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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: 10/01/2023
IHBC applauds Boston Council on S.215 prosecution for failure to maintain GII listed town centre building: Fined £4.5K
The owner of a listed town-centre property has been prosecuted by the Boston Borough Council for failing to carry out proper maintenance of their Grade II building, and fined £4,500.
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’ No.1: Designing Building on 2022’s most popular posts, including IHBC on ‘Design Codes’ at No.6
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 Designing Building (DB) on some of its most popular … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’ No.2: Building on Liverpool Street Station design changes following listing expansion
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 Building on ‘Design changes to Liverpool Street Station following … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (landscape) doorstep’ 2: Plans for Scotland’s first ‘Hobbit Village’ revealed
Berwickshire is now known worldwide as the home of ‘New Asgard’, but now there’s a bid to bring a little bit of Middle Earth to the region, writes The Southern Reporter. image: for illustration only – by Achromatic – Own … Continue reading
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HE Heritage Schools 10th anniversary report shows learning about local heritage at school improves local pride
Historic England has published an impact report demonstrating the success of its Heritage Schools programme, which this year celebrates its 10th anniversary. image: Historic England Impact Report
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Council pledges to reopen Nottingham Castle following liquidation as trust winds up affairs
Nottingham City Council says it will reopen Nottingham Castle ‘as soon as possible’ after the independent trust appointed to run it went into liquidation. image: Nottingham Castle – by Cosmicutencil
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Centre for Cultural Value project: ‘Making Data Work… for public sector policy’
‘Making data work for public sector policy’ is a project that brings together cultural sector partners, data specialists and policymakers to explore how better data can lead to better policy.
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HE-funded survey on apprenticeships: Employers and ‘early careers’ – close mid-Feb 2023
Historic England (HE) has commissioned research to inform its strategic approach to apprenticeships and seeks responses to two online surveys – employer and early career interests – closing mid-February.
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Culture Action Europe on CultureForHealth report: ‘Culture: a driver for health and wellbeing in the EU’
A scoping CultureForHealth review – ‘Culture: a driver for health and wellbeing in the EU’ – aims to synthesise existing evidence on the positive effect of arts and cultural activities on health and well-being. image: CultureForHealth
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Historic Environment Scotland: Annual Report… 2021-22
The Historic Environment Scotland ‘Annual Report and Financial Statements 2021-22’ has been published, highlighting some recent achievements.
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