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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
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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