 and £250K+.
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Homeowners saying poor insulation via government schemes left them living in mouldy conditions are calling for a wider investigation, reports BBC News.
Continue readingOn Tuesday 18 November in Westminster Hall, MPs will hold a debate on the 80th anniversary of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).
Continue readingThe Heritage Alliance (THA) is calling for nominations for the Ecclesiastical Heritage Heroes Awards 2025, an opportunity to recognise and celebrate the sector’s invaluable voluntary workforce, open to 30/11.
Continue readingThe Landscape Institute (LI) is exploring the possibility of creating a dedicated Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) Accreditation Scheme beginning with a Feasibility Study, looking at a formal route to address growing concerns from members on inconsistencies in standards of LVIA.
Continue readingThe ‘SME State of Play’ report details the findings of one of the most comprehensive surveys of Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) housebuilders, conducted by the Home Builders Federation (HBF), Close Brothers Property Finance and Travis Perkins.
Continue readingThe National Trust (NT) has issued the most recent edition of its Cultural Heritage Magazine (Autumn/Winter 2025).
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image for illustration: The Parthenon in Athens by Steve Swayne, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Only recently has scaffolding been removed that has partially obscured the western façade of the Parthenon for the past two decades, resulting in a ‘purer visual state’ reports Open Culture.
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The IHBC’s Toolbox resource has had its latest Guidance Note update, on ‘Local Planning Authorities in England on Consulting the National Amenity Societies’, issued as a reminder to ‘local planning authorities of their statutory duty under the 2015 Direction’.
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As part of the IHBC’s evolving Membership Accreditation Training Events (MATE ) programme, we’re continuing to offer free webinars for applicants with CPD-certified advice on applying for IHBC accreditation (Full & Associate).
Continue readingThe United Kingdom Arts and Humanities Research Council RICHeS (Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science) Access Fund helps researchers, organisations and heritage professionals gain access to cutting-edge equipment, collections and expertise.
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The IHBC is delighted to announce the launch of the Home Page of the 2026 Annual School, to take place in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 18-20 June, on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ and across up to 20 hours CPD.
Continue readingThe Wellbeing and Sustainable Development (Scotland) Bill was introduced in the Scottish Parliament by Sarah Boyack MSP on 27 March 2025, and this new Parliamentary Research Briefing summarises the situation as of 8 October.
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IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and this week features Building on the ‘….Old War Office: historic elegance, modern air….‘.
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The All Hallows Staining Church at 50 Fenchurch Street has been surrounded by a 60,000 square foot excavation site, reports The Standard.
Continue readingCommissioned by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and independently produced by the Fawcett Society, a new ‘landmark report and action plan’ looks at gender equity in the architecture profession.
Continue readingNew guidance has been published by the General Trustees of the Church of Scotland on their process for handling off market sale requests from community groups for Church buildings
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Government has announced a £9 million grant, enabling the National Trust (NT) to secure future of museums within UNESCO World Heritage Site that attract 330,000 visitors annually.
Continue readingGovernment invests £25 million in six mayoral regions to grow their creative industries.
Continue readingScotland’s second update on the national strategy for the historic environment (2023-2028) is now out – Our Past, Our Future (OPOF) Annual Report –with a short summary of the work and activities undertaken towards delivering the strategy’s outcomes.
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