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- IHBC welcomes Budget’s financial boost for planning, supporting RTPI’s call for long-term investment as ‘the key to building capacity’ 02/12/2025
- IHBC Supporter Surgery for aspiring Affiliates: Have you registered yet? 11 December, 1pm (IHBC CPD too!) 02/12/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: Volcanic rocks could store captured CO2, Edinburgh University study finds 02/12/2025
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: BDP on ‘Redeveloping Plymouth Civic Centre’ 02/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: ‘Failings at every level’ resulted in botched insulation scheme, MPs told 02/12/2025
- Government confirms National Covid Memorial Wall will be preserved 02/12/2025
- ICON: Pilgrim Trust supports ‘Conservation Skills at Risk’ with £45,000 grant 02/12/2025
- Government reappoints 3 Trustees to the National Heritage Memorial Fund 02/12/2025
- Parliamentary Committee: Nature not a ‘blocker’ to housing; needed for ‘resilient towns & neighbourhoods’, and calls for housebuilding target changes and reduced VAT (for retrofitting) 02/12/2025
- £2Mn Funding boost to protect war memorials across the UK 02/12/2025
- England to benefit from two new national forests backed by £1 billion investment in tree planting 02/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: A town wants to give away its 100-year-old convent: is it a housing solution? 02/12/2025
- IHBC’s December ‘CPD Circular’ now out: Accessible, cost-conscious learning, events & resources, with Branch & National AGMs, Surgeries, CPD Partnerships & more 28/11/2025
- IHBC Supporter Surgery for aspiring Affiliates: Have you registered yet? 11 December, 1pm (IHBC CPD too!) 28/11/2025
- IHBC’s 2025 Parliamentary Briefing launches research-led ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’… From Crafts in Crisis to Rubbish in Retrofit 28/11/2025
- IHBC welcomes new joint CEOs at Historic England to post 28/11/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ & ‘Management ‘ Signpost: DB’s ‘brief outline of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill’, with terms, and amendments 28/11/2025
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £2.4M+ of weekly works: BC seeks review of Conservation Areas, to £50K 28/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Two companies fined total of £190k for unauthorised Grade I listed building works following BNES council prosecution 28/11/2025
- Government consultation: ‘Reforms to the statutory consultee system’, to 13/01/2026 28/11/2025
- Gardens Trust on ‘Government Consultation on Removal of the Gardens Trust as a Statutory Consultee’ 28/11/2025
- NLHF launches Future Heritage Leadership Programme, open to 10/12, starting March 2026 28/11/2025
- As UK City of Culture 2029 opens, new ‘UK Town of Culture’ competition – to shine a spotlight on towns – opens soon too 28/11/2025
- UK Parliamentary Cttee. launches International Climate Policy Inquiry, ‘on UK climate policy and finance’, seeking evidence, to 7/01/2026 28/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: European Heritage Excellence Day 2025 spotlights innovation, creativity and community engagement 28/11/2025
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Registration data reflects Building Control Profession’s commitment to high standards
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 Building Control registration data indicates a growing number of professionals joining the registered ranks, reflecting the industry’s commitment to upholding high standards.
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Report from Historic Buildings Council for Northern Ireland: 2020-2023, now out
Report of the Historic Buildings Council for Northern Ireland: 2020-2023 published on 19 July 2024.
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From Church to Cultarlann: AHF supports creation of Scotland’s first Gaelic Cultural Centre
The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) has awarded a Project Development Grant to Cultarlann Inbhir Nis to progress plans to establish a Gaelic Cultural Centre, following up on its earlier, successful investment.
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England’s Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy speaks at the Science and Industry Museum
image: Lisa Nandy – Open Government Licence v3.0 Lisa Nandy has declared that culture, media and sport sectors are crucial to the government’s national growth mission in a speech at the Science and Industry Museum.
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CIC event update: Sector experts highlight collaboration as key to competency in Built Environment
image for illustration Sector experts highlight cross-sector collaboration is vital in shaping a more dynamic, skilled and adaptable construction and built environment workforce, reports the Construction Industry Council (CIC).
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The world of Suffolk’s remarkable churches unveiled
‘Guides to Suffolk Churches Online’ launched on the 50th anniversary of the Suffolk Historic Churches Trust (SHCT) Foundation Day (21st December 1972).
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Five urban centres in Ireland awarded €32Mn under Town Centre First Heritage Revival Scheme
Five urban centres are set to benefit from funding of up to €7 million each under THRIVE, the Town Centre First Heritage Revival Scheme, awarded under Ireland’s two European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Regional Programmes.
