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- IHBC’s newest ‘Branch Committee Bulletin, from the IHBC’s Director’, with updates for local volunteer leads: Part 3 – Parliamentary Commitments to conclusions 09/10/2026
- IHBC welcomes new findings from joint Arts Culture & Heritage Project: ‘… to better articulate the economic, social and cultural value of arts, culture and heritage’ 09/10/2026
- IHBC Marsh Awards NOW OPEN: Nominate your ‘Successful learner’ (in Heritage Skills) or ‘Retired member’ (Community Contributions), to close 15 December 2026 09/10/2026
- CLOSING SOON: IHBC’s WM Branch to join West Midlands Heritage Careers Fair 2026: ‘Inspiring the Next Generation of Heritage Professionals’, 21/10, Worcester Cathedral 09/10/2026
- CLOSING SOON: IHBC consults on ‘Corporate Plan 2026-30’ (‘CP30’): Feedback sought by 30 October 09/10/2026
- Join in IHBC-sponsored SAHGB’s 3rd Mark Girouard symposium : ‘Untold Tales: Women Pioneers in British and Irish Architectural History’, 14 November 09/10/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ & ‘Research’ CPD spotlight: Using the AHRC Commercialisation Strategy and impact guidance, from UKRI 09/10/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £2.3Mn new weekly costed works: City BID partnership seeks concept proposals for 3 ‘transformations’ of key locations, to 1/11, @ £500 each 09/10/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Historic Grade II-listed Ugly House in Wales fails to sell at auction 09/10/2026
- In landmark 50th year AHF awards its 1000th loan 09/10/2026
- Skills England launches Skills For Work programme consultation: to 16 October 09/10/2026
- National Heat Risk Commission – call for evidence – to 30/10 09/10/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Frank McDonald obituary – campaigning journalist changed how Ireland thinks about urban planning 09/10/2026
- Heritage Network’s Chair Alice Ullathorne IHBC marks success of first year in post at Network’s 2026 NI Belfast conference, with IHBC as exhibitors & members 06/10/2026
- IHBC opens consultation on ‘Corporate Plan 2026-30’ (‘CP30’): Feedback sought by 30 October 06/10/2026
- IHBC Marsh Awards NOW OPEN: Nominate your ‘Successful learner’ (in Heritage Skills) or ‘Retired member’ (Community Contributions), to close 15 December 2026 06/10/2026
- IHBC welcomes RICHeS Access Fund second call, opening 14/09 – ‘access… cutting-edge equipment, collections & expertise’, to £20K, for charities, social enterprises, commercial companies etc. 06/10/2026
- IHBC’s WM Branch to join West Midlands Heritage Careers Fair 2026: ‘Inspiring the Next Generation of Heritage Professionals’, 21/10, Worcester Cathedral 06/10/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ CPD Signpost: Scotland’s heritage delivers benefits far beyond tourism, new evidence shows 06/10/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ CPD Signpost: New national research sets out what is needed to sustain cathedral craft skills 06/10/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: NCE on ‘Ireland’s infrastructure threatened by climate change’ 06/10/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (trust) doorstep’: A house that changed architecture: Richard +?Su Rogers’s modernist masterpiece given to the nation 06/10/2026
- Community groups invited to apply for funding to bring people together, with next wave of Common Ground Award… ‘up to £2.5m’ 06/10/2026
- New Chair elected by the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee 06/10/2026
- Historic England on ‘The Public Value of Archaeology’ 06/10/2026
Category Archives: Sector NewsBlog
IHBC’s ‘Practice’ CPD Signpost: New Scottish Government ‘Guide to Conversion of Traditional Buildings’
The Scottish Government has issued guidance that provides a ‘technical insight into the conversion of Scotland’s traditional buildings, balancing building regulation compliance with conservation’ and ‘promotes a holistic, risk-based approach to technical compliance in the performance of traditional buildings.’
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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’….IHBC welcomes COTAC’s new ‘Developing Personal Competences’… ‘for those seeking re-accreditation…’
IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and this week features the IHBC welcoming COTAC’s new ‘Developing Personal Competences’ guidance.
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Government steps in to protect families from cowboy builders and aggressive bailiffs
New Government measures to clampdown on cowboy builders and rogue bailiffs to help ease cost of living
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World Heritage in the UK 2025-26 Review
World Heritage UK has issued its regular annual review capturing highlights from across the UK’s World Heritage sector, including significant national highlights.
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Tagged climate change, industrial heritage, UK, world heritage
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HES: Skills Investment Plan for Scotland’s Historic Environment – Year Two Report
Historic Environment Scotland(HES) has published its ‘Skills Investment plan for Scotland’s Historic Environment: Two Year Report’.
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Don’t need your paper Context? Do everyone a favour and pass it on, ‘Spreading the Word’ to help the Conservation Professional!
If you are no longer interested in holding on to your hardcopy Context don’t let it go to waste: ‘Help The Conservation Professional’ and pass it on to a friend or colleague, and help us all spread the word about … Continue reading
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IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £111K weekly costed works: Council seeks Architect/Design Team for GII listed Town Hall works, to 09/10/2026.
