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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: 25/05/2019
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Serious about your career? Stay ‘in the know’ with IHBC’s latest ‘Jobs etc.’ review now out, as senior posts range from CEO positions to section heads and, now, IHBC’s PD Officer!
Helping conservation careers and heritage employers across the UK, the IHBC updates readers about recent job and trainee openings on its ‘Jobs etc’ service – with this round alone ranging from a Cadw Historic Environment (HE) Head to a trust … Continue reading
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New LA conservation jobs update for 2018! ‘IHBC Toolbox’ Research Note on ‘Market Intelligence’ from IHBC’s Jobs etc.
IHBC’s first Research Note for 2018 has been posted on our online Toolbox, offering our regular update of ‘Market Intelligence’ on England’s local authority (LA) conservation-related jobs from our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service.
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £26.4M+ costed opportunities this week: Rotherham seeks team for Swinton Town Centre Development, closing 21/06, value £20M
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 this week features a call from Rotherham MBC for … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Hertford Quaker Meeting House a (surviving) world first, upgraded to ‘prestigious Grade I’!
The Hertfordshire Mercury has celebrated the fact that the Hertford Quaker Meeting House – which first opened in 1670 – has been upgraded to Grade 1 Listing based on the building’s exceptional historical significance, as ‘earliest surviving purpose-built Quaker meeting … Continue reading
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Work underway to create Wales’ own planning inspectorate
Wales’ Minister for Housing and Local Government, Julie James, has announced that work has begun on the creation of a new separate, dedicated planning inspectorate for Wales.
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New DCMS Minister for England: Rebecca Pow
Rebecca Pow, Member of Parliament for Taunton Deane, has been appointed as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), with her portfolio including the arts, heritage, museums, tourism and libraries. image: … Continue reading
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HE invites ‘Expressions of Interest’ for High Streets Heritage Action Zones: Closing 12/07
Historic England (HE) is now inviting Expressions of Interest to our High Streets Heritage Action Zones scheme, with the deadline for applications at 12 noon on 12 July, with the ‘Expression of Interest… the only opportunity to apply and will … Continue reading
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Update on High Streets benefitting from £62M heritage boost
Dozens of locations across the country will benefit from a £62 million fund – ‘part of the government’s comprehensive plan for High Streets announced at last year’s Budget’ – which will ‘bring old buildings back into use and turn them … Continue reading
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New HES Designations application form
Historic Environment Scotland(HES) have issued a new designations application form.
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BREEAM: Local Planning Authority Guidance
The Building Research Establishment’s (BRE) BREEAM family of schemes supports and adds value to the activities of a range of stakeholders worldwide; for central government delivering on policy, for the market players actively committed to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and … Continue reading
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I M Pei, architect for Louvre pyramid and more, dies aged 102
I M Pei, the architect behind buildings including the glass pyramid outside the Louvre in Paris, has died aged 102.
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Cockburn Association survey: ‘Ten Buildings that Define Edinburgh’
The Ten Buildings project was created by the The Cockburn Association to foster a healthy debate on what truly defines Edinburgh’s history, as it asks ‘What are your ten buildings?’ image: Fiona Newton
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