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IHBC welcomes ODs, DODs, HODs & EHODs: Open Days for locally-led heritage resources and projects across September
The IHBC is once again delighted to welcome the suite of volunteer-led and publicly supported events across September that open access to local heritage places and resources: Open Doors (Wales), Doors Open Days (Scotland), Heritage Open Days (England) & European … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘History’ and amenity spotlight: Historic Buildings & Places’ Online Centenary Lecture – Bob Kindred MBE on ‘…what do conservation officers do (all day)?’ – 17/09
image from IHBC Context – Rob Cowan IHBC government officer and awards adviser Bob Kindred MBE will discuss the role of conservation officers in heritage management in an online lecture, part of a series celebrating the centenary of Historic Buildings … Continue reading
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IHBC welcomes 25% reduction for members at the 2024 RICS ‘Global Building Conservation Conference, online, 25/09
The IHBC is delighted to announce the special offer to members of a 25% reduction at the 2024 RICS ‘Global Building Conservation Conference’, online on Wednesday 25 September, with up to 7 Hours Formal CPD.
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Tagged building, conservation, global, heritage
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IHBC 2024 Student Award UPDATE – New closing date, 30 September: Seeks relevant coursework ‘written, designed or made’… to win £500 & free #IHBCShrewsbury2025 School place
The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award closes on 31 September this year, so if you have submitted relevant coursework on a UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, whether ‘written, designed or made’ – over the two years … Continue reading
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IHBC’s Research spotlight: New House of Commons Research Briefing: ‘Maintaining and funding war memorials’
image for illustration: Joanna Theobald A new Commons Library collates some useful resources for individuals seeking information on funding, maintenance and other war memorial related questions.
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IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £18K of works this week: Borough calls for pre-procurement work for community project, to 06/09
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 Borough’s call for a pre-procurement exercise on … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Council) doorstep’: Cultural funding – challenges and opportunities, from the LGA
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 Councils are the biggest public funder of culture, notes Local Government Association (LGA), this core funding has come under huge strain in recent years because of pressure on budgets, so it commissioned a … Continue reading
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More than 95% of planners call for change to strategic planning as government consults on NPPF
The new government has made it clear that it intends to promote a more strategic approach to planning, as new research reveals overwhelming support for effective strategic planning in England across the public and private sectors.
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English cathedrals become registered charities
image for illustration All 41 Church of England cathedrals have become registered charities, co-regulated by the Charity Commission and Church Commissioners.
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CIAT collaborates with CIOB, CIfA, Icon to launch ‘The Arc’, an historic built environment online resource.
The Arc is an online resource for clients and stakeholders in the built and historic environment sectors.
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Women into construction ceases trading after 16 years
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 After 16 Years of Changing the Face of Construction, Women into Construction has ceased trading as of 15th August 2024.
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Major demolition project approved for Sizewell A
image: Open Government Licence v3.0 Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS) has been given planning consent to demolish the turbine hall and electrical annexe at Sizewell A site.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: A view on planning in Labour, from the World Architecture Festival 6-8/24, Singapore
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 Jeremy Melvin has posted a his view on the history of planning in Labour as part of the World Architecture Festival.
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IHBC welcomes 25% reduction for members at the 2024 RICS ‘Global Building Conservation Conference, online, 25/09
The IHBC is delighted to announce the special offer to members of a 25% reduction at the 2024 RICS ‘Global Building Conservation Conference’, online on Wednesday 25 September, with up to 7 Hours Formal CPD.
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CLOSING SOON: SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award 2024: Celebrating ‘research… in heritage and conservation practice’, enter work from 2022 by 1/09 2024
The IHBC is delighted to announce the opening of the 2024 joint Heritage Research Award with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) to celebrate ‘the quality of architectural-historical research.. in heritage and conservation practice’, with submissions welcomed … Continue reading
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IHBC adds new ‘Climate Change and Adaptation’ category to HESPR practice areas: ‘… responding to climate change issues…’
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for commercial heritage services – now has the new practice area of ‘Climate Change Adaptation’, helping promote accredited members’ specialist skills and roles linked … Continue reading
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IHBC 2024 Student Award UPDATE – New closing date, 30 September: Seeks relevant coursework ‘written, designed or made’… to win £500 & free #IHBCShrewsbury2025 School place
The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award closes on 31 September this year, so if you have submitted relevant coursework on a UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, whether ‘written, designed or made’ – over the two years … Continue reading
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UPDATES COMING SOON: IHBC London Branch Day Conference on 1 October 2024 takes… ‘A Walk on the Wild Side: Balancing the Built and Natural Environments’
The IHBC’s London Branch 2024 Day conference, on 1 October, looks at the conflicts that can arise between the conservation of the natural and of the historic environment and how these might be resolved in this year’s wide-ranging and celebrated … Continue reading
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