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- Check out IHBC’s next new-style ‘CPD Circular’ & feedback: ‘At-a-glance colour coding’, simpler format, Awards, Director’s CPD Spotlights, & more 10/02/2026
- Booking opens for IHBC’s 2026 School, #IHBCNewcastle2026, June 18-20 (Full School only): Accessible, Certified CPD on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ – From £35+VAT (Online Day School), free pre-conference webinars and more… 10/02/2026
- 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! 10/02/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 10/02/2026
- IHBC ‘Management’ Signpost: Turley on ‘Grey Belt – What have we learned’ 10/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ Signpost: New air source heat pump case studies from Historic England 10/02/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: DB on COTAC’s Insight 4 – ‘Understanding and Appreciating the Region of East Anglia’ 10/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Inclusive Farm Scotland welcomes first students to 22-acre working farm on Royal Deeside 10/02/2026
- Georgian Group launches High Court challenge over Clandon Park decision 10/02/2026
- First ever UK Town of Culture competition to restore pride in communities – to 31/03 10/02/2026
- RICS Scotland Manifesto 2026 – Surveying Scotland: ‘ambitions… not be achievable without urgent action on skills & workforce’ 10/02/2026
- Booking opens for IHBC’s 2026 School, #IHBCNewcastle2026, June 18-20 (Full School only): Accessible, Certified CPD on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ – From £35+VAT (Online Day School), free pre-conference webinars and more… 06/02/2026
- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ spans disciplines, levels & sectors as interdisciplinary Conservation Professionals & employers see public & personal benefits 06/02/2026
- 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! 06/02/2026
- IHBC opens Corporate Plan 2026-30 (‘CP30’) development with CP25 consultation, noting Charter, Parliamentary 5 Commitments, volunteer investment & more – to 28/02 & after 06/02/2026
- IHBC urges ‘risk-based approach to retrofit’ with Government’s ‘Warm Homes Plan’ – ‘biggest home upgrade plan in British history’ 06/02/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 06/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Management’ Signpost: Reusing Historic Cinemas as Places of Worship 06/02/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £1.3Mn of weekly works: UK cultural body seeks Landscape Architect for works in urban setting, to 17/02/2026, from £750K 06/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Westminster Council launches ‘Retrofit First’ policy & more in City Plan Partial Review 06/02/2026
- AHF announces £46m expansion of the heritage revival fund 06/02/2026
- ARB launches consultation on proposed changes to professional practical experience (PPE) 06/02/2026
- Government calls for submissions to UK’s first national inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) – ‘living Heritage – open to 27/03 06/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Durham joins UNESCO’s Global Network of Learning Cities – ‘a significant site of scholarship and learning for over a thousand years’ 06/02/2026
- IHBC on LA conservation jobs in England: ‘Market Intelligence’ Research Note from IHBC’s 2025 ‘Jobs etc.’ posts, via our ToolBox 03/02/2026
Daily Archives: 28/04/2011
New V&A director appointed
The current Director of Dresden state art collections, Martin Roth, will replace Sir Mark Jones when he takes up his new post, Master of St Cross College, University of Oxford, in September. St Cross College News: LINK The Guardian – Article: … Continue reading
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Scotland’s new BAR co-ordinator for HS-AHF
Historic Scotland (HS) and The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) are pleased to announce that Dr Stuart Eydmann IHBC will be the Co-ordinator of the Buildings At Risk Initiative from April 2011 for three years. Based in Edinburgh, Stuart Eydmann is a … Continue reading
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CITB cuts ties with CSCS card scheme
In a move that marks the end of 16-year tie-up with the Construction Skills Certification Scheme, CITB is cutting ties with the industry skills scheme for a carded workforce as represented by CSCS cards. Building Co UK Article: LINK www.building.co.uk
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LG Ombudsman slams planning records destruction
Warrington Borough Council has been strongly criticised by the local government watchdog for an act of ‘inexcusable’ maladministration after destroying records that formed part of the statutory planning register. The ombudsman said the destruction of approved applications and plans … Continue reading
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BEFS seeks chair & trustees
Built Environment Forum Scotland (BEFS), Scotland’s link body for built environment non-government organisations, is advertising the forthcoming recruitment of the BEFS Chairman and Trustees. BEFS says: After 6 years at the helm of BEFS, our current Chairman Robin Burley … Continue reading
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SAVE’s further verdicts on Pathfinders
SAVE Britain’s Heritage has published a devastating verdict on the discontinued Housing Market Renewal (HMR) Pathfinder programme. In a new report Housing Scandal! Pathfinder: a Post-Mortem, SAVE attacks both the legacy of the programme and the machinery and ideology which … Continue reading
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IfA consults on ‘Southport’ vision
The Southport Group has launched an online public consultation to gather opinion on a ground-breaking draft report that outlines recommendations and products for improving historic environment practice to ensure delivery of consistent excellence in public benefit, with the consultation closing … Continue reading
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Conservation controversy: USA
A US Court has upheld ‘conservancy’ on Tobacco Warehouse, and dismissed NPS, State and City Arguments as, in a sweeping decision, United States District Judge Eric N. Vitaliano ruled that the National Park Service (‘NPS’) violated federal law by removing two historic … Continue reading
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