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- IHBC President’s ‘Members only’ Invitation to next Virtual Council: Online, 8 April 2026, from 4.30pm – Scoping ‘Investigation’ of conservation in local government, with a call for suggestions etc. 13/02/2026
- IHBC welcomes National Apprenticeship Week: to 15/02 13/02/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 13/02/2026
- Booking opens for IHBC’s 2026 School, #IHBCNewcastle2026, June 18-20 (Full School only): Accessible, Certified CPD on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ – From £35+VAT (Online Day School), free pre-conference webinars and more… 13/02/2026
- IHBC is planning for growth, so grow with us by volunteering, with our Committees, Boards and Branches, or Panels, Groups and more as suits – just let us know! 13/02/2026
- IHBC ‘Management’ Signpost: Managing Surplus Government Property, guidance from the Government 13/02/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £64K of weekly works: UK heritage body seeks Chief Exec, to 28/02 13/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the ‘super-rich’ doorstep’: Britain’s building standards so bad that even super-rich face housing misery… 13/02/2026
- Southbank now listed: The Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Hayward Gallery and associated terraced walkways and stairs 13/02/2026
- Iconic canals to be better protected with £6.5 million investment- Funding to support repair, maintenance & long-term projects 13/02/2026
- 2026 SPAB Fellows and Scholars announced 13/02/2026
- New £11.5Mn fund to help England’s charities and councils support local communities 13/02/2026
- NLHF & HE survey on ‘Historic Gardens: Supporting Adaptation to a Changing Climate’ 13/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Federal judge ‘sceptical’ of Trump’s authority over White House ballroom 13/02/2026
- Check out IHBC’s next new-style ‘CPD Circular’ & feedback: ‘At-a-glance colour coding’, simpler format, Awards, Director’s CPD Spotlights, & more 10/02/2026
- Booking opens for IHBC’s 2026 School, #IHBCNewcastle2026, June 18-20 (Full School only): Accessible, Certified CPD on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ – From £35+VAT (Online Day School), free pre-conference webinars and more… 10/02/2026
- IHBC is planning for growth, so grow with us by volunteering, with our Committees, Boards and Branches, or Panels, Groups and more as suits – just let us know! 10/02/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 10/02/2026
- IHBC ‘Management’ Signpost: Turley on ‘Grey Belt – What have we learned’ 10/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ Signpost: New air source heat pump case studies from Historic England 10/02/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: DB on COTAC’s Insight 4 – ‘Understanding and Appreciating the Region of East Anglia’ 10/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Inclusive Farm Scotland welcomes first students to 22-acre working farm on Royal Deeside 10/02/2026
- Georgian Group launches High Court challenge over Clandon Park decision 10/02/2026
- First ever UK Town of Culture competition to restore pride in communities – to 31/03 10/02/2026
- RICS Scotland Manifesto 2026 – Surveying Scotland: ‘ambitions… not be achievable without urgent action on skills & workforce’ 10/02/2026
Daily Archives: 15/06/2016
STBF event, supported by IHBC, BEFS etc., prompts Scottish Parliamentary motion on ‘Traditional Building Skills and Materials’
The Scottish Traditional Building Forum (STBF) ran its traditional building skills event in Edinburgh’s St Andrew Square Garden on 6 and 7 June, jointly supported by IHBC, BEFS and others, which attracted more than half a dozen MSPs and has … Continue reading
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Hotel under demolition partially collapses into street
On 28 May a Seaham hotel undergoing demolition – after a fire damaged the building in 2015 – partially collapsed into the street. ITV News writes: The Harbour View Hotel at 18 North Terrace, Seaham, partly collapsed onto the street. … Continue reading
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SPAB launches campaign to promote awareness of historic floors: ‘History at your Feet’: tweet #lookdown
Providing a welcome partner to the various ‘Look-up’ campaigns, The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) has launched a campaign to turn attention to the resource under our feet, and asks those finding historic floors to tweet photographs … Continue reading
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RIBA 2016: ‘Architect workloads growing’
The RIBA Future Trends Survey for April 2016 shows increased revenue from projects outside the UK compared with 2013 and that the North of England leads the way in future workload predictions. The RIBA writes: In April 2016 the RIBA … Continue reading
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New report presses case for sustainable urban extensions to Oxford City
The Oxford Growth Options Report commissioned from Turley by Oxford City Council argues justification for release of Green Belt land to allow for strategic housing and calls for a review of its designated extent to allow for this. Oxford City … Continue reading
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ETL: Share your knowledge of England’s buildings ‘enrich the list’
Historic England has launched a revised version of the web pages ‘Enrich the List’ on 7 June 2016, and now invites input to this critical tool from IHBC members and any others. Historic England urges users of the list across … Continue reading
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Celebration of the restoration of York’s heritage made its mark at RHS in Chelsea, May 2016
A stained glass window, inspired by the medieval Great East Window at York Minster, formed the centrepiece of an installation at the Royal Horticultural Show (RHS) in Chelsea, celebrating the restoration of York Minster’s fine heritage. The RHS writes: ‘A … Continue reading
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