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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
- IHBC’s new Context, No185, ‘lifts the lid on roofing’, from craft to carbon, with essential, accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals & colleagues 19/12/2025
- IHBC’s Research Signpost from HE & EH: ‘Pathways Into Heritage Construction: A Strategic View/Models and Case Studies’ 19/12/2025
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £101K+ of weekly works: Trust seeks fire engineer for GII* project to 15/01 19/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (riverside) doorstep’: Historic rail bridge collapses into River Spey 19/12/2025
- 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
- Trowel and Error: A Public User Needs Survey for Archaeology 19/12/2025
- 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: 28/11/2014
Check out IHBC’s new HESPR site: business-led & client-friendly
With HESPR members’ logos linked from the IHBC’s home page, and a reconstructed mobile friendly website in place, with more client-friendly design, the IHBC’s recognition service for conservation-related companies is now more prominently displayed than ever, and more accessible to … Continue reading
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IHBC at Civic Societies Parliamentary Group on LPA Staffing
On 17 November the IHBC joined a meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Civic Societies to explore the impacts on local communities of the loss of local authority staff and services in conservation and archaeology, and what … Continue reading
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IHBC Director on 2014 Placemaking Awards judging panel
IHBC Director Seán O’Reilly has been invited to serve as a judge on the panel for the 2014 Placemaking Awards, while planners now have until 17 December to enter awards that ‘recognise the projects, plans and people that are making … Continue reading
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Pevsner offer: sign up & get 25% off!
Yale University Press is currently offering 25% off any Pevsner Architectural Guide in December if you sign up to receive Yale-Pevsner news by email. Pevsner Architectural Guides writes: We would like to invite you to receive our email newsletter. We … Continue reading
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Power of People: Stoke’s Heritage ‘Occupiers’ defend Town Hall
Protesters campaigning against the sell-off of the Fenton Town Hall in Stoke-on-Trent have vowed to occupy the historic building over Christmas and beyond as they fear that Government pledges to place a restrictive covenant on the building to protect it … Continue reading
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MPs: ‘Cut lottery funding if councils don’t back culture’
Funding cuts should be handed to councils that do not support local arts, MPs have warned in a damning review of Arts Council ‘imbalance’. Localgov writes: Members of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee pushed the Arts Council to be … Continue reading
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Devon solar farm blocked on threats to LB settings
Proposals for a 19-hectare solar farm project at Ashwater in North Devon have been dismissed on appeal after initially being turned down by Torridge District Council, with the 10-megawatt scheme refused permission because of its impact on the landscape and … Continue reading
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GSA fire: Student project foam panels ’caused blaze’
The recently released report on the fire at Glasgow School of Art (GSA) concludes that a student project was the source, as it stemmed from an undergraduate’s installation that involved fastening foam panels on to three walls of a basement … Continue reading
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Double glazing test case for listed homes
Hampshire parish councillor Timothy Guiness has mounted a test case in the High Court over whether he should be allowed to fit double glazing in his listed farmhouse at Ellisfield Timothy Guinness said planning authorities showed ‘prejudice’ about double glazing … Continue reading
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Sustainable development & marine planning consultation -MMO
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has started consultation on the draft Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report for the South Inshore and South Offshore Marine Plans, with the consultation closing on Friday 2nd January 2015. This is the first stage in the … Continue reading
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UKCES: Employer leadership in skills and employment is vital
The UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) has announced that a new report looking into the UK skills system, ‘Growth Through People’, puts forward 5 recommendations for action all supported by the TUC and CBI. Urgent action must be … Continue reading
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Arson destroys ‘fantastic’ replica Roman house at Poole
One of the country’s most authentic replications of a Roman’s home could be lost to learners after arson attack despair for organisers and volunteers. Culture24 writes: More than 1,000 schoolchildren a year were inspired by one of the country’s most … Continue reading
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