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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: 22/04/2022
Good news for #IHBC25: Interdisciplinary IHBC accreditation recognised by Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) for Professionally Qualified Person (PQP) cards
Sector lead the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) has recognised the IHBC’s professional accreditation (Full and Associate Members) and support (CPD etc.) in awarding its PQP (Professionally Qualified Person) cards.
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IHBC CPD update #IHBCAberdeen2022 Day School SESSION 1: ‘Environment & Heritage management’ – in person, or online from £25+VAT
After welcomes from Griff Rhys Jones and others, the first session of the IHBC’s Day School on 17 June focusses on the IHBC’s ‘Management’ Area of Competence, with the Chief Executive (CE) of South Georgia & The South Sandwich Islands, … Continue reading
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Good news for #IHBC25: IHBC Wales Branch virtual AGM with free CPD – ‘Conservation updates: IHBC and Cadw’, 11/05
IHBC Wales Branch members of all categories have been invited to the next AGM, on 11 May.
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Check out #IHBC25 online: 25 years since we turned professional – with ideas invited on how to mark our heritage and look ahead too
Our new subscription year – April 2022 to March 2023 – will see the IHBC mark a quarter of a century since our incorporation as a professional body supporting and accrediting built and historic environment conservation specialists, so we’re kick-starting … Continue reading
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Good news for #IHBC25: #IHBCAberdeen2022 FREE ‘pre-school’ online CPD: John Edwards on IHBC ToolBox Retrofit Guidance (3/05)
To prep for the Aberdeen School in June, the second of 2 free IHBC ‘pre-School’ events is still on open for booking: #IHBC Aberdeen2022’s Day School speaker John Edwards will explore the IHBC Toolbox ‘Retrofit Guidance’ on 3 May.
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IHBC CPD Update #IHBCAberdeen2022 SESSION 2: Innovation… working with ‘new’ heritage – in person, or online from £25+VAT
After welcomes that include Griff Rhys Jones (video), the second session of the IHBC’s Aberdeen Day School on 17 June targets issues around ‘new heritage’: the nuclear industry; modernism and communities, and the ‘challenging’ heritage of the fossil fuel era … Continue reading
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IHBC’s newest HESPR pick for #IHBC25: £30K works includes national body’s call on guidance, closes 13 May, valued £30K
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 ‘double up’ pick this week features calls from a national heritage body for … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Nottingham scientist’s fury after Shark house added to Oxford heritage register
The Nottingham owner of a famous Oxford property with a 25ft shark sticking out of its roof has spoken of his fury over the council decision to add it to the city heritage register, The Nottingham Post reports. image: SGBailey … Continue reading
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Share your thoughts on historic harbours for NHS-UK survey, closing 6 May
National Historic Ships UK (NHS-UK) is currently researching and writing a report on the protection of harbours and ports of historical significance, and seeks input to a survey closing 6 May. image: for illustration purposes only – Fiona Newton
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NI’s ‘Village Catalyst’ joint project – Bringing new life to old buildings, from the BBC
The BBC has featured a joint project in Norther Ireland (NI) – The Village Catalyst – that helps regenerate village buildings that ‘once played a central role in everyday life but now lie vacant’. image: St. John’s Church of Ireland, … Continue reading
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Sector survey on Landscape Skills and workforce: Closes 11 May
The Landscape Institute has launched its Landscape Skills and Workforce Survey, a new major piece of research to provide new insights into the economic structures and makeup of the landscape industry, closing 11 May. image: The Landscape Institute
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Marks & Spencer: Demolition of Oxford Street store put on hold
The proposed demolition of Marks & Spencer’s flagship Oxford Street store has been put on hold as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Michael Gove, who wants the plans scrutinised by ministers to decide the next steps. … Continue reading
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