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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
Monthly Archives: December 2021
New IHBC Context out: Surveys the Severn
[slideshow_deploy id=’32132′]The IHBC’s newest issue of Context (No 170) is now available to members and online, with the valley and values of the Severn – ‘Great Britain’s longest and most voluminous river’ – its main subject, alongside the usual variety … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £450K+ works this week: Council seeks conservation area reviews, closing 14/01
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the Director’s pick this week features the call from a council for a consultant to … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’: AJ on the death of Richard Rogers: ‘pioneering architect of the modern age’
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 AJ on the death of Richard Rogers. image: Dezeen, CC … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: High Streets for All Challenge update
Before COVID-19, London’s high streets were already under a lot of pressure with empty shops and neglected public areas, but now the pandemic has highlighted the need for local neighbourhoods with a diverse range of local businesses and services. image: … Continue reading
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Historic England highlights captivating Heritage Site listings in 2021
As 2021 draws to a close, Historic England (HE) has pulled together a range of highlights from nearly 300 sites across the country which have been protected through listing or scheduling in the past year. image: HE – Google Maps
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HES welcomes grant in aid from Scottish Government
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has welcomed grant in aid funding of £70.1 million as part of the Scottish Government’s 2022-2023 Budget. image: for illustration purposes only – Fiona Newton
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Chief inspector of buildings tells high-rise designers to get ready
Peter Baker, the chief inspector of buildings, has told designers of high-rise buildings to act now to prepare for changes when the Building Safety Bill becomes law. image: for illustration purposes only
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Temporary PDR for moveable structures in grounds of historic visitor attractions etc now permanent
Changes to permitted development rights (PDR), first introduced last year as a temporary measure to boost businesses during national restrictions, are being made permanent, as cafes, pubs, and restaurants may keep a moveable structure up year-round while for listed historic … Continue reading
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£15.5M Christmas Boost for 140 heritage bodies in England
126 organisations caring for historic sites, buildings, museums, railways and monuments will receive £14.8 million in continuity support grants while, additionally, almost £1M in emergency grants will provide a lifeline to 12 organisations supported by the Culture Recovery Fund for … Continue reading
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SAVE on ‘Quintessential rural station saved following legal challenge’
Legal action by SAVE Britain’s Heritage has helped secure a reprieve for one of the smallest and most delightful country stations on the railway network, Salhouse, north of Norwich, on the line up to the fashionable seaside resorts of Cromer … Continue reading
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What do Mills and Boon, sticky rice and beer bottles have in common? Civil engineering, of course!
Did you know that there’s a whole variety of materials that engineers can use in construction?
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IHBC-SAHGB Annual ‘Research’ Award 2021 winner announced: Donald Insall Associates on ‘Lord Leycester Hospital’, and OPT commended
The IHBC is delighted to announce the winner of the new joint Award with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) that celebrates the quality of architectural-historical research produced as private consultants or for public bodies etc.,. Donald … Continue reading
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IHBC Practice Signpost: UNESCO information on Reducing Disaster Risk at World Heritage Properties
World Heritage properties and heritage sites in general are exposed to the impacts of natural and man-triggered catastrophic events, which threaten their integrity and may compromise their value… image: UNESCO website
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’: Dezeen on the 2022 RIBA Royal Gold Medal winner Balkrishna Doshi
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 Dezeen on Balkrishna Doshi winning the 2022 RIBA Royal Gold … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Dunard Edinburgh ‘music hall’ approved following redesign
Edinburgh’s first purpose-built music and performance venue in more than 100 years looks set to be given the green by councillors, reports The Herald. image: for illustration purposes only – Fiona Newton
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Collaborate fund now open for academic researchers: EOI by 22/01
Academic researchers can now apply to the Collaborate fund from the Centre for Cultural Value, for the opportunity to work collaboratively with one of 10 exciting cultural sector research projects, with Expressions of Interest (EOI) for academics are open until … Continue reading
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CIC approved as member of United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS)
The Construction Industry Council(CIC) has been made welcome by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) as its newest and twentieth Member following a vote at the UKAS AGM in October.
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Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council launches new placemaking company
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council has launched a new placemaking company to drive forward stewardship-led regeneration.
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Over 100,000 young careers boosted by Kickstart Scheme
Over 100,000 young people across the country have now started jobs through the government’s landmark Kickstart Scheme, it was announced on 16 November.
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Eighty flats on the edge of Peckham Rye to go after a decade due to ‘severe damp, mould and safety problems’
Eighty flats near Peckham Rye, built less than a decade ago are set to be demolished due to ‘severe damp, mould and safety problems, despite being only finished between 2009 and 2011… image: for illustration purposes only
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CIFA launches 2021 archaeology ‘… guide for clients’
CIfA has launched its 2021 Guide for Clients’.
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IHBC Signpost: How PropTech start-up SearchLand is making property companies more data-driven
SearchLand is a map-based property and planning data tool for developers, planners, architects and investors to make informed property and land decisions, using Ordnance Survey data to make property companies more data-driven. image: for illustration purposes only – Open Government … Continue reading
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Serious about your staffing plans or career? Sign up now to get ahead of the pack with our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service as we headline more career-defining posts
To help employers and practitioners, the IHBC regularly updates NewsBlog readers on the diverse career opportunities advertised in our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, so sign up for free alerts and ‘stay ahead’ with the IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ service!
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IHBC looks to the future with new ‘Affiliate’ arrangements: Improved support for all, and ONLY the name changes for those seeking status quo
IHBC Board’s call to upgrade the Affiliate category to recognise those with an ‘awareness’ of conservation means that from April 2022 anyone not securing or applying for assessment as an Affiliate will join a new ‘supporter’-style category, but see no … Continue reading
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IHBC update: CHN seeks COP26 sign up to ‘Manifesto on Keeping 1.5° Alive’
The Climate Heritage Network (CHN) – a voluntary, mutual support network of arts, culture and heritage organisations – seeks signatories to its COP26-linked ‘Manifesto on Keeping 1.5° Alive’, entitled ‘Accelerating Climate Action through the Power of Arts, Culture and Heritage’.
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