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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: 08/02/2022
IHBC’s ‘Amenity’ Context article – Matthew Saunders on ‘past and future of listing’ – leads Designing Buildings newsletter to 15K construction sector users
The recent IHBC ‘Amenity’-themed Context article by Matthew Saunders, former Director of the AMS – now Historic Buildings & Places – has been headlined first in the Newsletter from Designing Buildings (DB) – host of IHBC’s Conservation Wiki – to … Continue reading
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UPDATE: IHBC looks to the future with new ‘Affiliate’ arrangements offering improved support for all: ONLY the name changes – to ‘Supporter’ – for those seeking status quo
The IHBC Board’s call to upgrade the Affiliate category – and 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’ category, … Continue reading
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REMINDER: IHBC’s AGM Papers issued: All members welcome, so book places and/or register proxies (as eligible), and contact IHBC if papers still needed
The IHBC has issued members of ALL categories the papers for the ‘virtual’ 2022 AGM on 24 February 2022 at 6.00pm, so if you have not received yours, please let us know at admin@ihbc.org.uk – while proxy voting is open to eligible members and … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’: Building on Hempcrete
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 Building on Hempcrete!
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (northern) doorstep’: Construction and housing sectors etc. reply to Levelling Up plans
As Michael Gove defended the funding of the Government’s levelling-up promises and insisted they will ‘change the economic model of this country’, North East businesses have been telling The Northern Echo what they think.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (council) doorstep’: Recording memories of Hexham for future generations
A unique project aims to capture local residents’ memories of Hexham on video which will be made available for others to view and held too for future generations.
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Ireland’s North-South MOU to protect heritage of old farm buildings
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) to protect vernacular heritage such as old farm buildings across the entire island of Ireland has been signed by Minister of State, Malcolm Noonan and Minister for Communities for Northern Ireland, Deirdre Hargey. image: for … Continue reading
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RTPI welcomes new President Timothy David Crawshaw
The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has announced the inauguration of Timothy David Crawshaw MRTPI, ushering in his Presidency at the RTPI for 2022. image: RTPI website
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Councils chosen to pilot planning schemes
People living in deprived and urban areas will be encouraged to engage more with the planning system under new schemes being piloted by 11 councils. image: Open Government licence v3.0
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ICOMOS publishes ‘Commentary on Nature-Culture Keywords’: New Resource linking natural and cultural heritage fields
To help develop a connected approach to considering nature and culture, ICOMOS has issued the Commentary on Nature-Culture Keywords, which reflects a dialogue between disciplines within the heritage field, and to develop a common understanding across cultural and natural heritage … Continue reading
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Oxfordshire councils look to scrap partnership
Oxfordshire County Council and Cherwell District Council have announced they are looking to end their formal partnership.
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HES: Invitation to ‘Download our apps’ launched
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) recommends free apps to help you plan your adventures in Scotland and explore the sites in a new, interactive way. image: HES website
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