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- Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, with Law & Policy Update – ‘A village is not a historic town’ 21/10/2025
- IHBC Research Signpost: Impacts of changes to local authority funding on small to medium heritage organisations 21/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ Signpost: Traditional and historic buildings – a new Retrofit British Standard, an update from IHBC’s John Edwards, with joint CPD webinar 14/11 21/10/2025
- IHBC launches FREE ‘Events Calendar’ submission form – with potential for inclusion in our celebrated monthly CPD Circular 21/10/2025
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: LocalGov on ‘Planning recruitment’ threats as 33 bodies (inc. IHBC) call for funds 21/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Welsh council to appeal High Court quashing of Article 4s over ‘misleading’ officers’ report 21/10/2025
- TCPA seeks support in Campaign for Healthy Homes: Joining health and PD rights advocacy in Planning Bill changes 21/10/2025
- Licensing builders must happen following ECO debacle, says FMB 21/10/2025
- Honouring the legacy of the Sycamore Gap tree: a new creative commission 21/10/2025
- Built Environment Committee responds to New Towns Taskforce Report 21/10/2025
- £10Mn+ Water company fines fund local restoration projects 21/10/2025
- Elle Cass next Chair Royal Town Planning Institute Board 21/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: UNESCO launches the first global Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects at MONDIACULT 2025 21/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Special Thanks’ to 2025’s Student Award entrants, as 49 seek prizes (to £500) & places at #IHBCNewcastle2026 17/10/2025
- IHBC welcomes Campaign for National Parks success as ‘plans to weaken protected landscapes duty quietly dropped’ 17/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ Signpost: Traditional and historic buildings – a new Retrofit British Standard, an update from IHBC’s John Edwards, with joint CPD webinar 14/11 17/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £495K+ of weekly works: Welsh Council seeks team for urban hub, to 31/10 and c.£75K 17/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’ (& ‘Evaluation’ signpost!): ‘History of the Pioneering Stockton and Darlington Railway’ via HE 17/10/2025
- National Audit Office: Weak controls and oversight blamed for faulty home installations under energy efficiency scheme 17/10/2025
- New UK Town of Culture competition to celebrate our national story 17/10/2025
- THA Call for Case Studies for Heritage Debate 2025, to 24/10 17/10/2025
- New Towns Taskforce: Report to government published 17/10/2025
- Communities to ‘seize control over high streets and restore pride’ 17/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Creative Health – UK & Ireland State of the Sector Survey, to 31 October 17/10/2025
- Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, featuring Past President Mike Brown’s Vox Pop 14/10/2025
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Where Next? Scoping Future Arts and Humanities led research – closing 21 April
Due to the unfolding Covid-19 situation and the challenges this presents for applicants in putting together applications the AHRC has extended the deadline for this call to Tuesday 21st April 2020.
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RTPI Awards for Research Excellence open for entries, closing 18 May
The RTPI Awards for Research Excellence recognise and promote high quality, impactful spatial planning research carried out by chartered members and accredited planning schools from around the world and are open for entries until 18 May at 5pm.
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Quartermain outlines government support for PAs under Covid-1 in final letter as England’s chief planner
England’s chief planner Steve Quartermain has encouraged local planning authorities to use technology to continue their service and ensure that discussions and consultations can go ahead during the outbreak of coronavirus (Covid-19).
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Submarine reactor test site at Dounreay to be demolished… by 2030s
A facility used for testing nuclear submarine reactors in Dounreay, Scotland is to be demolished by the 2030s.
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Gee and Co welcomed as the latest practice on IHBC’s HESPR register of service providers working to our standards
Gee & Co Ltd Building Conservation has become the latest company to be included on the IHBC’s conservation and heritage services ‘HESPR’ quality assurance listing, joining more than 40 other heritage businesses that enjoy benefits and support from the IHBC … Continue reading
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In times of crisis, don’t forget, the IHBC supports members in crisis: 1 year IHBC fee-free and fuss-free, if you’ve lost your job or face serious or sudden troubles in paying fees!
