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- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ services spans disciplines, levels & sectors, linked by interdisciplinary conservation practice standards delivering public benefit 25/11/2025
- IHBC’s 2025 Parliamentary Briefing launches research-led ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’… From Crafts in Crisis to Rubbish in Retrofit 25/11/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Evaluation’ Signpost from Sheehan Quirke via Open Culture: ‘How did the world get so ugly?’ 25/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (duplicate) doorstep’: Plans for first Iron Age broch ‘in 2000 years’ approved for Highlands 25/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Lottery) doorstep’: Historic Birnbeck pier saved as surprise funding announced from NLHF 25/11/2025
- ‘Natural England’s Strategy: Recovering Nature for Growth, Health and Security’ – with ‘nature as essential to sustaining growth and a healthy society’ 25/11/2025
- HE & ACE issue first parts of suite of guidance, templates and factsheets etc. 25/11/2025
- Government’s Pride in Place: Strategy update 25/11/2025
- Winners of the Georgian Group Architectural Awards announced! 25/11/2025
- Joining the dots: A single EDI portal for the sector 25/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Worker dies after partial collapse of medieval tower in Rome 25/11/2025
- IHBC’s 2025 Parliamentary Briefing launches research-led ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’… From Crafts in Crisis to Rubbish in Retrofit 21/11/2025
- IHBC welcomes new joint CEOs at Historic England to post 21/11/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost from the NT: Public First report on ‘Local history, local heritage and local pride, in Coventry and across the UK’ 21/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Plans to turn three local villages into town to ‘help protect green belt’ backed by residents 21/11/2025
- Parliamentary Committee: Nature not a ‘blocker’ to housing; needed for ‘resilient towns & neighbourhoods’, and calls for housebuilding target changes and reduced VAT (for retrofitting) 21/11/2025
- Housebuilding around train stations will be given default ‘yes’, including in Green Belt, as: ‘Builders Speechless’ 21/11/2025
- RTPI’s State of the Profession 2025 reports across UK: One in five planners expected to leave the profession within three years, with no clear plan to replace them 21/11/2025
- TCPA Blog: Review of Homes England’s Healthy Homes Standard: Our homes are not islands 21/11/2025
- Public Practice: Recruitment & Skills Report 2025 21/11/2025
- NCT’s National Churches Survey – giving every church a voice 21/11/2025
- New APPG for National Parks and National Landscapes launched 21/11/2025
- Heritage Alliance awarded National Lottery Heritage Fund grant for Resilience Project 21/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: WMF welcomes Belfast City Council’s decision to purchase Assembly Rooms 21/11/2025
- IHBC’s new Context, No185, ‘lifts the lid on roofing’, from craft to carbon, with essential, accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals & colleagues 18/11/2025
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10,000 more apprentices as government slashes red tape to boost growth?
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 10,000 more apprentices are anticipated by government as it ‘slashes red tape to boost growth’, with shorter and flexible apprenticeships and ‘new English and maths requirements’ to boost skills and support employers.
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Scottish Government consults on ‘Climate Change Duties – Draft statutory guidance for public bodies’
The Scottish Government is gathering views to help inform new Statutory Guidance for public bodies, to support them in putting the climate change duties into practice.
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Heritage Alliance AGM 2025 update: … reflected on past year…
The Heritage Alliance (THA) AGM 2025 reflected on the past year, inducted new Trustees and said goodbye to those stepping down, and celebrated the work of our members.
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Tagged building, climate change, conservation, environment, expertise, government, heritage, planning
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State of the Nations research series: Skills Mismatches in the UK’s Creative Industries
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 A Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (Creative PEC) State of the Nations Report has been issued on ‘Skills Mismatches in the UK’s Creative Industries’
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Government: Regional growth to be boosted by £67m for culture projects
image for illustration: National Railway Museum York by Mtaylor848, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Growth in jobs, tourism and regional regeneration to be ushered in by funding for major cultural projects across the UK.
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Government-led UK-wide survey on Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme, for those looking after ‘any place of worship that occupies a listed building’
The UK Government has opened a consultation targeting ‘people responsible for looking after ‘any place of worship that occupies a listed building’, as part of an evaluation of the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme.
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Wales to get £100 million to restore pride in neighbourhoods and boost growth
Wales to receive £100 million creating local growth and opportunities through new Plan for Neighbourhoods.
