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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: 07/03/2023
Cadw and IHBC join forces to support energy efficiency training for Conservation Officers in Wales
Cadw and the IHBC have joined forces to offer Conservation Officers in Wales expert training on a programme to ensure all have the right skills for their central roles in planning and heritage and environmental care.
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IHBC signpost to global conservation survey: Donovan Rypkema and HSI on national ‘Heritage Holding Company’
Donovan Rypkema, President of Heritage Strategies International is calling on heritage and conservation experts to infrom a national government’s exploration of a ‘Heritage Holding Company’.
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IHBC’s Council, on Charters, petitions, your institute and you: Free & exclusive CPD for all member categories, online: 30 March, 2pm, & election too
All categories of IHBC members – Supporters, Affiliates, Associates and Full Members – are invited to join the IHBC’s next Council from 2pm on 30 March, to take a first look at chartering the IHBC, its benefits and challenges, starting … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Building on ‘clearing’ London’s worst slum (1843-46)
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 Building’s anniversary feature on ‘The clearance of London’s worst slum’.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: See inside 300-year-old Perth mill before £2.7m transformation
New photos show the inside of a historic mill in Perth city centre ahead of a £2.7m investment to turn it into a tourist attraction, reports The Courier. image for illustration: PKHT website
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High Streets Task Force study calls on councils to prioritise place leadership
The High Streets Task Force has released a new report, ‘Place Leadership in English Local Authorities: a critical success factor in vital and viable high streets’, drawing on the experience of successful place leaders. image for illustration: Open Government Licence … Continue reading
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Sunday Times/CarbonLace: EPCs are useless, wrong and easily rigged – new research
Shocking new research shows that Energy Performance Certificates are inaccurate at best, useless at worst, and easily rigged. image for illustration
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Priority Places and Levelling Up for Culture Places
Arts Council England outlines how it sees villages, towns and cities across the country thriving through a collaborative approach to culture. image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0
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New Toolkit for Local Authorities to maximise the benefits of trees and woodlands in communities across England
A new Trees and Woodland Strategy Toolkit from The Tree Council equips Local Authorities to plan, create or update their own Trees and Woodland Strategies (TAWS). image for illustration
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Launch of Scotland’s ‘Museums and Galleries Strategy 2023-2030’
Scotland’s Museums and Galleries New Strategy 2023- 2030 sets a vision for collective action that builds on the achievements of the first strategy. image MGS
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New digital badge for APM volunteers
The Association for Project Management (APM) has launched a new digital badge for its volunteers to recognise their commitment to supporting the profession and to raise the visibility of the important work they do.
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HES seeks views on First World War Military Training Camp
A historic military training camp could soon have its key features recognised as scheduled monuments as Historic Environment Scotland (HES) seeks views on proposals to designate Stobs Camp. image: By Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=69561935
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