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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: 11/02/2023
Serious about your career? Sign up for IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’, with NTS, Councils, Parliament, Historic Royal Palaces, HE and much more
To help connect employers’ needs and practitioners’ skills, the IHBC regularly updates NewsBlog readers on the diverse opportunities in our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, so be sure to sign up for free alerts and ‘stay ahead’ with the our unique … Continue reading
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#IHBCAberdeen2022’s 10th reprise for #IHBC25: Councillors welcome moves to secure dangerous buildings!
A new NewsBlog reprise on the 2022 Annual School – #IHBCAberdeen2022 in #IHBC25 – celebrates councillors praise for the efforts of the Building Standards team at Aberdeen City Council to ensure that properties across the city present no risk to … Continue reading
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Interested is serving as an IHBC trustee? New Board statement encourages diversity and more, so review guidance and terms and explore, all before 22 March close
IHBC’s Board has issued a new statement on ‘Equity, Diversity and Inclusion’ to encourage Board nominations most representative of our membership, with further guidance on our web pages and in person, helping all member categories engage with our governance and … Continue reading
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IHBC Marsh Awards 2023: Seeking Nominations for ‘Retired IHBC Members’ and ‘Successful Learners’ – Closing 31 March 2023
Two IHBC Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Charitable Trust, celebrate both civic contributions by retired members and successful learning in heritage skills, with awards of £500 and free places at IHBC’s Swansea 2023 School in June, closing … Continue reading
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IHBC Signpost: How to use HES archives and collections to discover more about Scotland’s buildings
If you want to learn more about the history of your traditional house (or any other historic building in Scotland) this may be the time for a visit to the Historic Environment Scotland (HES) archives.
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £2.1M costed works: National heritage body seeks site monitoring etc., closing 08/03, valued £200K
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 a call by a national heritage body … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from (Scott’s) doorstep..’: How Sir Walter Scott’s Abbotsford home had a major influence on design
Sir Walter Scott achieved superstar status, influenced countless other novelists, and helped embed a tartan-trimmed vision of Scotland in the minds of generations of tourists, and a new exhibition aims to spotlight his legacy continues in many towns and cities. … Continue reading
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Cabinet re-shuffle creates 4 new departments etc., includes Net-Zero while DCMS drops digital
The Prime Minister, with the approval of His Majesty The King, has today created four new departments, including new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and a re-focused Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). image: Open Government Licence … Continue reading
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Historic Environment Scotland rejects calls to list Wyndford flats
Historic Environment Scotland has decided not to list four multi-storey blocks in the Wyndford community which are subject to contentious demolition plans. image: for illustration – By Lairich Rig, CC BY-SA 2.0, Commons Wikimedia
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CNN: Mystery of why Roman buildings have survived so long has been unraveled, scientists say
CNN reports on how scientists behind a new study say they have uncovered the mystery ingredient that allowed the Romans to make their construction material so durable and build elaborate structures in challenging places. By FeaturedPics – Own work, CC … Continue reading
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Heritage Alliance opens applications for Heritage Day 2023
All are invited to join The Heritage Alliance (THA) for Heritage Day 2023 – a collective celebration of heritage, which will once again bring together leading voices from across our membership and the wider heritage sector.
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