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- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ spans disciplines, levels & sectors, as interdisciplinary Conservation Professionals & heritage employers see public & personal benefits 06/03/2026
- IHBC’s new ‘CPD Circular’: ‘Colour coding’, simpler format, Awards, CPD Spotlights, Branch AGMs, Marsh Awards & more 06/03/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: Unlock Access to RICHeS Research Infrastructure with Full Access Fund Call now Open with ‘Help’ webinar on 11/03 06/03/2026
- IHBC SE Branch Day School + AGM – ‘Concrete and candyfloss: Seaside structures of the 20th century’, De La Warr Pavilion, 13/03 06/03/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 06/03/2026
- Looking back to IHBC’s Council on ‘Heritage Skills in Conservation’, and ahead to our new ‘response-led’ DRAFT Minutes, for review and feedback 06/03/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Intervention’ Signpost: HE on ‘Adapting Historic Buildings for Energy and Carbon Efficiency’ 06/03/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s weekly works: Authority seeks conservation plans for iconic structures, to 27/03 06/03/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: ‘Building Burghley’… in stone and in person 06/03/2026
- NCT’s Fact Check: What we know about the new funding for churches and VAT changes – and … ‘write to your MP’ 06/03/2026
- UKRI’s ‘Proof of Concept funding opportunity from 04/03’ + simplified research translation & commercialisation funding 06/03/2026
- DB on NPPF Plan making and national decision-making policies 06/03/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: 200+ students compete in spaghetti & glue bridge-building at Okanagan College 06/03/2026
- IHBC is planning for growth, so grow with us by volunteering, with our Committees, Boards and Branches, or Panels, Groups and more as suits – just let us know! 03/03/2026
- IHBC SE Branch Day School + AGM – ‘Concrete and candyfloss: Seaside structures of the 20th century’, De La Warr Pavilion, 13/03 03/03/2026
- IHBC President’s ‘Members only’ Invitation to next Virtual Council: Online, 8 April 2026, from 4.30pm – Scoping ‘Investigation’ of conservation in local government, with a call for suggestions etc. 03/03/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 03/03/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Evaluation’ Signpost: Poetry from concrete – Scotland’s fascinating historic concrete and brutalist architecture 03/03/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: HESPR Alert on early booking & special offer for ALL staff on Virtual #IHBCNewcastle2026’! 03/03/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Call to Tyneside authorities to restore historic swing bridge (closed since 2019!) 03/03/2026
- Ministerial Update: on ‘Relationship between Cadw and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales’ 03/03/2026
- Tell The Heritage Fund: Is your historic park or garden prepared for the climate crisis? TO 16/03 03/03/2026
- Georgian Group objects to visitor pavilions in British Museum forecourts 03/03/2026
- Consultation on new regeneration body for Greater Cambridge 03/03/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: HE on ‘Stanley Kubrick – A Heritage Odyssey’ 03/03/2026
Category Archives: Sector NewsBlog
National Lottery Players Investment milestone: £1Billion for Scottish heritage
Over the past 30 years we’ve supported 5,000 projects and to celebrate this £1bn milestone the Lottery is highlighting a small selection of our favourite projects over three decades.
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Tagged building, conservation, environment, expertise, heritage, investment, museums, nature, Scotland, skills
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RICS: Retrofit tool aims offer a new hierarchy of interventions to ‘ensure historic buildings contribute to a sustainable future’
Elizabeth Otter’s ‘Opinion Piece’ for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) notes that ‘While talk of heritage retrofits may conjure images of costly and invasive installations, a new hierarchy of interventions can help ensure historic buildings contribute to a … Continue reading
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Tagged building, climate change, conservation, expertise, heritage, net zero, RICS, skills, sustainability
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RTPI announces winners for 2025 Awards for Research Excellence
The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) is delighted to announce the winners for the eleventh edition of the RTPI Awards for Research Excellence.
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Tagged awards, environment, expertise, nature, planning, research, skills
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Kew awarded landmark £5 million grant from The Julia Rausing Trust towards the Palm House renovation project
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew has announced a landmark philanthropic donation of £5 million from The Julia Rausing Trust toward the Palm House renovation project, the largest philanthropic gift to date for the project and one of the most significant … Continue reading
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Tagged conservation, environment, expertise, funding, gardens, heritage, kew, renovation, skills
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Historic Arts and Crafts Garden in Essex Protected
The Garden of Great Ruffins in Wickham Bishops, Essex, has been protected by registration at Grade II and added to the National Heritage List for England.
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CIOB Blog on ‘Construction must maintain focus on mental health support despite pushback’: 7000 suicides in sector over 10 years
Elvin Box suggests that construction must maintain focus on mental health support, despite pushback as the need for sector-wide action remains pressing and relevant.
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Tagged building, construction, expertise, health and wellbeing, mental health, skills
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Campaign for National Parks’ ‘Rivers at Risk’ launch: 57% of NP rivers fail to meet ‘good’ ecological status
image for illustration: Peter Badcock The Rivers at Risk report from the Campaign for National Parks and the Rivers Trust, lists changes needed to policy, legislation etc., as it confirms that 57% of rivers in NPs fail to meet ‘good’ … Continue reading
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Tagged conservation, ecology, environment, expertise, heritage, nature
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Three new Commissioners appointed to the Historic England Board
The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has appointed Ulrike Knox, Jamie Ritblat and Philip Shepherd as Commissioners to the Historic England board.
