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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: 16/12/2022
Warm welcomes from AJ on IHBC-supported parliamentary APPG call to ‘Cut VAT…. to historic buildings’, and more….
The Architect’s Journal (AJ) has featured the new report from the IHBC-supported cross-party Parliamentary group on Conservation, Places and People which calls for reduced VAT for historic buildings to encourage appropriate retrofit.
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IHBC’s Vice Chair congratulates Simpson and Brown team on joint SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award success
The IHBC has warmly congratulated Laure Emery, Nicholas Uglow, Christian Clarkson and James Legard of the Simpson & Brown Heritage Consultancy Team on winning the second joint SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award for their research into the history and development of … Continue reading
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REMINDER: CPP APPG Inquiry update: MPs back targeted LB VAT cuts & presumption against demolition
Targeted cuts in the VAT rate on listed building (LB) refurbishments and a presumption against demolition of existing properties are amongst the recommendations in the first report of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) heritage group on Conservation, Places and People … Continue reading
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IHBC signpost to CSCS Cards: An update on ‘raising standards and safety in construction’
As IHBC accreditation is recognised for CSCS cards, the Construction Industry Council offers a background and update on how the service is offered through an alliance of 38 different organisations representing not just traditional construction but many specialist occupations too.
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IHBC signpost update from Lords Committee: Government must support behaviour change to meet climate targets
A report published by the Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee into behaviour change for climate and environmental goals warns that the Government’s current approach to enabling behaviour change is seriously inadequate. image: Open Government Licence v3.0
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Dezeen’s top 10 UK architecture projects of 2022
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’s news features Dezeen‘s top 10 UK architecture projects for 2022.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Stevenage’s Forster Country’s ‘Secret plans’
‘Secret plans’ to build a car park and toilet block as part of a housing development in countryside of historical and cultural significance could be the ‘final nail in the coffin for local heritage,’ reports The Comet. image for illustration: … Continue reading
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Levelling up housing design quality: ‘Can you help identify stories of success…?’
The Place Alliance has joined with Civic Voice and the Urban Design Group to explore how to deliver high standards of design in new housing in economically disadvantaged areas or where poor design has been the norm, and seeks help … Continue reading
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UK Finance calls for ‘Strategic Reset’ on Net Zero Homes
UK Finance has released its report ‘Net Zero Homes: Time for a reset’ which proposes radical action to achieve a Net Zero housing stock in the UK. image: for illustration only
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Reminder: Share your views on HEF Stakeholder Survey with extended deadline to 19/12
England’s Historic Environment Forum (HEF) is undertaking a short stakeholder survey to gauge views from about the HEF’s role, relationships and independence, with a new closing date of 19 December.
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