The IHBC’s 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM) saw new (and old) trustees appointed; confirmation of the IHBC’s Charter Memorandum submission on May 13@14:15, and other business, all bookended by Griff Rhys Jones on our 2025 Annual School, #IHBCShrewsbury2025, and Tim Greensmith on ‘Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings…’.
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Designing Buildings (DB) – host and partner to the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki – has reached a major milestone, with 20,000 articles published.
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The IHBC is delighted to announce that Duncan Wilson CBE, Chief Executive at Historic England, will offer an online welcome and take questions at the IHBC’s Shrewsbury Day School on 13 June – #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – opening a unique day of insights, learning, discussion and investigation into how context and conservation combine.
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The IHBC is has agreed a 10% discount for all members on West Dean’s celebrated and specialist Conservation courses (see terms, conditions and code below).
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The IHBC is delighted to thank all for your strong response to our Heritage Staff Wellbeing at Work survey, helping us understand the current state of wellbeing among those working and volunteering in the heritage sector, and to ensure we capture a full and representative picture, we’re extending the deadline to Wednesday 22 May, 11.59pm.
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Designing Buildings (DB) – host and partner to the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki – has published a feature by DB lead Gregor Harvie who argues that, since the emergence of the internet, we have lived in a magical golden time of free knowledge for everyone, but with AI, that time could soon be over.
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The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members regular ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick this week is a call by a church body for an architect for remedial works and essential repairs, including bids, to 23/05.
Continue readingThe Cockburn Association has issued invites to the Association’s 150th AGM, and celebrate the official start of our 150th anniversary!
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The Department for Communities has published research on the condition of listed buildings, following ministerial commitment, using a ‘statistically reliable sample’ to underpin the conclusion that their ‘Condition is… getting worse and this appears to be speeding up.’
Continue readingNew analysis shows economy could be boosted by up to £7.5 billion over the next decade thanks to the pro-growth Planning and Infrastructure Bill (PBIS).
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A Government amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill removes all statutory consultees from the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) pre-application process, which The Wildlife Trusts describe as ‘bad news for nature recovery, communities and for infrastructure delivery.’
Continue readingIf you create or use Heritage Science data as an employee, volunteer or student your feedback (before 31 May) can help shape a new Heritage Science Data Service (HSDS) with capacity to advance understanding, preservation, and management of UK heritage, reports The National Heritage Science Forum (NHSF).
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Arran, located off the southwest coast of Scotland, has been formally announced as the UK’s 10th UNESCO Global Geopark, as the ratification took place at the conclusion of the 221st session of the UNESCO Executive Board in Paris on 17 April.
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Hirst Conservation is the latest company to be accepted on to the IHBC conservation and heritage services ‘HESPR’ listing, of heritage businesses to benefit from IHBC’s quality assurance.
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IHBC’s President Rebecca Thompson, Director of Property for St Paul’s Cathedral, will speak on ‘Historic and Heritage Places and Assets’ on 20 May at the Leeds UKREiiF 2025’, a forum dedicated to unlocking investment and driving regeneration and development across the UK.
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Following on from the launch of the 2025 Annual School and the linked pre-conference CPD in Redruth on 13 March, the IHBC is delighted to announce a series of online lunchtime webinars across a variety of topics that relate to the school theme of ‘Heritage in Context’, all open to everyone and free to attend, and all supporting #IHBCShrewsbury2025.
Continue readingThe IHBC is delighted to thank all for your strong response to our Heritage Staff Wellbeing at Work survey, helping us understand the current state of wellbeing among those working and volunteering in the heritage sector, and to ensure we capture a full and representative picture, we’re extending the deadline to Wednesday 22 May, 11.59pm.
Continue readingGovernment UK has issued a new report, ‘An independent review of Defra’s regulatory landscape…’.
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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 Defra social media call for 30 new Board Members for England’s National Park Authorities (NPAs) & National Landscape Conservation Boards.
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Donegal County Council’s award-winning Thatch Repair Grant Scheme has opened for applications.
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Government UK reports that a new AI tool aims to modernise council planning by replacing outdated paper systems with high-quality digital data, enabling faster, smarter decisions to support the government’s goal of building 1.5 million homes.
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Government UK has launched £20Mn of support funds to boost people’s access to local heritage, to increase opportunities for all.
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The Welsh Government has issued a consultation survey seeking views from charities on volunteering, to 30 May.
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A record £13.9 billion funding outlined to support transformational R&D in areas like life sciences, green energy, engineering and beyond has been reported by Government UK.
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The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) is looking for 30 Board Members of National Park Authorities and National Landscape Conservation Boards: to 19/05.
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