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Build you career with the IHBC’s Student Award – for relevant coursework ‘written, designed or made’: Enjoy £500 + free IHBC School, and join our list of winners

The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award closes on 31 August this year, so if you have relevant coursework from a UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, whether ‘written, designed or made’  – from the two years to … Continue reading

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IHBC supports Gardens Trust on ‘Historic Landscape Designation’ – Celebrating 40th anniversary of the National Heritage Act, in London and online, 12 October

The IHBC is delighted to support  the Gardens Trust Conference on Historic Landscape Designation Conference’ in London – marking the 40th anniversary of the National Heritage Act – with participants including IHBC Chair David McDonald, on 12/10, with tickets from … Continue reading

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Time to celebrate ‘research… in heritage and conservation practice’: SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award closes 1/09/23

The IHBC is delighted to announce the opening of the 2023 joint Award with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) celebrating ‘the quality of architectural-historical research.. in heritage and conservation practice’, now open for submissions and closing … Continue reading

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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £3.6M+ costed works: English Community Trust seeks lead consultant for a Lottery funded scheme, to 18/09 & £200K.

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 the call from an English Community Trust for … Continue reading

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: National planning reforms will harm local economies, warn national parks

National park chiefs in Hampshire have expressed ‘disappointment’ and ‘concern’ over a Government consultation which could see agricultural buildings converted into houses without planning permission, reports The Farnham Herald. image for illustration – Open Government Licence v3.0

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: New push to save Newcastle’s Swing Bridge…

Newcastle Central MP Chi Onwurah wants the bridge to be swinging again by its 150th anniversary in 2026, but repairing its Victorian mechanisms will be a complex task reports Chronicle Live. image for illustration: taken by Tagishsimon (14th August 2004) … Continue reading

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RTPI selects Grayling to battle misinformation on planning and planners

The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has selected Grayling to lead its campaign to battle misinformation around planners and their role in the planning system.

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Three-year strategy delivery plans on how the National Lottery plans to invest over £1Bn from 2023–2026

In the first of National Lotteries three-year strategy delivery plans, it is sharing details about budgets, priorities and changes to our funding programmes, investing £870m via National Lottery Grants for Heritage and a further £140m in strategic initiatives. image for … Continue reading

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Fund Britain’s Waterways Action Group launched

The Fund Britain’s Waterways Action Group was formally launched with a press release calling on Government to stop Inland Waterways falling into disrepair.

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QEST Heritage Crafts sustainability award: Closes 01/09

The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST) Sustainability Award seeks to play a role in building a sustainable future by celebrating and rewarding ‘those who have innovated in their craft’, closing 1 September.

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Cornish headland transferred to Falmouth for £1

Cornwall Council has transferred the historic Pendennis Headland to Falmouth Town Council for £1. image: Falmouth Town Council 

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global Doorstep’: ‘It’s gone forever’ – Al Jazeera on wildfires in town at heart of Hawaiian culture

Large parts of Lahania, the former capital of the Kingdom of Hawaii, have been left in ashes as the Maui fires burn, reports Al Jazeera. image: for illustration Lahaina waterfront before the wildfires by en:User: Calbear22 

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IHBC welcomes ‘Seaside Heritage Network’s Top Ten Bucket and Spade Seaside Experiences’, 11/09, Blackpool’s Winter Gardens, with special guest Wayne Hemingway

The IHBC is delighted to support the Seaside Heritage Network’s ‘Top Ten Bucket and Spade Seaside Experiences’ review, with ‘in conversation’ guest Wayne Hemingway, in the Winter Gardens and hosted by Blackpool Council, 2-5 pm, 11/09, with a free optional … Continue reading

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IHBC’s Research & Practice Signpost: Work-related fatal injuries in GB… 135 killed in work-related accidents in 2022/23 (RIDDOR)

Officially, 135 workers have been killed in work-related accidents in the 2022/23 Reporting of Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) update, with the construction and agriculture, forestry and fishing sectors continuing to account for the greatest number of workers killed … Continue reading

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Build you career with the IHBC’s Student Award – for relevant coursework ‘written, designed or made’: Enjoy £500 + free IHBC School, and join our list of winners

The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award closes on 31 August this year, so if you have relevant coursework from a UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, whether ‘written, designed or made’  – from the two years to … Continue reading

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Time to celebrate ‘research… in heritage and conservation practice’: SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award closes 1/09/23

The IHBC is delighted to announce the opening of the 2023 joint Award with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) celebrating ‘the quality of architectural-historical research.. in heritage and conservation practice’, now open for submissions and closing … Continue reading

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IHBC’s Petition for Charter survey update: Still time to add your thoughts to our #IHBCPetitionforCharter initiative

David Williams, IHBC’s independent consultant on the investigation of a Petition for Charter – #IHBCPetitionforCharter – has compiled a member survey to ‘gather initial thoughts from members and stakeholders’, asking especially for ‘frank…comments’ on behalf of both.

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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’ double-up: DB on IHBC-Supported APPG briefing + AJ on ‘crooked house’ demolition & protection issues

IHBC’s weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’ to our heritage business register HESPR – Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition – this week features Designing Buildings (DB) on ‘Community involvement in heritage regeneration’ from Parliament (and the IHBC), and the Architect’s Journal … Continue reading

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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Man ordered to bulldoze mansion built without planning permission

A man who built a five-bedroom mansion without permission has been ordered to bulldoze it after losing a planning battle with the local council as it had a ‘negative impact’ on the area and was not in keeping with its … Continue reading

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Building Safety Regulator announces first step towards regulating the building control profession

The Building Safety Regulator has announced two independent provider schemes for building control professionals to take the first step in becoming registered building inspectors.

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RIBA’s Reinvention Award 2023: Celebrating creative & sustainable transformation of a building

The Reinvention Award announced by Royal Institute of British Architects(RIBA) celebrates the creative transformation of an existing building and the project’s vital improvement to environmental, social, or economic sustainability.

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World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize: Open to 22/09

Nominations are now open for the 2024 World Monuments Fund(WMF)-Knoll Modernism Prize until September 22, 2023

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Scotland’s £65M nature restoration fund invites conservation projects to apply now

Scotland’s £65M nature restoration fund invites projects to apply now as conservation projects that aim to put Scotland’s land, rivers and seas back on the road to recovery are being invited to apply to a multi-million pound nature restoration fund.

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Huge blaze in abandoned £25M mansion dubbed ‘The Towers’ on Billionaires’ row in north London

A huge blaze broke out in an abandoned and largely derelict mansion worth £25 million on Billionaires row in north west London, known as ‘The Towers’. image: Martin Addison / The Bishops Avenue – Commons Wikimedia

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DEFRA Consultation on Protecting Hedgerows closes 20/09

The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has launched a consultation on protecting hedgerows which closes on 20 September. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

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