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- IHBC’s Director joins RICHeS Programme Board: ‘Honoured, of course, but mostly I’m impressed by the £80M of research opportunities for historic and built environment conservation’ 20/02/2026
- Don’t need your paper Context? Do everyone a favour and pass it on, ‘Spreading the Word’ to help the Conservation Professional! 20/02/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 20/02/2026
- Booking opens for IHBC’s 2026 School, #IHBCNewcastle2026, June 18-20 (Full School only): Accessible, Certified CPD on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ – From £35+VAT (Online Day School), free pre-conference webinars and more… 20/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: Unlock Access to RICHeS Research Infrastructure with Full Access Fund Call now Open with ‘Help’ webinar on 11/03 20/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ Signpost: Designing Buildings & more on Restoration and Renewal at Westminster 20/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: LPA Planning Capacity and Capability Survey 2025 20/02/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s weekly works: Charity seeks PM for heritage regeneration project, to 02/03 20/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Legal bid to protect Scots brutalist landmark from bulldozer 20/02/2026
- Delivering restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster: the costed proposals published 20/02/2026
- Government plans to train next generation of construction workers 20/02/2026
- SAVE’s Buildings at Risk register (BaR) – Call for Entries 2026 20/02/2026
- York Consortium for Craft and Conservation opens applications for Bursaries for 2026, to 16/03 20/02/2026
- Government Consultation on Design and Placemaking Planning Practice Guidance, to 10/03 20/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: National Residential Retrofit Plan 2026 for Ireland’ makes upgrades more affordable and accessible 20/02/2026
- Bursaries for #IHBCNewcastle2026 open to 13/04, 18-20 June: ‘Submit now to be next on the list!’ 17/02/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 17/02/2026
- IHBC President’s ‘Members only’ Invitation to next Virtual Council: Online, 8 April 2026, from 4.30pm – Scoping ‘Investigation’ of conservation in local government, with a call for suggestions etc. 17/02/2026
- Booking opens for IHBC’s 2026 School, #IHBCNewcastle2026, June 18-20 (Full School only): Accessible, Certified CPD on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ – From £35+VAT (Online Day School), free pre-conference webinars and more… 17/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Management’ Signpost: Great Expectations Conference update by the National Churches Trust – Recordings now available 17/02/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: IHBC’s NewsBlog on ‘BOOKING OPEN for IHBC’s Full School (June 18-20): #IHBCNewcastle2026’ 17/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Heritage charity to change name after sale of 20,000-acre estate 17/02/2026
- National Heritage Emergency declared by Stoke-on-Trent – ‘first for a UK City’ – as Potteries needs £325Mn investment over the next decade 17/02/2026
- Nominations open for the Plowden Medal Conservation Award 2026, to 15/05 17/02/2026
- LPOC announces Listed & Modern Architectural Awards 2026 17/02/2026
Daily Archives: 25/11/2022
IHBC’s Recognised CPD Providers: 65 on board our accessible (and free) sector-leading service, with more welcome
The IHBC’s Recognised CPD Provider service counts some 65 members, and is growing monthly, with the latest to join this accessible and free resource including INTBAU, the Vernacular Architecture Group, The Institute of Conservation, and the Heritage Alliance.
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Remember your Branch in December: IHBC Scotland celebrates #IHBC25 anniversary +AGM, 01/12
IHBC’s Scotland Branch is meeting in person (in Edinburgh) and online as part of the national IHBC25 programme, ‘with some reflections, wine and nibbles’ and including an AGM, on 1 December, from 4pm.
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Remember your Wiki in December : How to ‘write wiki’ for Designing Buildings (and IHBC’s Conservation Wiki!), 01/12
On 1 December, Gregor Harvie, director of the Designing Buildings wiki resource – host for the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki – will explain how to create, write and optimise articles for the wiki service.
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IHBC signpost to The Carbon Trust on COP 27: … prospects for Net Zero?
The Carbon Trust Director Simon Retallack offers his own take on prospects for Net Zero.
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IHBC signpost to RIBA Awards 2023: Architect applicants for Jury (including Conservation Experts), closing 9/12
The RIBA is calling for volunteers – including ‘Conservation Experts’ – to help judge the RIBA Awards in 2023, with a closing date of 9 December.
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IHBC’s HESPR weekly pick from £142+K costed works: Island authority seeks PM services for culture project, due 9/12, to £65K
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 IHBC Director’s pick for this week features an Island Authority’s call for a Capital … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (former railway) doorstep’: Plan to turn abandoned Sheppey Light Railway track into a ‘greenway’
A bold plan to convert what is left of the former Sheppey Light Railway into a track for cycling and walking has passed its first hurdle, reports Kent-on-Line. image: for illustration – By Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent. – Own work, … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (revived railway) doorstep’: Campaign launched to reopen rail links in Northern Ireland
Belfast Live reports on the plans by the lobby group ‘Into the West’ that has published a proposal which would connect Derry with Portadown, via stations in Strabane, Omagh and Dungannon in Northern Ireland. image: Into the West website
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Levelling Up Bill amendments follow BIDEN principles: New plans to level up and build new homes tabled in Parliament
Measures to clean up rivers added to Levelling Up Bill, with vital infrastructure to be delivered more quickly, are among the new plans that follow the government’s new BIDEN principles. image: Open Government Licence v3.0
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Three quarters of small builders support a national retrofit strategy, says FMB
The latest State of Trade Survey from the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) reveals that 74% of members are in favour of the UK Government introducing a long term plan to reduce energy consumption by making existing homes greener and … Continue reading
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Survey responses on rising energy costs for religious buildings: Summary from HRBAlliance
The Historic Religious Buildings Alliance (HRBAlliance) has reported on an informal survey carried out by September/October 2022 on ‘How churches expect energy costs to rise’. image: for illustration
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