The IHBC is delighted to announce the launch of a new Early Career Network, to support the next generation of heritage and conservation practitioners, players and professionals, inspired by a new Early Career Working Group initiative.
SIGN UP HERE for the IHBC’s Early Careers Network
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IHBC members have received a special invitation to join ‘The Historic Buildings Parks & Gardens Event’ (HBPGE) at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in Westminster on 13 November, a free event linked to the Historic Houses AGM, with pre-registration is now open.
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This IHBC and our West Midlands Branch will join the next West Midlands Heritage Trust (WMHT) Careers Fair, which will come to Worcester Cathedral on 21 October 2026.
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IHBC members of all categories can enjoy the Lutyens Trust’s on-site explorations around Liverpool and Lutyens, across 6 & 7 November, all at Trust member rates, from Full and Day (7/11) Conferences to talks, walks and more.
IHBC members over 30 should select rates for ‘Member’ when booking HERE as follows, with options including:
– Members (Inc IHBC) Full Conference Ticket, 6 and 7 November 2026: £120
– Members (Inc IHBC) Day Ticket, Saturday 7 November: £100
– Student / Under 30 Full Conference Ticket, 6 and 7 November 2026: £50
– Student / Under 30 Day Conference Ticket, Saturday 7 November 2026: £45
Continue readingThe IHBC has launched its call to register ‘Interest’ in our new ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’, for service leads in built and historic environment conservation-led learning & training programmes & courses, with resources allocated, advocacy a priority, and plans to be shaped by Network members.
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The IHBC is delighted to host a stall at the Heritage Network Conference 2026, on 28 September, with Northern Ireland (NI) Branch and National Office leads attending, so if you are there be sure drop by, and remember to encourage your colleagues and friends to come along too!
Continue readingHistoric England has issued a new Research Report (Series 19/2026) on the ‘Effect of the Historic Built Environment on Local Economic Growth in England An Instrumental Variable Approach’ by Rami Zalfou.
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 IHBC on BDonline on how…‘We are using AI the wrong way’!
JOIN HESPR, FROM £145PA (TO 2 EMPLOYEES)
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The Church Times reports that Canon Johannes Arens has confirmed the fire at St Andrew’s Jarrom Street in Leicester was an accident and not a result of arson.
Continue readingNorthern Ireland’s (NI) Department for Communities (DfC), its Executive department with responsibility for policy on the historic environment, is seeking views on the direction and priorities for its Historic Environment Policy, open to 23 October.
Continue readingConstruction Industry Training Board (CITB) has released its Workforce Mobility and Skills in the UK Construction Sector 2025 research that shows workers are less willing to travel for employment, highlighting a need to develop localised workforces.
Continue readingUnder the Prime Minister’s fundamental changes to the education system, 14-year-olds will be able to get early access to technical education, skills training, work experience and connections with employers.
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From historic churches and community storytelling spaces to innovative museum projects and grassroots cultural initiatives, Rotterdam welcomed 20 participants of the European Heritage Hub’s Peer-learning Visit from 18-20 June for three days of exchange, discovery and reflection.
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The IHBC is hosting an online discussion on England’s new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) on Tuesday 1 September, from 4:00pm, to explore and scope the competing perspectives and practical impacts of the NPPF.
Register in advance IHBC’s NPPF discussion online on 1 September, from 4PM
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
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IHBC officers have highlighted their Institute’s disappointment over the decision to remove statutory roles for the Theatres Trust and the Gardens Trust, following recent determinations by government.
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The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award close on 31 August 2026, so if you have relevant coursework from ANY UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, completed by 30 September 2025 OR 30 September 2026 – just submit it online and on time to have a chance to receive a cash prize at the IHBC’s Annual School in Bristol/Bath in June 2027, on ‘Climate Change & Significance’.
Continue readingThe Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science (RICHeS) has commissioned Icon to undertake the first ever UK-wide survey of the heritage and conservation science workforce, and if ‘use science and technology in your work’ we need your help to make it count by signing up, open to 31/08.
Complete the Heritage and Conservation Science Workforce Survey
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If you are an IHBC Full Member you can help evaluate the next generation of professionals, maintain our high standards, and earn valuable CPD along the way, by joining us as an IHBC Membership Assessor.
Please submit your Expression of Interest NOW HERE
Andrew Shepherd, Trustee and Chair of IHBC’s Membership and Ethics Committee said: ‘It is vital that established members come forward to join the Assessors panel so that their skills and experience can help to assess the burgeoning numbers seeking Full and Associate membership’.
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Jo Platt presented the Culture, Media and Sport (CMS) Committee’s report ‘Protecting built heritage’ in Westminster Hall on 16 July 2026.
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The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – sends members exclusive ‘News and Tender Alerts’, with the Director’s top taster for NewsBlog readers this week a call from a heritage estate body for a Conservation Architect for condition surveys etc. to 09/09/2026.
JOIN HESPR, FROM £145PA (TO 2 EMPLOYEES)
IHBC Chair David McDonald said: ‘Our weekly News and Tender Alert offers current tender opportunities to HESPR members, supporting commercial conservation businesses that work to the IHBC’s standards and expectations. These regular selections offer the wider heritage world regular insights into the conservation profession that we hope combine good news, sector profile and service inspiration all in one.’
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In October 2026, The National Theatre will mark the 50th anniversary of its iconic building with ‘Stories Start Here: 50 Stories for 50 Years’, a free installation celebrating five decades of creativity, innovation and world-class productions seen by millions of people across the UK and around the globe.
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The Welsh Government has issued a consultation on the development of a ‘Culture and Sport Strategy’ by ‘establishing the current state of play, identifying the outcomes… to deliver for Wales, and working with partners to co-design the actions needed to get there’, to 18/12.
Continue readingThe County Council’s Network (CCN) released an on-the-day response to the biggest planning overhaul in a decade, England’s new and updated National Planning Policy Framework.
Continue readingThe new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) has the power to create more sustainable and better-connected places across England. It’s now up to the built environment sector to deliver, the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has said.
Continue readingMayors across England are to be given ‘call in’ powers to take the most important planning decisions in their areas.
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