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- Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, featuring Past President Mike Brown’s Vox Pop 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s Communications and Outreach Strategy 2025-28 now online 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s Annual School ‘Save the Date’ notice & Home Page launch: IHBC’s 2026 Newcastle School, 18-20 June, on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ & up to 20 hours CPD – accessible, interdisciplinary, cost-effective 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: GII Coventry Baths demolition approved by Historic England 14/10/2025
- Government responds to Parliamentary Report on Home Retrofitting with £13.2bn programme 14/10/2025
- HH: Lack of support from Scottish Government threatening heritage tourism sector 14/10/2025
- People across the country set to benefit from £4M boost to improve accessibility to arts and culture: Open to 14/11 14/10/2025
- THA’s Heritage and Placemaking Survey and Call for Case Studies – they want to hear from you… by 17 October 14/10/2025
- BSRIA: Wellbeing in Buildings (TG 10/2025) 14/10/2025
- ‘Remaking the relationship between citizens and the built environment’, a blog via Demos 14/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Heritage home in Canada demolished despite Heritage Act 14/10/2025
- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ reaches across disciplines, levels & sectors, from charities – led here by Scotland & CEOs – to Officers (LG) Inspectors (HE) & more 10/10/2025
- Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, offers insights into ‘The world of generative AI’ 10/10/2025
- IHBC welcomes Gardens Trust report into the role of historic parks and gardens in the 21st century 10/10/2025
- IHBC joins 33 leading organisations calling for £6.8M in urgent funding to support Planning Schools 10/10/2025
- IHBC launches FREE ‘Events Calendar’ submission form – with potential for inclusion in our celebrated monthly CPD Circular 10/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’ (& ‘Management’ signpost): AJ on legal challenge to Barbican demolition… which ‘can proceed’ 10/10/2025
- Chancellor appoints infrastructure and planning adviser to clear path for new investments… to ‘do what it takes to get Britain building’ 10/10/2025
- Scotland’s ‘Properties and Collections Strategy: Towards Sustainable Stewardship’ consultation draft out, open to 23/01 10/10/2025
- £214m new funding for Welsh communities to improve neighbourhoods and restore pride 10/10/2025
- RICS calls for expressions of interest for pilot programmes of new professional pathways 10/10/2025
- RTPI launches five-year strategy to elevate planning: Empower 2030 10/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Donovan Rypkema & Heritage Strategies International seek input on ‘measuring in Arts, Culture, and Heritage’ 10/10/2025
- Presidential invite to IHBC’s ‘members-only’ online Council Wednesday 8 October, 4.30pm, on ‘Heritage Skills & the Conservation Professional’, Charter explorations & more 07/10/2025
- IHBC’s CPD Blog from #IHBCShrewsbury2025: Some ‘Academic Reflections on the IHBC Annual School… and participation’ from Dr Alison McCandlish IHBC, University of Glasgow 07/10/2025
Daily Archives: 04/11/2020
IHBC 2020 Student Awards judge announced: SPAB Director Matthew Slocombe to select Gus Astley Award winner for £500 (& Brighton 2021)!
Matthew Slocombe, director of the SPAB (Society for the Protection of Ancient Building) will serve as the guest judge of the submissions to the 2020 IHBC Gus Astley Student Award, with winners receiving certificates and cash prizes (up to £500) … Continue reading
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IHBC NI Branch’s church care guidance commended by Church of Ireland as the ‘go-to guide’!
The Church of Ireland Gazette has featured the IHBC’s Northern Ireland (NI) Branch initiative to create what the Gazette has called the ‘new ‘go-to’ guide for property care’: Care for your Church and Church Property, co-authored by IHBC NI Branch … Continue reading
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FINAL REMINDER: IHBC supports CIOB’s ‘Future Skills for Traditional Buildings’: 05 November, online
The IHBC is co-sponsoring the ‘Future Skills for Traditional Buildings’ virtual conference from the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) on 5 November, with speakers to include IHBC members Rory Cullen and John Edwards, and with IHBC officers hosting a digital … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’ pick of the week: LI’s international ideas competition, for after COVID-19
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, with notices from across the development sector’s publications, and this week features the … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Shirehall will be sold for more money due to non-listed status, argues council leader
Shirehall’s non-listed building status will mean it will be worth more money when the site is sold, Shropshire Council’s leader has said. By Mike White, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=13951995
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BRE Trust publishes report ‘100 Years of Council Housing’ to mark the 100 anniversary of the 1919 housing and Town Planning Act
BRE has published ‘100 Years of Council Housing’ to celebrate the centenary of the 1919 Housing and Town Planning Act, which introduced the concept of ‘council housing’ and also led to the creation of the Building Research Station (now BRE) … Continue reading
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England’s new Chief Planner Joanna Averley says: ‘Keep up the planning…’
Joanna Averley, England’s new Chief Planner, has written to local authorities strongly encouraging them to ‘continue in the preparation and adoption of local plans – (including neighbourhood plans – as policy development and legislation evolve in response to the national … Continue reading
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Heritage Compass business support: Growing resilience in England’s heritage sector with the NLHF – closing 6/11 AND 16/12
‘Heritage Compass’ is a brand-new Business Support Programme funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) designed to ‘grow resilience and invigorate the heritage sector across England’ has been launched by Cause4 and its consortium partners, with options for application ending … Continue reading
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APPG on Building Communities publishes ‘Productive Placemaking Report’
The All-Party Parliamentary Group(APPG) on Building Communities published the ‘Productive Placemaking Report ‘on the 22 September.
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CIOB’s Art of Building competition celebrating creativity in construction now open for entries: Closing 15/11
The Art of Building photography competition is an international showcase for the very best digital photography of the built environment, led by The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) and open to both professional and amateur photographers, and closes on 15 … Continue reading
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IHBC signpost, from the SPAB archive: Rational Builders and William Weir
The SPAB look back on the work of Scottish architect William Weir (1865-1950), one of our most respected caseworkers, and was part of a group of dedicated experts active in the first 50 years of the SPAB. image: The SPAB … Continue reading
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