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- 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
- England’s NPPF update: New consultation on proposed reforms and other changes to the planning system, to 10/03 19/12/2025
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- £2.9m heritage investment for Waterfront regeneration 19/12/2025
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- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Costa Carras European Citizens Awards for the Safeguard of Endangered Heritage 2026, entries open to 16/01/2026 19/12/2025
- IHBC welcome SAHGB’s new Colvin Special Award 2025, celebrating editors of The Pevsner Architectural Guides 16/12/2025
- IHBC issues formal notice for 2026 AGM, online on 7 January 2026, from 5.30pm (with special presentation!) for 6pm start 16/12/2025
- IHBC updates on ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’: Check out our web hub, with video & feedback, and help reduce damage to both health and heritage 16/12/2025
- IHBC warmly welcomes PCO approval to Petition for Charter 16/12/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ Signpost: How to get started in sharing knowledge and expertise on Designing Buildings 16/12/2025
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- Videogame to help protect Nottingham Cathedral and other heritage buildings: ‘Pugin’s Revival’ despite ‘structural ‘monsters’’ 16/12/2025
- UK Heritage Pulse Spotlight: Operational use of Artificial Intelligence 16/12/2025
- Public appointment: Members appointed to Historic Environment Scotland 16/12/2025
- HHBT to continue its work in the Highlands as part of SHBT 16/12/2025
- RIBA responds to Environmental Audit Committee report on sustainable housing growth 16/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’– WMF & EH receive grant for next phase of Coastal Connections Programme 16/12/2025
Monthly Archives: June 2020
AJ: Historic England boss slams ‘crazy’ retrofit VAT discrepancy
The Architects’ Journal (AJ) has headlined how the chief executive of Historic England characterised the difference between the VAT rate for retrofit and new build as ‘crazy’, in its first virtual AJ100 breakfast event.
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Tycoon’s £1bn flats scheme consent quashed in Whitehall U-turn
Newspaper tycoon Richard Desmond has been forced to suspend ambitious plans to redevelop his former Isle of Dogs printworks site in London with a vast luxury flats scheme. image: for illusration purposes only Kleon3 / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
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The SPAB Recruiting a new Chair
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings(SPAB) is recruiting a successor to the Chair from its membership, as current Chairman Iain Boyd come to the end of a six year term.
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#IHBCVirtualSchool2020 CPD Speaker Spotlight: Carole Souter CBE, on ‘Community’, including heritage roles and resources, local and global…
Carole Souter, Master of St Cross College, Oxford, was previously the Chief Executive of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) – now the National Lottery Heritage Fund – leading national heritage funding bodies in the UK, … Continue reading
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IHBC welcomes Heritage Trust Network’s new CEO: David Tittle
The IHBC has welcomed the appointment of David Tittle as Chief Executive Officer for the Heritage Trust Network (HTN), which he will join at the end of May 2020.
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’ pick of the week: Our DBW news digest
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services working to the IHBC’s standards – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, including news from across sector publications, and this … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: 300 years of Ramsgate history in new HE book
The Isle of Thanet News has encouraged readers to delve into the rich history of Ramsgate over the past 300 years, with a new book from Historic England (HE). Image: IHBC South East Branch
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IHBC CPD boost: Thoughts and tips on engaging the public with research – with a survey too…
Engaging relevant communities in the research process can have a multitude of benefits explain Dr Sam Illingworth (The University of Western Australia) and Dr Jasjit Singh (University of Leeds), who are currently compiling a toolkit to empower researchers to do … Continue reading
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IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 79: Garden Trust on research and conservation of historic landscapes during lockdown
The Garden Trust has highlighted how, even during the lockdown, people can still do a lot of research to help protect our historic landscapes. image: for illustratation purposes only Open Government Licence v3.0
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IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 80: Risk assessments and contractual impact
A note on contractual obligations under the current COVID-19 pandemic has been issued by The Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists(CIAT).
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IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 81: Return to work safely with this check list from Stone Federation
In response to the Prime Minister’s announcement outlining a return to work, the Stone Federation Great Britain has published a short list of links to information essential to help you get back to work safely. image: Stone Specialist website
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IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 82: The Consultation Institute on ‘Exit from Lockdown – the case for consultation’
The Consultation Institute has published a Briefing Paper by Rhion Jones and Stephen Hill on ‘Exit after Lockdown – the case for Consultation’.
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IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 83: Restarting building work – A guide for FMB members
Guidance from The Federation of Master Builders(FMB) sets out advice to members and their clients about what steps they may want to think about when starting or restarting a building project during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.
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The energy costs of ‘historic preservation’… from a university
Some academics are arguing that preservation policies preventing historic buildings from being fitted with energy-efficient measures added £5.6 billion to energy bills across an eight-year period.
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