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Tagged community, economy, environment, funding, government, high strteets, planning, regeneration
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Heritage Alliance Insight Report 2025: ‘Heritage Creates: Heritage and the Creative Industries’
Heritage Creates: Heritage and the Creative Industries – Heritage Alliance Insight Report, published March 2025
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NBS: ‘The Best Practice Guide to Specification Writing’, a free framework to standardise and improve specification writing
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 The NBS ‘Best Practice Guide to Specification Writing’ guide draws upon more than 50 years of combined experience from NBS and the team at NBS Schumann in order to help you get your … Continue reading
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Tagged building, construction, guidance, planning
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HE: 30 New Projects Explore England’s Rural and Coastal?Working-Class Heritage
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 Historic England has announced 30 new projects exploring England’s rural and coastal working-class heritage.
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Action taken to protect households with poor-quality insulation
The government has taken immediate action after checks found widespread cases of poor-quality solid wall insulation installed under inherited ECO4 and GBIS.
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Tagged building, climate change, environment, expertise, government, insulation, net zero, planning, retrofit, skills
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THA issues briefing on the English Devolution White Paper
The Heritage Alliance has issued briefing on the English Devolution White Paper, which has been supported through our Planning and Devolution Bills working group, and shared with government.
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Tagged conservation, expertise, government, heritage, planning, policy, regeneration
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New strategy for Scotland’s local civic and heritage groups: SCT on ‘… Places, People, and their Stories’
The Scottish Civic Trust, the national voice for local civic and heritage groups, on 3 February 2025 launched their new strategy Scotland’s Places, People, and their Stories.
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Tagged building, climate change, community, conservation, culture, environment, expertise, government, heritage, nature, planning, Scotland, skills
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MHCLG seeks ‘Technical independent advisers’ for College of Experts
image: Open Government Licence v3.0 The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is recruiting individuals from a diverse range of science, engineering, and industrial backgrounds for its first ever College of Experts, ‘a list of pre-approved experts from … Continue reading
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Government on planning overhaul: ‘Bureaucratic burden’ lifted to ‘put growth at the heart of the statutory consultee system’
image for illustration: Parliamentary copyright images are reproduced with the permission of Parliament The government has confirmed further reforms to overhaul the planning system and ‘put growth at the heart of the statutory consultee system’.
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Tagged consultation, environment, expertise, framework, government, planning
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Government: Planning and Infrastructure Bill published
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 Government has published its ‘Planning and Infrastructure Bill’, saying it ‘will see significant measures introduced to speed up planning decisions’, so as the IHBC’s Consultation Group will start its response, members interested in … Continue reading
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AHF: Grants awarded to support projects by Heritage Development Trusts
The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) has announced new Project Viability Grants awards to support projects by two Heritage Development Trusts, Intra Community Trust and North East Scotland Preservation Trust, part of the latest grants where 9 projects across England, Scotland … Continue reading
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Major investment by government to boost growth and cement Britain’s place as cultural powerhouse
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 Over £270 million Arts Everywhere Fund for arts venues, museums, libraries and the heritage sector in major boost for growth.
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Historic Houses: Rebate in UK’s Heritage Sector could unlock £7M benefit
image for illustration: Jonathan Taylor Historic Houses’ submission to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee inquiry into Protecting Built Heritage included its new report on VAT and listed buildings.
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The Scottish Civic Trust welcomes new Chair Angela Bonney
The Scottish Civic Trust, the national voice for local civic and heritage groups, has appointed Angela Bonney as Chair as of the 5th of December 2024.
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RTPI’s membership applications for Chartered status surge as Government growth agenda gains momentum
The RTPI has seen a 34.7% increase in Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) submissions for first assessment round in 2025, compared to the same assessment round in 2024, with this following strong growth from previous years including a 42.6% increase … Continue reading
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Theatres Trust announces Theatre at Risk Register 2025 announced
image for illustration: The Theatres Trust The Theatres Trust has published its annual register of theatres under threat of permanent closure, redevelopment, or demolition across the UK, with five council-owned theatres added to the list, as pressures on local authority … Continue reading
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After Grenfell, UK government transfers fire responsibility from Home Office to MHCLG
The Prime Minister has announced that responsibility for fire will move from the Home Office to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and the change will be effective from 1 April 2025.
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ADEPT & partners: ‘Find Your Path’ – innovative campaign launched to transform local government recruitment
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 A targeted recruitment campaign that aims to address critical workforce challenges in local authorities. has been launched by Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport (ADEPT) and partners.
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Tagged expertise, government, local government, personnel, recruitment, skills, workforce
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