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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: 08/03/2022
Reduced & more accessible IHBC Affiliate Application Form: Submit by 31/03 to retain ‘Aff’ membership in advance of results in April/May
The IHBC has issued a newly reduced and more accessible Affiliate Application Form to help those current Affiliates successfully applying before 31 March to retain their ‘Affiliate’ membership category title, with assessment results due from April on.
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IHBC Signpost: The role of women in the construction industry
Victoria Brocklesby, COO at Origin, explains her progression to where she is today and why it is important for women in the construction industry and manufacturing to play their part. image: for illustration purposes only – Open Government Licence v3.0
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: BD features Quinlan Terry – ‘Architects don’t know how to produce classical schemes’
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 BDonline on Quinlan Terry and how ‘Architects don’t know how … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Rep’s) doorstep’: Dundee Repertory Theatre granted A-listed status
Dundee Rep and Scottish Dance Theatre has registered its pride as its ‘rare and exceptional example of post-war theatre design in Dundee, Scotland has been recognised with A-listed status for its special architectural significance.’
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DCMS Sectors Skills Shortages and Skills Gaps published: 2019
Experimental statistics from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) show skills shortages and gaps in its sectors and sub-sectors (including Creative Industries and the Cultural Sector) for 2019.
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Is £30M underground asset register a waste of taxpayer money?
The National Underground Asset Register (NUAR) being created by the Geospatial Commission – part of the Cabinet Office – may be a waste of taxpayer money and lacks rationale, according to an underground asset specialist. image: Open Government Licence v3.0
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Technical consultation on consequential changes to permitted development rights: Consultation outcome
The outcome from consultations carried out on consequential changes to permitted development rights has been published with a summary of responses.
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Bennerley Viaduct reopens to public after £1.7m repairs
A Victorian railway bridge, Bennerley Viaduct, is back open to the public after more than five decades of dereliction. image: Grant Shaw, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses /by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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An East End construction drama on Albert Square
Matthew Grellier, head of construction and engineering at Slater Heelis, assesses the ‘fundamental planning mistakes’ made during the construction of the new Eastenders set that went £30m over budget.
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