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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: 29/11/2022
Don’t forget the IHBC’s (FREE) jewels for #IHBC25: No. 6 – HESPR
To mark the IHBC’s 25th anniversary our NewsBlog service is looking back – and forward – to celebrate some of the free ‘jewels’ that help members and colleagues contribute to our charitable objects, here featuring ‘HESPR’, our ‘Historic Environment Service … Continue reading
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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 Support Officer in December: Branch Committee updates on new developments and opportunities in #IHBC25
The IHBC’s Branch and Volunteer Support Officer Jude Wheeler has written to IHBC Branch Committee representatives across the UK to update all on new developments and opportunities.
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IHBC signpost to COP27: CHN on landmark outcomes, including culture and climate connections
The Climate Heritage Network (CHN) has welcomed what it calls ‘landmark Culture Outcomes at COP27’, including ‘the first time parties… have acknowledged the critical linkages between cultural heritage and climate change’.
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Dezeen features glass lift viewpoint in Battersea Power Station chimney
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 the new glass lift viewpoint in Battersea Power … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Battle over £1.5bn hotel and office plan for Liverpool Street station
Sellar, the developer of the Shard, wants to build a 16-storey tower block on top of the historic mainline Liverpool Street station. image: By Amakuru – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0,
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The Carbon Trust offers a guide to ‘Carbon footprinting for businesses’
The Carbon Trust explains its introductory guide designed to help businesses understand organisational and product ‘carbon footprinting’. image: for illustration only – Open Government Licence v3.0
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Construction experts look at boosting use of hardwood across the built environment
A consortium of experts in timber construction and engineering is exploring ways to boost the use of English hardwood forest products across the built environment, in a move that could significantly improve the carbon footprint of the UK’s buildings and … Continue reading
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First National Churches Trust, National Church Awards announced, with Co Tyrone church receiving top prize
Winners of the first ever National Church Awards have been announced, with St Macartan (The Forth Chapel), Augher, County Tyrone in Northern Ireland awarded the top prize.
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Benefact Group Movement for Good programme announce 12 Days of Giving £120,000 to 120 Charities over 12 days
The Benefact Group has launched ‘You can make a difference’ – 12 Days of Giving, as the last phase of their Movement for Good programme for 2022.
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Elgin Marbles: New body aims to return sculptures to Greece
A former Conservative culture minister will chair a new body aiming to return the so-called Elgin Marbles to Greece, as Lord Vaizey, culture minister from 2010-2016, says he is confident ‘a deal is within reach’. image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=439396
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