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Tagged appointments, commissioners, conservation, expertise, government, heritage
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Benefact Trust launches national heritage skills programme in partnership with Cathedrals’ Workshop Fellowship
image for illustration: Gloucester Cathedral by Joanna Theobald The Benefact Trust Scholars Programme – funded by a £2.1m grant from Benefact Trust – will support 36 heritage students at 14 cathedrals, over the next four years.
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Tagged building, cathedral, church, conservation, expertise, heritage, skills, trust, workshop
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UK and Ireland architectural institutes unite for fire and life safety design guidance
The architectural professional institutes of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland have formed a coordinated body – the Belfast Group – to ensure that architects across the UK and the Republic of Ireland have standardised guidance … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, expertise, fire, Ireland, professional, safety, UK
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ACE: Private Investment in Culture Survey 2025 report
As the national development agency for creativity and culture, The Arts Council England’s (ACE) vision in its ‘Let’s Create strategy’ is ‘by 2030 for England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and … Continue reading
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Tagged arts, creative industry, culture, questionnaire, value
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Higher Risk Buildings Building Control Approval Applications
The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has published a suite of updated guidance concerning the building control approval application process for new higher risk buildings (HRBs).
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Tagged building, construction, expertise, skills
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£25.5m Energy Efficiency Scheme (EES) evaluation highlights many buildings required structural works before energy efficiency measures could be introduced
An evaluation of the government’s £25.5m Energy Efficiency Scheme (EES) concluded that many applicants’ buildings required structural works before energy efficiency measures could be introduced.
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Tagged building, climate change, efficiency, energy, environment, expertise, skills, structures
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New report calls for long-term placemaking to create vibrant communities
The ‘Place Building – Developing Homes & Communities’ report advocates a shift from short-term housing targets to long-term placemaking, as aligning policy incentives with on-the-ground innovation and community insight lets the built environment sector transition towards a true place-building approach.
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Tagged building, community, environment, expertise, placemaking, planning, policy, skills
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THA’s Heritage and Placemaking Survey and Call for Case Studies – they want to hear from you… by 17 October
The Heritage Alliance (THA) is planning to publish a report exploring how the heritage sector is helping to create vibrant, creative, thriving, and sustainable places for people to live, work, and enjoy, to feed into their upcoming Heritage Debate 2025.
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Tagged case studies, conservation, environment, expertise, heritage, placemaking, skills, survey
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RICS calls for expressions of interest for pilot programmes of new professional pathways
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is calling for expressions of interest from professionals and employers for two new planned pathways to RICS membership
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Tagged analysis, climate change, environment, expertise, residential, retrofit, surveyors, sustainability
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RIBA: Boring facades can seriously damage your health
What do psychology and neuroscience tell us about what architects should promote or avoid in facade design, asks the RIBA, as Eleanor Young speaks to two experts.
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Tagged architecture, building, design, expertise, health, neurology, planning, psychology, skills, wellbeing
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University of Greenwich and the University of Kent announce ‘trailblazing’ collaboration: New ‘super-university’
The University of Greenwich and the University of Kent have today, 10 September 2025, announced our intention to formally collaborate.
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Tagged building, campus, community, diversity, education, learning, university
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37 local heritage sites to benefit from £15M boost to breathe new life into communities across England
image for illustration: Hot rooms of the Turkish Baths, Swindon by Ishpoloni, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Heritage buildings are set to benefit from £15 million of funding as part of the government’s ongoing commitment to ensure our heritage is fit … Continue reading
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40,000 people to get skills in new Technical Excellence Colleges, using ‘hub and spoke’ model
Tens of thousands of future construction workers to be trained up in high-demand construction skills by 2029, delivering growth and helping build new homes, Government UK has announced, operating on a ‘hub and spoke’ model.
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Tagged building, construction, expertise, government, housing, skills, work
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Parliament’s Elizabeth Tower makes history with RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist
image of ‘Big Ben’ © User:Colin / Wikimedia Commons Parliament’s Elizabeth Tower has been shortlisted for the prestigious Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Stirling Prize – the first time in the award’s history that a conservation project has been nominated.
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Tagged architecture, awards, building, conservation, culture, expertise, government, heritage, restoration, skills, tradition
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Join The Heritage Network’s new Expert Panel
The Heritage Network has announced the launch of our Heritage Network Expert Panel, a new initiative designed to bring together knowledgeable, dedicated professionals who want to give back to the community heritage sector while developing their own skills and reputation.
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Government: Environmental reforms to break planning system gridlock
Government UK says that Britain’s broken planning and development system is to be rewired to accelerate infrastructure delivery and homebuilding while safeguarding the environment.
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Jersey’s new Heritage Law ‘to protect… objects’ out for consultation, closing 08/09
A new consultation seeks views on the draft Heritage (Jersey) Law 202- (the ‘Draft Law’), to protect archaeological objects and associated information, to 08 September.
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Tagged archaeology, expertise, government, heritage, legislation, protection, treasure
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IHBC’s online Council ‘Save the Date’ notice: Wednesday 8th October, 4.30pm, features ‘Heritage skills…’ with Nicola Duncan-Finn – all members invited (booking details to come)
IHBC’s next online Council, exclusive to all IHBC members, will take place on 8 October, chaired by IHBC President Rebecca Thompson and featuring CPD ‘Heritage skills and the CITB’s response’, by Nicola Duncan-Finn.
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