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- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ spans disciplines, levels & sectors as interdisciplinary conservation practice standards deliver public benefit 19/12/2025
- Lodge your IHBC proxy vote (accredited members only) ASAP & book your online place (members only) for IHBC’s 2026 AGM, 7 January 2026, featuring HE’s co-CEO, from 5.30pm, with 6.00pm AGM 19/12/2025
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- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £101K+ of weekly works: Trust seeks fire engineer for GII* project to 15/01 19/12/2025
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- UK Government urged to step up maintenance to safeguard ageing infrastructure: Royal Academy of Engineering 19/12/2025
- Landmark Planning and Infrastructure Bill becomes law 19/12/2025
- England’s NPPF update: New consultation on proposed reforms and other changes to the planning system, to 10/03 19/12/2025
- AHRC PhD studentships on ‘barriers to creating healthier places’ 19/12/2025
- £2.9m heritage investment for Waterfront regeneration 19/12/2025
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- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Costa Carras European Citizens Awards for the Safeguard of Endangered Heritage 2026, entries open to 16/01/2026 19/12/2025
- IHBC welcome SAHGB’s new Colvin Special Award 2025, celebrating editors of The Pevsner Architectural Guides 16/12/2025
- IHBC issues formal notice for 2026 AGM, online on 7 January 2026, from 5.30pm (with special presentation!) for 6pm start 16/12/2025
- IHBC updates on ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’: Check out our web hub, with video & feedback, and help reduce damage to both health and heritage 16/12/2025
- IHBC warmly welcomes PCO approval to Petition for Charter 16/12/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ Signpost: How to get started in sharing knowledge and expertise on Designing Buildings 16/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Hotspur Press will rise from the ashes as developers issue promise for fire-ravaged mill 16/12/2025
- Videogame to help protect Nottingham Cathedral and other heritage buildings: ‘Pugin’s Revival’ despite ‘structural ‘monsters’’ 16/12/2025
- UK Heritage Pulse Spotlight: Operational use of Artificial Intelligence 16/12/2025
- Public appointment: Members appointed to Historic Environment Scotland 16/12/2025
- HHBT to continue its work in the Highlands as part of SHBT 16/12/2025
- RIBA responds to Environmental Audit Committee report on sustainable housing growth 16/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’– WMF & EH receive grant for next phase of Coastal Connections Programme 16/12/2025
Daily Archives: 17/10/2014
IHBC NI Branch free networking & AGM: Belfast, 12 Nov
The IHBC Northern Ireland Branch is hosting a free networking opportunity for members, prospective members & colleagues, on Wednesday 12 November in Clifton House, Belfast, to include a Branch AGM. Short talks will be offered by leading conservation architects Dawson … Continue reading
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Another busy week for IHBC HESPR’s tender alerts: £71m+!
The IHBC’s support for its listing of corporate bodies that support the institute’s conservation standards, HESPR, now includes regular email alerts on relevant tender advertisements, and which this week sees a record £71,815,000 of specified costs for works notified to … Continue reading
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SPAB/STBA energy efficiency conference inc IHBC CPD
The SPAB and STBA are holding a joint an energy efficiency conference in Carlisle on Friday 7 November, organised with the support of the IHBC North (NO) Branch, featuring prestigious speakers from the research and conservation practitioner communities and recognised … Continue reading
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New English Heritage Model formally announced
This week government announced changes to the workings of English Heritage (EH) and the creation of Historic England, with no changes to the former EH duties and powers of heritage protection and a new charitable trust to manage the former … Continue reading
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Planning freedom: DCLG reveal the effects
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has this month issued figures on how changes in the planning regulations have contributed to ‘getting Britain building’, with planning approvals at a 10-year high as authorities granted 350,200 permissions in the … Continue reading
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NHTG Heritage Helpdesk launched
The National Heritage Training Group (NHTG) has launched a new heritage helpdesk this week, with a telephone and email service designed to help offer traditional building skills support. NHTG writes: The NHTG is pleased to announce our new home at … Continue reading
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EH’s tribute to Sir Jocelyn Stevens
English Heritage (EH) has issued a tribute to their former Chairman Sir Jocelyn Stevens, who passed away on 12 October. English Heritage writes: Sir Jocelyn may have been an unlikely choice of Chairman for English Heritage, but no-one could have … Continue reading
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Help shape HS’s Heritage Management Service
Historic Scotland (HS) has launched a new online survey inviting views on the performance and future of their heritage management service, with a deadline for responses of 4 November. Historic Scotland (HS) writes: Heritage Management is the part of Historic … Continue reading
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Planning rights: lobby of MSPs on third party right of appeal
The charity group ‘Planning Democracy’ are urging people to lobby their MSP (Member of the Scottish Parliament) to support a third party right of appeal being built into the Scottish planning system. Information on the proposals Planning Democracy group information
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Wedgwood Collection saved
The Wedgwood collection industrial archive has been saved thanks to a public appeal and grants from a major fundraising appeal. Save Wedgwood writes: The Wedgwood Collection – one of the most important industrial archives in the world – has been … Continue reading
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