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- IHBC’s new CPD Circular: Your user-friendly ‘What’s on’ guide to heritage learning, networking and experiences, in Branches – from ambling at Amberley to linking in Lincoln & networking in NI – CPD Providers & more… 04/09/2026
- IHBC welcomes RICHeS Access Fund second call, opening 14/09 – ‘access… cutting-edge equipment, collections & expertise’, to £20K, for charities, social enterprises, commercial companies etc. 04/09/2026
- IHBC launches ‘Early Career Network’ with calls to join up, as new Working Group explores plans for support and services 04/09/2026
- Join IHBC’s Membership Assessors now and ‘Shape our Conservation Professionals of the future’, with CPD, status, compensation, and more as thanks and benefits 04/09/2026
- IHBC NI’s update on hosting a stall in Belfast’s Assembly Buildings, 28/09, at Heritage Network’s Conference 04/09/2026
- IHBC sponsors Gardens Trust on ‘New Town Landscapes: Learning from the Past, Shaping the Future’, 23-24/09, Milton Keynes 04/09/2026
- REGISTER INTEREST NOW: IHBC’s new ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’ seeks ‘interest’ from leads in conservation-led education, training & learning programmes & courses 04/09/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ CPD Signpost: Professional standards and ethical uses of AI, from the RTPI 04/09/2026
- IHBC Director’ from HESPR’s £40K+ costed works this week: Cultural centre seeks feasibility study to strengthen role, to 23/09 04/09/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Network Rail begins £3.6m restoration of historic Avon Viaduct 04/09/2026
- HE announces further round of two major grant schemes: HAR Capital and POW Renewal (18/09 & 02/10) 04/09/2026
- HES confirms to BEFS plans to refresh Planning Advice for Archaeology and Conservation Areas 04/09/2026
- HE etc. announce Collaborative Doctoral Opportunities 04/09/2026
- AHF & Govan Workspace shortlisted for ‘Social Investment Deal of the Year’ 04/09/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: COP31 International Sustainable Buildings Competition, to 1 October 2026 04/09/2026
- IHBC launches ‘Early Career Network’ with calls to join up, as new Working Group explores plans for support and services 01/09/2026
- IHBC ‘Members with benefits’ : Invitation to ‘The Historic Buildings, Parks & Gardens Event’, London, 13/11, with Historic Houses, exhibitors, speakers and more 31/08/2026
- IHBC’s WM Branch to join West Midlands Heritage Careers Fair 2026: ‘Inspiring the Next Generation of Heritage Professionals’, 21/10, Worcester Cathedral 31/08/2026
- IHBC members with benefits 1: ‘Lutyens & Liverpool’, 6-7 Nov, Lutyens Trust member rates for IHBC, with options for Full (£120), Day (£100), Talk, Walk, Student and more 31/08/2026
- REGISTER INTEREST NOW: IHBC’s new ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’ seeks ‘interest’ from leads in conservation-led education, training; learning programmes; courses 31/08/2026
- IHBC NI’s update on hosting a stall in Belfast’s Assembly Buildings, 28/09, at Heritage Network’s Conference 31/08/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ CPD Signpost: HE Research on ‘Effect of the Historic Built Environment on Local Economic Growth in England: An Instrumental Variable Approach’ 31/08/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’! IHBC calls for member assessors & Building on ‘Plymouth – UK Design Capital shortlist’ 31/08/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Parish priest speaks of ‘Blitz spirit’ after fire devastates Leicester church 31/08/2026
- Public Consultation on Historic Environment Policy for NI, to 23/10 31/08/2026
Daily Archives: 12/12/2020
IHBC’s new Context looks to the future while making history! Oxford themed and introduced by local MP and new CPP APPG Chair, Layla Moran
The latest issue (no. 166) of the IHBC’s membership journal Context is now out, with historic firsts including a new approach that focusses on the future of an historic city – Oxford – and boasts an introduction by Layla Moran … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR pick this week from £136K costed works: Department seeks research on value of heritage assets, closing 21/12, value £50-100K
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 features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Durham’s Whorlton Bridge to close until further notice
A historic County Durham bridge – Grade II, Scheduled, the UK’s oldest road suspension bridge and the earliest surviving structure using an iron chained suspension bridge – is due to close after a condition assessment found it is no longer … Continue reading
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Thousands of councillors call for rethink on planning reforms
Over 2,000 councillors have called on the Government to rethink its planning proposals, warning the changes will lead to an ‘unacceptable loss’ of local democracy and scrutiny. image: for illustration purposes only – Open Government Licence v3.0
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Mackworth church fire: Grade I listed chapel in Derbyshire ‘destroyed’
A centuries-old village church, All Saints’ Church in Mackworth, Derbyshire, has been ravaged by a huge fire.
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HES & BGS launch volunteer trial for new Building Stone Database: Responses sought by c. 12 /01
British Geological Survey (BGS) and Historic Environment Scotland (HES) have created the Building Stone Database for Scotland (BSDS) – an ‘to define and describe all of the building stones of Scotland’ – and is seeking volunteers to test the portal, … Continue reading
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See Duncan Wilson, HE CEO, on HWGPNFY (S2, E11; 31:12… ), with more on COs etc,, via Youtube
The new ‘Have We Got Planning News For You’ (HWGPNFY: S2 E11) episode features Historic England (HE) CEO Duncan Wilson OBE (from 31:28), and also includes relevant content on Conservation Officers and more, offering NewsBlog readers stimulating and entertaining highlights … Continue reading
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Norman Foster pulls out of climate pact over Saudi airport row
Norman Foster has withdrawn his architecture firm from Architects Declare, lead in an industry commitment on climate change.
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Wildlife Trust launches vision of wildscape to replace bleak Nottingham’s Broadmarsh
Following the collapse of the operators of Nottingham’s Broadmarsh shopping centre, INTU, and the return of the site’s lease to Nottingham City Council, Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, a locally based charity championing wildlife in the city for over 30 years has … Continue reading
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Dissemination of ESPON results among the scientific community – call for early career researchers: Closing from 15/12
The ESPON EGTC is launching a Call for Competition to contract a maximum of 20 early career researchers (PhD and/or Postdoc students) to promote the uptake of ESPON territorial evidence within the scientific community, with the call for competition to … Continue reading
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Don’t forget: HEAN Listed Building Consent Advice consultation closes 21/12
The draft Historic England Advice Note (HEAN) on Listed Building Consent Advice is open to public consultation and closes on Monday 21 December 2020.
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Soc Ant’s ‘Future of Archaeology Manifesto’
The Society of Antiquaries of London (Soc Ants) seeks comments on a new manifesto that ‘proposes a new model [that]… offers a mechanism that will encourage collaborative working across all sectors of the profession, enhancing archaeological research and providing information … Continue reading
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‘The Lord of the Rings’ cast crowdfunding to buy Tolkien’s home and turn it into a literary centre
J.R.R. Tolkien’s house on Northmoor Road, Oxford, where he penned ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings’ trilogy, will soon hit the market, so to preserve it for fans and writers, the actors who brought Tolkien’s worlds to film … Continue reading
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