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – sends members exclusive ‘News and Tender Alerts’, with the Director’s top taster for NewsBlog readers this week a call by an England Council … Continue reading
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UK ESNZ Committee with unchanged remit launches two new major inquiries: ‘Business & energy’ and ‘Warm and comfortable homes’
UK Parliament’s Energy Security and Net Zero (ESNZ) Committee is launching new inquiries on Business and energy and delivering Warm and comfortable homes across the UK.
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HES: Pilot fund launched to support Scotland’s historic places of worship
image: (c) Fiona Newton, IHBC Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has announced Scotland’s Places of Worship Fund to support eligible listed places of worship across Scotland by helping them recover VAT costs associated with repair works, expected to open for applications … Continue reading
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Home Builders Federation: Planning staff shortages worsen despite Government reforms, further delaying housing delivery
Research from the Home Builders Federation (HBF) shows that 9 in 10 local authority planning departments across England and Wales are understaffed, delaying planning decisions and threatening the Government’s target of 1.5 million new homes.
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Tagged Government UK, housing, planning
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Government opens consultation on ‘Planning powers for mayors in England’
A government consultation on ‘Planning powers for mayors in England’ seeks to gather views on implementation of planning powers for mayors of strategic authorities.
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Historic Houses report: ‘Endangered Spaces: Protecting ‘at risk’ heritage’… on how to use HE’s (HARR)
image: Temple of Vaccina, Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons A new report from Historic Houses looks at how Historic England’s Heritage at Risk Register?(HARR) can be used.
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Tagged HARR, heritage at risk, HIstoric England, historic houses
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PM puts public control, community regeneration and cost-of-living at the heart of plans to ‘rewire Britain’
Three new cross-government taskforces are being launched in the new Office for the Prime Minister (PM) & Cabinet, ‘tackling systemic issues like the cost of living and public control of essentials and supporting local communities’.
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Don’t need your paper Context? Do everyone a favour and pass it on, ‘Spreading the Word’ to help the Conservation Professional!
If you are no longer interested in holding on to your hardcopy Context don’t let it go to waste: ‘Help The Conservation Professional’ and pass it on to a friend or colleague, and help us all spread the word about … Continue reading
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TownsWeb digitisation grant: SPAB at 150… ‘from Stonehenge to St Mark’s, Venice’
Thanks to a £3,000 digitisation grant awarded by TownsWeb, SPAB’s archive will be digitised, making some of its earliest and most interesting files available to a wider audience for the first time as it.
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CITB on ‘Why construction skills strategies must become place-based’
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) Insights Manager explains that as workforce mobility declines, the industry must shift towards place-based skills strategies to meet regional demand.
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Charity Commission issues ‘Research and analysis Charity Sector Risk Assessment 2026’
The Charity Commission’s ‘Research and Analysis Charity Sector Risk Assessment’ for 2026 has been issued.
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Join IHBC’s Membership Assessors now and ‘Shape our Conservation Professionals of the future’, with CPD, status, compensation, and more as thanks and benefits
If you are an IHBC Full Member you can help evaluate the next generation of professionals, maintain our high standards, and earn valuable CPD along the way, by joining us as an IHBC Membership Assessor. Please submit your Expression of … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Management’ CPD Signpost: Some sector takes on the NPPF
The new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) has the power to create more sustainable and better-connected places across England, according to a review of key sector players’ responses, collated by Specification Online.
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IHBC’s ‘Practice’ CPD Signpost: Dry Stone Walling Association issues Anthology of International Writing, from past and present, for the future’
The Dry Stone Walling Association has published ‘An Anthology of International writing from the past and present for the future’ compiled by Terry McCormick.
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HES Chief quits amid deepening governance crisis
Scotland’s national heritage charity HES has been hit by another major leadership departure as Chief Executive Katerina Brown has resigned just months after returning from suspension, reports Third Force News.
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Heritage Fund & HE: Understanding the impact of climate change on historic parks, gardens and cemeteries
The Heritage Fund worked with Historic England (HE) to better understand how the climate crisis is affecting the UK’s natural heritage sites and the people that manage them.
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Tagged cemeteries, gardens, heritage, Heritage Fund, HIstoric England, landscapes, parks
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HES launches pilot fund to support Scotland’s historic places of worship: Opens Autumn 2026
image for illustration:Pitlochry, Smcairnx, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has launched Scotland’s Places of Worship Fund to support eligible listed places of worship across Scotland by helping them recover VAT costs associated with repair works, … Continue reading
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ARB transitioning to a new framework for accreditation, to be completed by December 2028
The Architect’s Registration Board (ARB) reports that from December 2028, it will no longer accredit qualifications under its older framework.
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IHBC’s WM Branch to join West Midlands Heritage Careers Fair 2026: ‘Inspiring the Next Generation of Heritage Professionals’, 21/10, Worcester Cathedral
image: Worcester Cathedral interior by Steve McLeish for IHBC Annual School 2016 This IHBC and our West Midlands Branch will join the next West Midlands Heritage Trust (WMHT) Careers Fair, which will come to Worcester Cathedral on 21 October 2026.
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