The IHBC is delighted to announce that booking of Full School places is now open for the IHBC Annual School 2026, in Newcastle, from 18–20 June, exploring ‘Adaptive Reuse’ with conservation professionals from across the UK and beyond over three days of learning, discussion, and networking.
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To connect employers’ needs and practitioners’ skills, the IHBC regularly updates our NewsBlog readers on the wide-ranging opportunities on our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, so sign up for free alerts and tell your boss or team how our low-cost service helps them and brings public benefits too!
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The IHBC has recently secured permission to seek a Charter while delivery of our 5 Parliamentary Commitments is under way and Branch Consultants are in place, and much more too, so we’re now calling for volunteers to help, and grow your skills with us!
Continue readingIHBC’s members and prospective members are asked to feed back on the summary review of our Corporate Plan for 2020-25 – ‘CP25’ – presented at our September Council, to help inform plans for our Corporate Plan for 2026-30 (CP30), with initial responses encouraged by 28 February 2026.
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The IHBC has welcomed Government’s £15Bn ’Warm Homes Plan’ – to ’help millions of families benefit from solar panels, batteries, heat pumps and insulation…’ – but says it must ‘ensure that retrofit is done properly’.
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Know any emerging practitioners who’ve shown accomplishment in learning new conservation trades or skills, AND/OR Retired conservation professionals giving back to their local communities: Nominate them NOW for an IHBC-MARSH Award to celebrate their contributions!
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image for illustration: Former Abbey Cinema Wavertree – By Phil Nash from Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 & GFDLViews, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic England has issued Kate Jordan’s Blog on how faith communities are bringing a new lease of life to former historic picture houses.
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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 for NewsBlog readers this week from a global UK heritage institution for a Landscape Architect for landscape, public realm and external works in an urban setting, to 17/02/2026 and from £750K.
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Westminster City Council has published its ‘City Plan Partial Review’, setting out strengthened planning policies on retrofitting, affordable housing, with a new Retrofit First policy, requiring developers to explore options for retrofitting etc. before seeking permission for demolition etc.’
Continue readingMajor new funding boost will support communities to protect, reuse and revive their local heritage
Continue readingThe Architects Registration Board (ARB) has launched a consultation on proposed changes to professional practical experience (PPE), aimed at improving fair and consistent access to high-quality experience for future architects.
Continue readingThe Government has launched a call for submissions to the UK’s first-ever national inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) – living heritage – on foot of the UK’s ratification of the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, open to 27 March 2026.
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Durham has joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities, continuing its long history as a significant site of scholarship and learning for over a thousand years, the third time UNESCO has recognised Durham.
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The IHBC’s first Research Note (RN) for 2026 (RN2026/1) has been posted on the IHBC’s ToolBox, offering our annual update on ‘Market Intelligence’ on England’s local authority (LA) conservation-related posts based on our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service.
Continue readingKnow any emerging practitioners who’ve shown accomplishment in learning new conservation trades or skills, AND/OR Retired conservation professionals giving back to their local communities: Nominate them NOW for an IHBC-MARSH Award to celebrate their contributions!
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The IHBC has welcomed Government’s £15Bn ’Warm Homes Plan’ – to ’help millions of families benefit from solar panels, batteries, heat pumps and insulation…’ – but says it must ‘ensure that retrofit is done properly’.
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The IHBC’s new Branch Committee Bulletin has been issued, updating our Branch committees on strategic developments and current priorities, while if you want to find out more just check the NewsBlogs or contact your Branch Officers or the IHBC’s National Office.
Continue readingA Planning Appeal Decision has been made concerning the effect of the proposed development on the significance of the Bury St Edmunds Town Centre Conservation Area.
Continue readingIHBC’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 Architects’ Journal (AJ) and ‘Architects clash over Liverpool Street station plans.’
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Dumfries House has announced plans for a major new £6.5 million development named in honour of King Charles, to create a state-of-the-art events space.
Continue readingA new paper from Creative UK calls on the UK Government to recognise how culture is ‘key to sustainable economic growth, healthy communities and a confident national story’
Continue readingThe Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science (RICHeS) Access Fund Catalyst Projects has awarded funding to five innovative initiatives set to redefine how heritage science drives research, conservation and public engagement across the UK.
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image for illustration: Urquhart Castle, By Hansueli Krapf CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
A toolkit to support heritage tourism businesses in their adaptation journey, the ‘Climate Change Adaptation Manual for Heritage Tourism’ provides guidance on how the heritage tourism sector can identify and adapt to the impacts of climate change in Scotland.
Continue readingRIBA’s Head of Research, Adrian Malleson, reviews the salary data from the 2025 RIBA Business Benchmarking Report.
Continue readingA new Third Sector report looks at how leading charities measure report and share their results.
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