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- IHBC’s ‘Special Thanks’ to 2025’s Student Award entrants, as 49 seek prizes (to £500) & places at #IHBCNewcastle2026 17/10/2025
- IHBC welcomes Campaign for National Parks success as ‘plans to weaken protected landscapes duty quietly dropped’ 17/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ Signpost: Traditional and historic buildings – a new Retrofit British Standard, an update from IHBC’s John Edwards, with joint CPD webinar 14/11 17/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £495K+ of weekly works: Welsh Council seeks team for urban hub, to 31/10 and c.£75K 17/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’ (& ‘Evaluation’ signpost!): ‘History of the Pioneering Stockton and Darlington Railway’ via HE 17/10/2025
- National Audit Office: Weak controls and oversight blamed for faulty home installations under energy efficiency scheme 17/10/2025
- New UK Town of Culture competition to celebrate our national story 17/10/2025
- THA Call for Case Studies for Heritage Debate 2025, to 24/10 17/10/2025
- New Towns Taskforce: Report to government published 17/10/2025
- Communities to ‘seize control over high streets and restore pride’ 17/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Creative Health – UK & Ireland State of the Sector Survey, to 31 October 17/10/2025
- 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
Daily Archives: 23/11/2021
NEW FEATURE: IHBC’s HESPR tender insights to £5.2M+ works, with opportunities for QS, PM, Architects, Engineers & more
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, while the Director’s new occasional listing this week boasts an impressive suite of opportunities.
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IHBC responds to Review of the Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011
The IHBC has submitted its response on Review of the Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011, noting its opposition to ‘the concept of a deemed consent for the residential conversion of unlisted church buildings, which are not in conservation areas, or … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Inquiry on Northumberland line linking Newcastle and Ashington
Travel chiefs are preparing for a four-week public inquiry into plans for the Northumberland Line rail project between Newcastle and Ashington, reports Chronicle Live. image: for illustration purposes only – Open Government Licence v3.0
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Historic England reveals its Heritage at Risk Register 2021
Historic England has published its annual Heritage at Risk Register for 2021. The Register is the yearly health-check of England’s most valued historic places and those most at risk of being lost forever as a result of neglect, decay or … Continue reading
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Esmée Fairbairn Foundation sets aside £10m to ‘experiment with impact investing’
The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation has allocated £10m of its investment portfolio to pilot impact investing.
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MPs call for more speed on zero carbon homes
A cross-party committee of backbench MPs has called on the government to accelerate the introduction of its Future Homes Standard. image: for illustration purposes only
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Scotland’s chief planner letter: stakeholder update – November 2021
Scotland’s Planning Minister Tom Arthur and Chief Planner Fiona Simpson have written to update stakeholders on some guidance and legislation in place during the pandemic and ongoing work of the Planning and Architecture Division.
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Heritage and Craft Workers across England offered a helping hand
Heritage sites across England are receiving a boost of £35 million thanks to the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund. image: Historic England website
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Companies bidding to win public sector contracts in Scotland must pay the real living wage
Companies bidding to win public sector contracts in Scotland must pay the real living wage to help ensure public sector contracts tackle in-work poverty and promote fair work practices. image for illustration purposes only
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An introduction to the Chrysler Building, New York’s Art Deco masterpiece, by John Malkovich (1994)
Many people claim the Chrysler Building as their favorite New York City edifice and actor John Malkovich is one such recorded in a BBC documentary short in 1994. image: for illustration purposes only – Peter Badcock
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