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- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: UNESCO launches the first global Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects at MONDIACULT 2025 21/10/2025
- 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
Daily Archives: 21/04/2023
IHBC AGM 2023: Voting members called on for proxies (Short or Long) before 6.00pm close, 30 April, for 5.30 pm AGM start on 3 May
The IHBC is calling on all Full, Associate and Retired members to submit voting proxies by 6.00pm on 30 April in advance of the online 2023 AGM, on 3 May 2023 starting from 5.30pm when Oriel Prizeman (Cardiff University) examines … Continue reading
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Serious about your career? Sign up for IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’
for BPT Execs; Estate & building managers, lecturers, architect/surveyors & 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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for BPT Execs; Estate & building managers, lecturers, architect/surveyors & more
for BPT Execs; Estate & building managers, lecturers, architect/surveyors & more
IHBC NI and Retrofit for the Future, Belfast, 3 May, with partners galore – including IHBC’s ‘Branch Training Pilot’ programme – from £25, inc. networking break & lunch
The IHBC’s Northern Ireland (NI) Branch has led its contribution to the ‘Conservation in common’ network with its ‘Retrofit for the Future’ conference, from 9.30-2pm, 3 May, at Belfast’s Majestic (former Majestic Cinema) with tickets from £25 (IHBC members).
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LAST CHANCE for IHBC co-sponsored ICOMOS UK conference:
‘Embedding a Rights-Based Approach into UK World Heritage Sites’, in person and in Greenwich, 25/04, from £20 (students)
ICOMOS-UK’s one-day conference, co-sponsored by the IHBC, will explore how a Rights-Based Approach, including Decolonisation practices, can be a valuable tool, from £20 (Students) to £80, to include lunch and evening reception, all at the University of Greenwich.
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‘Embedding a Rights-Based Approach into UK World Heritage Sites’, in person and in Greenwich, 25/04, from £20 (students)
‘Embedding a Rights-Based Approach into UK World Heritage Sites’, in person and in Greenwich, 25/04, from £20 (students)
IHBC Signpost to the IPCC:
The Sixth Assessment Report, ‘The Numbers behind the Science’ released
A new ‘Synthesis Report: Climate Change 2023’ has been released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). image: for illustration – Open Government Licence v3.0
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The Sixth Assessment Report, ‘The Numbers behind the Science’ released
The Sixth Assessment Report, ‘The Numbers behind the Science’ released
IHBC’s HESPR pick from £975K costed works: Council seeks building conservation services, closing 28/04, to £125K
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 from a council seeking consultancy … Continue reading
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IHBC’s features ‘Heritage from the Doorstep’:
Villagers fight plans for ‘concrete jungle’ 400-home development on Yorkshire farm
Residents of a Wakefield village have objected to a major housing development they claim will turn the area into a ‘concrete jungle’, reports The Yorkshire Post. image: for illustration – Open Government Licence v3.0
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Villagers fight plans for ‘concrete jungle’ 400-home development on Yorkshire farm
Villagers fight plans for ‘concrete jungle’ 400-home development on Yorkshire farm
New data shows Government is now 300 years behind targets to help low-income homes meet energy efficiency targets
New polling by National Energy Action indicates that 85% overwhelmingly support providing energy efficiency measures for low-income homeowners. image: for illustration
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Tackling cold homes (repairs & upgrades) would save the NHS £540mn per year, new BRE research reveals
BRE’s latest analysis quantifies the cost to the NHS of poor quality homes in England, highlighting that while over 700K English homes are excessively cold, the NHS spends over £540M pa treating people affected by the worst properties, so investing … Continue reading
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Public appointments: Six new members appointed to HES
Six new members have appointed to the Board of Historic Environment Scotland (HES).
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Technical consultation Increasing planning fees and performance: Closes 25/04
The consultation on proposals to increase planning fees within local planning authorities in England closed on 25 April. image: Open Government Licence v3.0
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UKRI welcomes the government’s Green Finance Strategy for 2023
In a joint statement, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the British Business Bank, UK Infrastructure Bank and UK Export Finance welcome the launch of HMG’s Green Finance Strategy for 2023. image: for illustration
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