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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: 02/10/2020
Interested in the IHBC’s new governance and proposed Articles, and want to know more? ‘Just ask the IHBC’, in one of our new live, online discussion events
The IHBC is opening a programme of membership-wide, on-line discussions beginning with the next steps in our modernised governance, as new ‘Articles’ are proposed for adoption at the 2020 AGM on 3 December (#IHBCAGM2020), so if you have queries to … Continue reading
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ADDC Architects latest practice to join IHBC’s HESPR register of service providers working to IHBC standards
ADDC Architects, a small practice in Derbyshire specialising in planning and heritage work, is the latest company join the IHBC’s ‘HESPR’ quality assured network – our heritage business listing connecting client needs & heritage expertise – now numbering nearly 50 … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR pick this week from £51K+ costed works: Council seeks landscape etc. services, closing 5/10 and valued at £45K
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 its members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s top pick this … Continue reading
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IHBC’s features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Petition to save former Weymouth community pub from demolition
The Dorset Echo has featured a campaign to prevent an historic former Weymouth community pub, the ‘Ferrybridge Inn’, being demolished and turned into flats.
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Big Ben’s roof is revealed as conservation work continues
The roof of the Elizabeth Tower (also known as Big Ben) is slowly becoming visible again from 28 September 2020, as part of the scaffolding is removed. image: Open Government Licence v3.0
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MHCLG’s £80M boost to towns
Over a hundred towns in England are to share £80 million to boost regeneration, helping them to build back better, England’s Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) has reported. image: for illustration purposes only – Open Government Licence … Continue reading
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Investment into Wales by the Heritage Fund & partners: 15-Minute Heritage open for applications, closing 14/10
The Heritage Fund is offering grants of between £3,000 – £10,000 for projects based in Wales that will encourage engagement with their local heritage, with this 15-Minute Heritage distributed by The National Lottery Heritage Fund in partnership with Cadw, the … Continue reading
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Regenerating communities in Scotland, with £30M to support economic recovery
All of Scotland’s 32 local authorities and more than 25 individual community regeneration projects will receive a share of £30 million of new investment for regeneration and town centres. image of Govanhill Baths: By Michal Klajban – Own work, CC … Continue reading
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Funding Secured for England’s Historic High Streets Recovery: ‘From Plymouth to Hexham’
From Plymouth to Hexham, 68 historic high streets across England have been offered government funding to give them a new lease of life and help them recover from declining footfall and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. image of Plymouth … Continue reading
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Victorian Society selling furniture to raise funds
The Victorian Society is raising money for its work by selling pieces by Voysey and Walter Crane in a specialist auction on 6th October 2020….
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Maida Vale Studios listing: BBC objects
The BBC has objected to the listing of the historic Maida Vale Studios.
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