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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
Monthly Archives: June 2016
IHBC welcomes Derbyshire HB Trust School on Buildings at Risk: 21-6 August
The IHBC is helping support The Derbyshire Historic Buildings (HB) Trust initiative to provide a residential course for heritage students and early career professionals and offer an opportunity to learn directly from professionals working in the heritage sector, so much … Continue reading
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IHBC NW support in ‘Strategy and Legacy’ for Liverpool’s Albert Dock
IHBC North West (NW) Branch has contributed to a new strategy that sets out ambitions over the next five years to create a legacy for Liverpool’s Albert Dock that adds a tourism asset to the Liverpool City Region and demonstrates … Continue reading
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Scotland’s historic communities receive £10m funding boost via ‘CARS’
Scotland’s towns, city centres and places of historic interest are to benefit from a £10 million funding boost from Historic Environment Scotland (HES), distributed through its Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS), with a deadline for applications of Wednesday 31 August 2016. … Continue reading
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Birmingham tram extension backed by SOS for sustainability, despite harm to significant heritage
Transport Secretary of Secretary (SOS) Patrick McLoughlin has gone against the recommendation of a planning inspector and approved a planning direction and renewed compulsory purchase powers for Centro, the passenger transport executive for the West Midlands, as the benefits of … Continue reading
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HE publishes fresh evidence on how and why Heritage Counts 2016
Heritage and Society, the first product of Heritage Counts 2016, was published online on 23 May by Historic England (HE), presenting facts and figures which illustrate the benefits the historic environment brings to society. Heritage Counts is an annual survey … Continue reading
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Civic Voice announces winners of the 2016 Design Awards
On 24 May, Civic Voice handed out 11 awards to a variety of high quality schemes and projects from across England, with the Master’s House, Ledbury, winning in the Restoration Category Civic Voice writes: The Civic Voice Design Awards give communities … Continue reading
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TCPA report: NPPF viability test hinders affordable homes provision
A new report from the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA), ‘Homes for all: Ensuring councils can deliver the homes we need’, shows only seven per cent of councils believe that the government’s starter homes initiative would help address their … Continue reading
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Historic England Advice Notes (HEAN) 1-7 now online
Historic England Advice Notes (HEANs) 1-6 have all now been published on the Historic England website, supplemented now by the new HEAN 7 on Local Heritage Listing, while a HEAN on the Reconstruction of Heritage Assets has been issued for … Continue reading
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Skills shortage continues to create higher wages for skilled bricklayers
A skills shortage in the construction sector has pushed the wages of bricklayers higher, according to new research for the Construction Skills Network of the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), as figures show that those with bricklaying skills can now … Continue reading
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Georgian Group’s Architectural Awards 2016 open
The Georgian Groups Awards are now open, rewarding those with the vision and commitment to restore Georgian buildings and landscapes, and including recognition for high-quality new buildings in Georgian contexts and in the Classical tradition, all with a closing date … Continue reading
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