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- IHBC’s ‘Save the Date’ notice for all Branch Committees: Have your say at our next online Branch Connection Event, 22 January 2025, 2pm – 4pm 23/12/2025
- 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 6pm AGM 23/12/2025
- IHBC’s Context 185 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, featuring Chris Wood on ‘A code of practice for slate and stone roofing’ 23/12/2025
- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ spans disciplines, levels & sectors as interdisciplinary conservation practice standards deliver public benefit 23/12/2025
- IHBC’s 2025 Parliamentary Briefing launches research-led ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’… From Crafts in Crisis to Rubbish in Retrofit 23/12/2025
- IHBC’s Research signpost: ‘… synergy… of historic building retrofit and the heritage of traditional building craft practices…’ 23/12/2025
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’ No.1: DB with its ‘Designing Buildings Christmas verse’ 23/12/2025
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’ No.2: NCE on ‘The dilemma of industrial heritage’… 23/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (pub) doorstep’: The 12 Pubs of Christmas – a seasonal Blog from Historic England 23/12/2025
- Government plans ‘Single Construction Regulator’ to ensure standards across sector, with consultation open to 20/03 23/12/2025
- HES: Troubled body told to address ‘unacceptable’ governance by Audit Scotland 23/12/2025
- Chancellor appoints infrastructure and planning adviser to clear path for new investments 23/12/2025
- AHRC PhD studentships on ‘barriers to creating healthier places’ 23/12/2025
- John McAslan + Partners: ‘…transformative alternative vision for Liverpool Street Station…’ 23/12/2025
- Scotland’s ‘Properties and Collections Strategy: Towards Sustainable Stewardship’ consultation draft out, open to 23/01 23/12/2025
- Heritage Trust North West takes on Baguley Hall 23/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: NTHP sues to stop White House Ballroom works for violating Constitutional property clause & absent Congress authorisation 23/12/2025
- 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
Daily Archives: 06/04/2017
Thatch CPD boost, IHBC-recognised: ‘Conservation of Thatch’, 17 May, Peterborough – IHBC member rate from £40+VAT
Historic England (HE), in conjunction with the East Midlands Master Thatchers’ Association (EMMA) and the IHBC, hosted by our East Midlands Branch, offer another remarkable day of IHBC-recognised CPD on the ‘Conservation of Thatch’, 17 May in Peterborough, from £40+VAT … Continue reading
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IHBC and COTAC welcome major new partnership – CITB, HES, HE and Cadw – to boost heritage construction skills
The IHBC and COTAC have welcomed the news that the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has joined forces with national heritage bodies – Scottish Government’s Historic Environment Scotland (HES), Historic England (HE) and the Welsh historic environment service Cadw – … Continue reading
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IHBC CPD opportunity: ‘Condition Surveys of Historic Buildings’ course, 3 May – Use our CPD plans to secure employer support!
IHBC members tell us that that skills in condition surveys are a priority, so we are happy to note that Oxford University is offering a practical, 3-day course on this from 8 May, from £455, and it does cost, our … Continue reading
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HLF: £10.1m across UK to help widen heritage talent pool
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is investing £10.1m in 18 projects across the UK to help train a new and more diverse generation of heritage craftspeople, digital specialists and entrepreneurs.
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Restoration of historic Venetian Waterways on course after £1.7m from National Lottery
An major project to restore Great Yarmouth’s historic Venetian Waterways is on course after securing a grant of more than £1.7m from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Big Lottery Fund. image courtesy of Darren J Barker
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Innovation fund to support 30 libraries across England
Arts Council England and government have announced that 30 local authorities’ libraries services from across the country will receive a total of £3.9 million from the Libraries Opportunities for Everyone Innovation fund.
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Cheers! Yorkshire pub saved by its customers rated best in the UK
Camra’s top accolade goes to George & Dragon, in Hudswell, Yorkshire, which was rescued from bankruptcy.
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Museum of Iron: On how Coalbrookdale changed the world forever
A new ‘Museum of Iron’ opening kicks off Ironbridge Gorge Museums 50th Anniversary celebrations.
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Oxford councils submit proposals to become unitary authority
Oxfordshire County Council, South Oxfordshire District Council and Vale of White Horse District Council have submitted a joint proposal to the government to become a new single unitary authority for Oxfordshire.
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Tolpuddle Martyrs’ old chapel to be restored as a place to ‘sit and think’
Derelict building in Dorset village known for its place in British trade union history has won a Heritage Lottery Fund grant.
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