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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
Monthly Archives: July 2017
CAMRA Pub Design Awards 2017: Nominations open for ‘refurbishment and conservation of existing pubs, and new ones too
Entries are now being sought for the 2017 National Pub Design Awards, which is run by CAMRA in association with Historic England, recognising high standards of architecture in the refurbishment and conservation of existing pubs, and the construction of new … Continue reading
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CITB retains Skills Test in new SVQs following industry backing
Following a widespread consultation with employers and educators across Scotland, the CITB has readied nine, new, craft Scottish Vocational Qualifications (SVQ) for the new intake of Apprentices in August.
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Election message from BESA is ‘grow your own skills’ via vocational training
BESA states why it’s more important than ever to nurture the workforce of tomorrow, why vocational training is crucial to tackling the UK’s poor productivity, and that the introduction of T Levels – which ‘fit neatly with the government’s ongoing … Continue reading
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Campaigners crowd fund in bid to go to Court of Appeal over QPR training site on Metropolitan Open Land (MOL)
Campaigners are seeking to raise £25,000 through crowdfunding in a bid to go to the Court of Appeal over the proposed siting of a Championship football club’s training facilities on Metropolitan Open Land (MOL).
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Heritage’s ‘people dimension’: Tenant of threatened historic Norwich bridge house calls for protection
The longstanding tenant of an historic bridge house in Norwich has called for it to be protected after the council revealed it could be demolished.
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IHBC congratulates NW Branch on hosting Manchester’s spectacular 2017 Annual School, and more…
On behalf of IHBC members and colleagues, Chair James Caird thanked the institute’s North West Branch, its School committee and volunteers, for an excellent 2017 Annual School in Manchester, on 22-24 June, saying also that he looks forward to another … Continue reading
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IHBC welcomes Scotland’s newest addition to heritage education: The Engine Shed, by HES and Stirling
The IHBC has welcomed the opening of a new pan-Scotland heritage education centre engaging and informing all ages with Scotland’s built and historic environment: the Engine Shed in Stirling, inspired and delivered by Historic Environment Scotland (HES), and officially opened … Continue reading
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Lucie Carayon IHBC appointed next AMS Director 2018
Trustees of the Ancient Monuments Society (AMS) have announced at their AGM that their Casework Secretary, Lucie Carayon IHBC, is to take on the Directorship of the Society in early 2018. image courtesy of AMS
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IHBC HESPR’s top pick of the week: Condition survey of the Horniman Museum, valued @ £5000, closing 19 July
The IHBC’s heritage business listing, HESPR – the Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition scheme – offers members weekly Bulletins that bring tender and other business opportunities together into one handy resource, while the Director’s top pick for NewsBlog readers this … Continue reading
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IHBC recognised CPD providers & HESPR Members limited offer: Promote your service with free copies of the next issue of IHBC’s Context – Conservation and Urbanism
IHBC recognised CPD Providers and HESPR members have the opportunity to receive free copies of the next issue of IHBC’s Context, to help promote themselves to clients, businesses, and members, so if you are recognised and want free copies of … Continue reading
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Election 2017 update: UK government appointments summary
Following the 2017 elections, government has announced appointments for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG). Parliamentary copyright images are reproduced with the permission … Continue reading
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Introducing HLF’s Heritage Ambassadors: 16-25, transforming the way young people experience heritage
The Heritage Lottery fund (HLF) has recruited a group of 16-25 year old ‘ambassadors’ to help transform the way young people experience and interact with heritage.
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LI-linked guidance outlines changes to new EIA Regulations which expand their scope
The Landscape Institute (LI) has signposted guidance outlining the main changes in the new Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Regulations, which came into effect on 16 May.
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Dudley’s Black Country Living Museum forges ahead: Includes moving moving heritage, helped by Lottery’s £9.8m
A rare opportunity to save landmark community and commercial buildings from demolition, and rebuild them at the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, has been awarded £9.8million from The National Lottery. image Black Country Living Museum
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