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- Bursaries for #IHBCNewcastle2026 open to 13/04, 18-20 June: ‘Submit now to be next on the list!’ 17/02/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 17/02/2026
- 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. 17/02/2026
- 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… 17/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Management’ Signpost: Great Expectations Conference update by the National Churches Trust – Recordings now available 17/02/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: IHBC’s NewsBlog on ‘BOOKING OPEN for IHBC’s Full School (June 18-20): #IHBCNewcastle2026’ 17/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Heritage charity to change name after sale of 20,000-acre estate 17/02/2026
- National Heritage Emergency declared by Stoke-on-Trent – ‘first for a UK City’ – as Potteries needs £325Mn investment over the next decade 17/02/2026
- Nominations open for the Plowden Medal Conservation Award 2026, to 15/05 17/02/2026
- LPOC announces Listed & Modern Architectural Awards 2026 17/02/2026
- The Heritage Fund on ‘Putting people’s memories at the heart of heritage-inspired regeneration’ – ‘Felt experience’ 17/02/2026
- Headline findings of Official Statistics from the Community Life Survey 2024/25 released 10 December 2025 17/02/2026
- Scottish Infrastructure Strategy 2027-2037 Consultation now out 17/02/2026
- 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
Daily Archives: 01/02/2019
IHBC’s 2019 Nottingham School fires up with new speakers: Liz Davidson (Glasgow School of Art) and Steve Emery (‘what you really need to know’)
The IHBC has announced two speakers on fire-related issues for the 2019 Day School–July 4-6, on ‘Heritage, Risk and Resilience’ – with Liz Davidson covering ‘the most iconic recent case study, the Glasgow School of Art’ and Steve Emery exploring … Continue reading
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IHBC welcomes High Court Liverpool ruling on status of conservation services’ advice: ‘Don’t pass on the law, or on your own conservation team’!
The overturning of Liverpool City Council’s consent for a 51-home redevelopment of a Grade II listed building centred on how conservation service advice must remain central in the conclusions of a planning authority, as ‘one of the key aspects of the … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: FREE IHBC CPD with IHBC’s President & Research Consultant at London’s LPOC Property Show, 9-10 Feb
IHBC update on ‘Members with benefits’: Enjoy free IHBC CPD and entry at London’s LPOC Property Show, 9-10 Feb
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IHBC’s President’s update to Branches: Remember your Marsh Awards nominations – ‘Successful Learning’ and ‘Retired IHBC’ Closing SOON (28 Feb)
IHBC President David McDonald is encouraging members to consider nominations for the newly launched Marsh Awards for Successful Learning in Heritage Skills and for Community Contribution (Retired Member of the IHBC). See the NewsBlog.
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IHBC’s HESPR top pick from £270K costed work this week: Durham CC seeks Design Team for GII Durham History Centre -closing 22/2, value £140k
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – the Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition scheme – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s top pick for NewsBlog readers for this week features a call from Durham County … Continue reading
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IHBC CPD boost: DBW on Habitat 67’s own designer renovation for 50th anniversary.
In November 2018, Safdie Architects, completed a comprehensive renovation of the 10th floor publicly-accessible unit of Habitat 67, to commemorate the building’s 50th anniversary, and Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW), host platform for the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki, has highlighted the development.
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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Hartlepool councillors plan £60,000 spend on ‘urgent repairs’ for derelict hotel
The Hartlepool Mail has explored how council bosses there are looking to spend £60,000 on ‘urgent repairs’ for a derelict former hotel in Church Street as part of the area’s regeneration.
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NLHF (former HLF) launches 5 year plan with ‘new-look’ brand and site
The ‘new-look’ National Lottery Heritage Fund (formerly the HLF) has unveiled plans for the next five years: 2019-24.
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BEFS calls for member input on Tenement Maintenance recommendations to secure ‘cultural change’ in communal ownership and care: Closing 27 Feb
Built Environment Forum Scotland (BEFS) has called on stakeholders and colleagues to input to recent Tenement Maintenance recommendations considered central to improving how owners maintain communal property, to be sent to research@befs.org.uk before the closing date of 27 February.
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Liverpool hires planning experts to write new ‘tall buildings policy’
Following a stand-off with UNESCO over the threat to its World Heritage Status, the city council is looking to ensure future schemes do not negatively impact on the waterfront with a consortium led by by Urban Initiatives Studio (UIS). image: … Continue reading
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DCMS names five areas to share £20 million to unleash creativity across the nation
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has named Grimsby, Thames Estuary, Plymouth, Wakefield and Worcester as areas to receive millions of pounds of funding to invest in culture.
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‘Ancient’ Aberdeenshire stone circle found to be replica
An Aberdeenshire stone circle initially thought to be thousands of years old has been identified as a modern replica, as reported by the BBC!
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