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- IHBC’s Director joins RICHeS Programme Board: ‘Honoured, of course, but mostly I’m impressed by the £80M of research opportunities for historic and built environment conservation’ 20/02/2026
- Don’t need your paper Context? Do everyone a favour and pass it on, ‘Spreading the Word’ to help the Conservation Professional! 20/02/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 20/02/2026
- 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… 20/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: Unlock Access to RICHeS Research Infrastructure with Full Access Fund Call now Open with ‘Help’ webinar on 11/03 20/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ Signpost: Designing Buildings & more on Restoration and Renewal at Westminster 20/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: LPA Planning Capacity and Capability Survey 2025 20/02/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s weekly works: Charity seeks PM for heritage regeneration project, to 02/03 20/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Legal bid to protect Scots brutalist landmark from bulldozer 20/02/2026
- Delivering restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster: the costed proposals published 20/02/2026
- Government plans to train next generation of construction workers 20/02/2026
- SAVE’s Buildings at Risk register (BaR) – Call for Entries 2026 20/02/2026
- York Consortium for Craft and Conservation opens applications for Bursaries for 2026, to 16/03 20/02/2026
- Government Consultation on Design and Placemaking Planning Practice Guidance, to 10/03 20/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: National Residential Retrofit Plan 2026 for Ireland’ makes upgrades more affordable and accessible 20/02/2026
- 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
Daily Archives: 17/08/2021
REMINDER: Submit your coursework for the IHBC’s annual Gus Astley Student Award by 31 AUGUST to win up to £500 & a place on IHBC’s 2022 Aberdeen School
Following calls from participating courses, the closing date for the IHBC’s annual Gus Astley Student Award is now 31 August, so relevant coursework submitted on ANY UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate – from 2020 OR 2021 may be submitted … Continue reading
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IHBC CPD Signpost: Townscapes – The Value of Social Infrastructure as ‘physical spaces and community facilities’
A Public Policy think tank has called on government to work with local and devolved authorities to better focus, fund and devise a strategy that establishes support for community facilities as a key pillar of the post-Covid recovery agenda.
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IHBC’s research signpost: Design Economy 2021 – on ‘current and future economic, social and environmental’ design values
Design Economy is a resource to help learn more about the current and future economic, social and environmental value of design in the UK.
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’ pick: pbctoday on ‘Retrofitting for energy efficiency: PAS 2035’
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’, and this week features pbctoday on ‘Retrofitting for energy efficiency: PAS 2035’.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (granite) doorstep’: Granite-gate… guide to UTG saga and why stone is so important to Aberdeen
The Evening Express reports on the mystery of a missing granite staircase has rocked Aberdeen, with a possible police investigation being launched into how dozens of precious stone slabs ended up on the property of a high profile businessman.
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Appeal: Inspector rejects replacement sculpture for deposed Colston statue
After a Planning Inspector determined that a temporary sculpture on the plinth of the former slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol would fail to preserve the special architectural and historic interest of the Grade II listed monument, the proposal has … Continue reading
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Stronger together – Creative England and Creative Industries Federation have united to form the Creative UK Group
Creative England and Creative Industries Federation have united to form the Creative UK Group We work to connect, support, champion and invest in the UK’s world-leading creative industries.
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RIBA Future Trends July 2021: ‘… architects remain very positive about future workloads’
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has published the latest Future Trends survey results, a monthly report of the business and employment trends affecting the architects’ profession, highlighting that ‘… architects remain very positive about future workloads’.
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Highways England locked in yet another bridge infilling row, in South Downs National Park
Highways England has found itself embroiled in yet another row over a planned bridge infilling project as engineers, transport planners and the local authority have all hit out at the proposed infill of a 156-year-old disused rail bridge in the … Continue reading
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Consultation for building safety manager specification, PAS 8673, closes 15/09
The public consultation process for The British Standards Institution (BSI) PAS 8673, a new specification that provides a framework for the competence of building safety managers, is open until 15 September.
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THA’s UK surveys: ‘Diversity, Inclusion & the Heritage Sector’ and ‘Accessibility & Heritage’, closing soon
The Heritage Alliance (THA) has issued two surveys, on ‘Diversity, Inclusion & the Heritage Sector’ closing 6 September, and on ‘Accessibility & Heritage’, closing 28 August.
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The repair team preserving an 18th Century home in Spitalfields: From the BBC
For the first time since it opened for tours forty years ago, Dennis Severs’ 18th Century house in Spitalfields, east London, has been closed to the public but, behind the scenes, a small army has been working to renew the … Continue reading
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