Lost your job and problems finding new work? Or are you facing a crisis that seriously affects your conservation career or income? The IHBC is here to help, with our ‘fee-free year’ supporting you in your time of need. Just … Continue reading
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IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 8: ‘Nightingale’s’ excellent response to COVID-19 – ‘The UK just built the world’s largest critical care unit within two weeks’
American broadcaster CNBC has celebrated the world’s largest critical care unit opening in London, as the U.K. steps up its fight to tackle the spread of the coronavirus.
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IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 9: £1 billion Business Support Fund opens in Scotland
A £1 billion Scottish Government fund now supports grants to help businesses with COVID-19 impacts.
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IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 10: CIC’s Coronavirus Digest review and survey (@1/04/20)
The Construction Industry Council’s (CIC’s) ‘CIC Coronavirus Digest – Issue 8’ surveys the latest government advice on the coronavirus (COVID-19), with updates from the construction industry.
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IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 11: HE sector survey of pandemic impacts: Closing 13 April
Historic England (HE) has opened a short survey seeking reposnses on how sector bodies are being affected by the current pandemic.
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest’ pick of the week, from Architecture Today: A ‘Garden Gate’ by Adam Richards Architects
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services working to the IHBC’s standards – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, including notices gleaned from across the development sector’s … Continue reading
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Scott Street Bridge made famous by Banksy to be demolished
Scott Street Bridge was decommissioned in 1994 and was recently targeted by the famous artist.
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Philip Long OBE appointed NTS Chief Executive
Philip Long OBE, currently Director of V&A Dundee, has been appointed Chief Executive of the National Trust for Scotland (NTS).
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Up to £200K funding available for coasts and waters heritage projects in Scotland: Closing 31 May
Make a splash with Historic Environment Scotland’s new funding programme – We are encouraging organisations with community-based projects to apply for our new Coasts and Waters Heritage Fund which launched on Monday 9 March for the Year of Coasts and … Continue reading
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Biffa Award opens partnership grants scheme: Round 1 deadline 17 April
Biffa Award Partnership Grants Schemes now open with the Round One deadline on 17 April 2020 and Round Two on 7 August 2020.
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IHBC’s Gus Astley Student Award winners now out: Sarah Kahn (AA) on The Ghost in the Machine…: ‘Completely absorbing and fascinating, and genuinely useful’ said guest judge Ben Cowell
The winner of the IHBC Gus Astley Student Award for 2019 has been selected by guest judge Ben Cowell, Director General of Historic Houses, as Sarah Khan, whose course work on ‘The Ghost in the Machine: Occupants’ influence on the … Continue reading
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IHBC’s IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 5: EU urged to class Covid-19 as ‘force majeure’
The European Commission needs to introduce three immediate measures to tackle the negative impact of Covid-19 on construction, industry body FIEC has said. image: for illustration purposes only – Open Government Licence v3.0
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IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 6: NLHF Emergency Fund launches to help sector
The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) has put together a £50million fund to support the heritage sector as an immediate response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
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IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 7: Scotland’s Third Sector Resilience Fund
The Third Sector Resilience Fund (TSRF) is a £20m emergency fund for charities, community groups, social enterprises and voluntary organisations working in Scotland, supporting organisations that already deliver services and products but find themselves in financial difficulties directly as a … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR pick this week: CoE seeks consultant for church project CARS, closing 30/04, no value stated
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services working to the IHBC’s standards – emails its members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s top pick this … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Local celebrations of a rare example of industrial heritage that avoided demolition
A rare example of city’s industrial heritage which avoided demolition wrecking ball – ‘tiny cottages date back to 1820s’ – are featured in the Leicester Mercury.
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IHBC CPD Boost: ‘Brush up on your planning theory… by film!’
Films for teaching Planning Theory are on offer through a resource list compiled for Planning Network UK (PNUK). Visit Google Docs to access the films
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COP26 UN climate change conference postponement
The COP26 UN climate change conference set to take place in Glasgow in November has been postponed due to COVID-19.
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National Trust to furlough up to 80% of staff
The National Trust will furlough up to 80% of its staff as it responds to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Aberdeenshire mill dating back almost 140 years devastated by huge fire
A traditional mill in Aberdeenshire dating back almost 140 years has been destroyed by a huge fire.
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