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!
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Booking is open for IHBC’s South East Branch (SE Branch) Day School and AGM on ‘Seaside structures of the 20th century’, Bexhill-on-Sea’s De La Warr Pavilion, on 13 March from 9.30am
Continue readingIHBC members should have received their invitation from our President, Rebecca Thompson, to join in our new-style and ‘members-only’ online Council from 4.30pm on 8 April, when, as well as Charters & much more, we start to ‘investigate conservation roles and services in local government’ – part of our 3rd Parliamentary Commitment.
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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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Historic building conservation is for buildings more modern than you might expect, reports Scotland’s The Engine Shed.
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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 the HESPR Alert News on ‘Booking opening for #IHBCNewcastle2026’.
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Earlier this week a local tour guide urged Tyneside authorities to urgently crack on with the restoration of the broken Swing Bridge, reports Newcastle World.
Continue readingThe Heritage Fund is asking the thousands of owners and managers of historic landscape parks and gardens across the UK to take part in a new survey about how the climate crisis is affecting the places you care for.
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The Georgian Group has formally objected and recommended refusal for the visitor pavilions in the forecourts of the British Museum.
Continue readingA new consultation for a development corporation in Greater Cambridge has been launched.
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Stanley Kubrick, the great American filmmaker of the 20th century, made England his adopted home in 1961 in order to film his production of Lolita (1962) after which he remained living here until his death in 1999, reports Historic England (HE).
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The IHBC is delighted to announce that booking for in person and online places is now open for the IHBC Annual Day School 2026, in Newcastle, from 19 June, exploring ‘Adaptive Reuse’ with conservation professionals from across the UK and beyond.
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Booking is open for IHBC’s South East Branch (SE Branch) Day School and AGM on ‘Seaside structures of the 20th century’, Bexhill-on-Sea’s De La Warr Pavilion, on 13 March from 9.30am
Continue readingThe Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science (RICHeS) has opened its Full Access Fund – to help heritage science and conservation researchers etc to access RICHeS-funded equipment, with a support webinar on 11 March.
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IHBC’s Council, our inclusive member-only advisory and training body, held its most recent meeting online on 8 October to engage with and update members while also exploring ‘Heritage Skills in Conservation’, and now with new-format response-led First Draft minutes available for review and feedback to us at IHBCCouncil@ihbc.org.uk.
Continue readingThe 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 a call from a Waterways Authority for a design team for a new ‘urban’ development, to 22/03.
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Historic England has focussed on the Gothic revivalist architect whose 20th century works include Battersea Power Station, Liverpool Cathedral, Waterloo Bridge and the red telephone box.
Continue readingThe DCMS Honours Team has circulated its Honours Information Sessions to support nominations for the New Year 2027 Honours List.
Continue readingNew research from the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) argues that the utopian ambition behind new towns doesn’t need to be abandoned, but rediscovered.
Continue readingThe government has published updated new build design guidance ‘to focus on design quality’.
Continue readingUK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has launched a high-level?UKRI’s research and development (R&D) strategy for the creative and cultural economy will ensure research and innovation drives and sustains growth in the creative industries.
Continue readingThe Architects Registration Board (ARB) has published a new five-year strategy focused on improving safety, strengthening professional competence and improving workplace culture among architects in the UK.
Continue readingThousands more people are being handed the power to ‘decide how millions are spent in their area’ as Government’s Pride in Place programme expands.
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