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- Hear more from the RTPI – IHBC’s Newcastle School ‘Friends’ – as IHBC-member rates on offer to RTPI members for our Virtual Day School, 19/06 01/05/2026
- Need a MATE? Book your place now for our free online IHBC Accreditation guidance – Prospective assessors and MATE leads warmly welcomed too: 06/05; 19/08; 18/11 01/05/2026
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- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ CPD Signpost: Why Language Matters In Climate Change Solutions 01/05/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ CPD Signpost: Tilbury Douglas first contractor to launch humanoid robot on a construction site 01/05/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £141K costed works this week: Heritage body seeks specialist illustrators, to 20/05 01/05/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (charity) doorstep’: ‘Huge relief’ as National Trust exempted from consumer rights rule change 01/05/2026
- Griff Rhys Jones reveals 2026 Top Ten Endangered Buildings on BBC Radio 4 Today programme 01/05/2026
- New Historic Houses report finds that nine in ten heritage workers would recommend their career 01/05/2026
- Scottish Government supports HES chair amid resignation reports 01/05/2026
- ‘Our Place to Give’: Government’s new plan to unlock philanthropic investment into England’s most disadvantaged communities 01/05/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: European Commission and Europa Nostra announce the winners of Europe’s top heritage awards 2026, with public voting to 12/05 01/05/2026
- Need a MATE? Book your place now for our free online IHBC Accreditation guidance – Prospective assessors and MATE leads warmly welcomed too! 28/04/2026
- Top marks for IHBC’s latest Council as LA Conservation service talks, papers & film get 10/10 from nearly 20% of 120+ delegates, shaping the survey for our new parliamentary push 28/04/2026
- Don’t need your paper Context? Do everyone a favour and pass it on, ‘Spreading the Word’ to help the Conservation Professional! 28/04/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ CPD Signpost: Cadw on ‘Raising the baa for ecology’, as goats to make Blaenavon Ironworks their home 28/04/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: The Times on ‘… sites face ruin as specialist skills dwindle’, + IHBC onPre-School Webinars & Virtual Day School 28/04/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (LG) doorstep’: Dramatic fall in LGA staff morale linked to restructuring 28/04/2026
- Wales Infrastructure Delivery Research 2026: … structural issues need to be tackled to meet long-term infrastructure goals 28/04/2026
- HES: £19.5m for Scotland’s historic cities 28/04/2026
- MHCLG publishes Guidance to support Neighbourhood Planning 28/04/2026
- The Architectural Heritage Fund marks 50 years of social impact through conservation and adaptation 28/04/2026
- ‘Vanbrugh300’ update: A year-long celebration of Sir John Vanbrugh ‘England’s finest Baroque architect and dramatist’ 28/04/2026
- First wave of national Young Futures Hubs open to turn the tide under the National Youth Strategy, as ‘youth services decline’ 28/04/2026
- Local museums receive £4 million to improve accessibility to arts and culture 28/04/2026
Daily Archives: 24/10/2014
IHBC Associates: accessible and credible conservation accreditation in your own specialist area
The IHBC has launched its new accredited membership category, IHBC Associates, aimed at helping built and historic environment conservation practitioners progress more easily towards full accredited membership of the IHBC by offering conservation accreditation in their specialist area of practice, … Continue reading
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IHBC Associates: key info on accreditation as ‘AssocIHBC’
The launch of the IHBC’s new category of accredited membership, IHBC Associates, offers conservation accreditation in a practitioners’ own area of built or historic environment conservation practice, so the IHBC’s officers are keen to explain some of the scheme’s principles, … Continue reading
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Reminder – IHBC NI Branch free networking & AGM: 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. For details and booking see IHBC NewsBlog
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VAT stays in the news with Loyd
Loyd Grossman, Chairman of The Heritage Alliance spoke on the BBC this week, calling for the scrapping of VAT charges on repair and maintenance works. The Heritage Alliance (HA) writes: The 20% VAT rate on the restoration of old buildings … Continue reading
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Heritage At Risk 2014 registers launched by EH
English Heritage (EH) has launched the regional Heritage at Risk registers across the country this week, with news of successful projects as well as information on sites still considered to be under threat. EH writes: Over the past year we … Continue reading
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City economies and transport links
The Centre for Cities has released a new study into the effect that boosting transportation links might have on northern city region economies. The Centre for Cities writes: A new Centre for Cities report, supported by the Department for Transport, … Continue reading
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Pickles blocks east Yorkshire wind farm
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has turned down an appeal by energy producer RWE Innogy UK Ltd over a six turbine wind farm proposed for a site at Holme-on-Spalding Moor in Yorkshire refused by the East Riding of Yorkshire Council, agreeing … Continue reading
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DoENI consultation on community planning partners
The Department for the Environment Northern Ireland (DoENI ) has launched a consultation on proposals for mechanisms of community planning delivery with a deadline for responses of 12 December. The DoENI writes: Under local government reform, councils will have a … Continue reading
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Wales: Affordable Housing Rise
Affordable housing statistics released by the Welsh Government this week shows that provision has risen by 18% in the previous year, and further statistics for England also echo growth. The Welsh Government writes: The statistics released today show 2,416 affordable … Continue reading
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RTPI Scotland call for evidence on community planning
The RTPI in Scotland is undertaking a research project into spatial planning and community planning and is calling for evidence to support this project, with responses sought by 12 December. The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) writes: As one of … Continue reading
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