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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: 01/07/2015
IHBC opens its ‘Toolbox’ stage 1: Guidance Notes with ‘Annual Conservation Management Statements: Best Practice’ and ‘Negotiating Skills’
The IHBC has just launched the next stage of its practitioner support ‘Toolbox’, an integrated online resource for built and historic environment conservation practice that, among other support to come, now offers easy access to the IHBC’s new Guidance Notes … Continue reading
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IHBC welcomes Hague convention protocol ratification by UK
The UK government is planning to create new legislation which will result in the ratification of the Hague Convention on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. IHBC ETS Committee Vice Chair Bob Kindred OBE, who … Continue reading
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New IHBC Context issue out: on working with metal
The latest issue of the IHBC’s journal Context has been circulated to members, No 139, on metals and featuring discussions on repair and conservation as well as a range of projects on different types of historic structures. Articles include: Wrought … Continue reading
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HS: New estate management qualifications for Scotland
New rural skills qualifications are to be launched in Scotland, which IHBC member David Mitchell (Historic Scotland’s Director of Conservation) has highlighted as vital for rural traditional building maintenance and repair. The Scottish Government writes: Brand new formal qualifications in … Continue reading
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New President for POS: Stewart Murray
Stewart Murray, Assistant Director, Planning with the Greater London Authority has become the new President of the Planning Officers Society (POS). POS writes: Murray was elected at the Society’s Annual General Meeting held in Dorchester on Friday 19 June 2015. … Continue reading
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Museums Association appoints ‘transformers’
The Museums Association has announced details of the successful applicants to its ‘transformer’ programme which helps mid-career heritage professionals trial and develop new ideas in their museum, with 27 appointees across the UK. The Museums Association writes: The Museums Association … Continue reading
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The ‘UK’s greenest historic building’ project progress
A building project undertaken by the University of Edinburgh’s new Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation (ECCI), Scotland’s only low carbon innovation hub, in association with Edinburgh World Heritage, is deemed to be the UK’s greenest historic building, has moved a … Continue reading
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Vote for your favourite Lottery Good Cause
The National Lottery public vote for favourite lottery good cause is now open, from 24 June – 29 July everyone may vote for their favourite project across 7 categories, including heritage. The nominees in the heritage category (in random order) … Continue reading
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First Big Lottery Fund Scotland Land Fund grants announced
The first allocations of Scottish Land Fund grants worth £172,000 in three different areas have been announced by the Big Lottery. The Big Lottery Fund writes: Three community land initiatives in the Scottish Borders, East Ayrshire and Aberdeenshire are today … Continue reading
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Build to Rent: New Homes in London
1000 new homes to rent are now going to be available in London under the Build to Rent fund. DCLG writes: Three multi-million pound deals will provide over 1,000 new homes specifically for private rent in London, Housing Minister Brandon … Continue reading
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