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- IHBC’s Director joins RICHeS Programme Board: ‘Honoured, of course, but mostly I’m impressed by the £80M of research opportunities for historic and built environment conservation’ 20/02/2026
- Don’t need your paper Context? Do everyone a favour and pass it on, ‘Spreading the Word’ to help the Conservation Professional! 20/02/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 20/02/2026
- Booking opens for IHBC’s 2026 School, #IHBCNewcastle2026, June 18-20 (Full School only): Accessible, Certified CPD on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ – From £35+VAT (Online Day School), free pre-conference webinars and more… 20/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: Unlock Access to RICHeS Research Infrastructure with Full Access Fund Call now Open with ‘Help’ webinar on 11/03 20/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ Signpost: Designing Buildings & more on Restoration and Renewal at Westminster 20/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: LPA Planning Capacity and Capability Survey 2025 20/02/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s weekly works: Charity seeks PM for heritage regeneration project, to 02/03 20/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Legal bid to protect Scots brutalist landmark from bulldozer 20/02/2026
- Delivering restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster: the costed proposals published 20/02/2026
- Government plans to train next generation of construction workers 20/02/2026
- SAVE’s Buildings at Risk register (BaR) – Call for Entries 2026 20/02/2026
- York Consortium for Craft and Conservation opens applications for Bursaries for 2026, to 16/03 20/02/2026
- Government Consultation on Design and Placemaking Planning Practice Guidance, to 10/03 20/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: National Residential Retrofit Plan 2026 for Ireland’ makes upgrades more affordable and accessible 20/02/2026
- Bursaries for #IHBCNewcastle2026 open to 13/04, 18-20 June: ‘Submit now to be next on the list!’ 17/02/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 17/02/2026
- IHBC President’s ‘Members only’ Invitation to next Virtual Council: Online, 8 April 2026, from 4.30pm – Scoping ‘Investigation’ of conservation in local government, with a call for suggestions etc. 17/02/2026
- Booking opens for IHBC’s 2026 School, #IHBCNewcastle2026, June 18-20 (Full School only): Accessible, Certified CPD on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ – From £35+VAT (Online Day School), free pre-conference webinars and more… 17/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Management’ Signpost: Great Expectations Conference update by the National Churches Trust – Recordings now available 17/02/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: IHBC’s NewsBlog on ‘BOOKING OPEN for IHBC’s Full School (June 18-20): #IHBCNewcastle2026’ 17/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Heritage charity to change name after sale of 20,000-acre estate 17/02/2026
- National Heritage Emergency declared by Stoke-on-Trent – ‘first for a UK City’ – as Potteries needs £325Mn investment over the next decade 17/02/2026
- Nominations open for the Plowden Medal Conservation Award 2026, to 15/05 17/02/2026
- LPOC announces Listed & Modern Architectural Awards 2026 17/02/2026
Daily Archives: 26/05/2023
Your invite to IHBC’s new virtual Heritage MarketPlace:LIVE – 21 June, flexible from 4.30pm, FREE & OPEN TO ALL – supporting #IHBCSwansea2023
Anyone can register HERE to visit our free and open forum of heritage advice, guidance, services and more – IHBC’s MarketPlace:LIVE – online and live & included with #IHBCSwansea2023 bookings, on ‘Climate Change and the Historic Environment’.
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IHBC is at the 2023 Natural Stone Show… naturally – with new MarketPlace, Schools, HESPR, Wiki & more, Excel, 6-8 June (IHBC CPD Recognised Conservation Day: 8 June)
The IHBC will join thousands of industry professionals and over 200 exhibitors at the Natural Stone Show at Excel on 6-8 June, with IHBC Recognised CPD at the Historic England-sponsored Conservation Day (8 June), and all free!
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SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award 2023 celebrates ‘research… in heritage and conservation practice’: Enter online before 1/09/23
The IHBC is delighted to announce the opening of the 2023 joint Award with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) celebrating ‘the quality of architectural-historical research.. in heritage and conservation practice’, now open for submissions and closing … Continue reading
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IHBC launches #IHBCPetitionforCharter consultation web hub & resource: Peruse, pass on and promote
The IHBC has launched its consultation web hub & resource offering context, updates and more on the prospect of an IHBC Petition for Charter – #IHBCPetitionforCharter – to help engagement on the issues around the IHBC seeking a Royal Charter … Continue reading
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IHBC Signpost: DB’s ‘Circular Economy Wiki’ – ‘a centralised platform… on implementing circular economy in construction
The Circular Economy Wiki – within Designing Buildings (DB) – is a centralised platform containing guidance, definitions and examples on implementing circular economy in construction, with all welcome to contribute.
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £150K costed works: Council calls for UD services, referencing designated archaeology, closing 31/05, valued to £100K
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 Council’s call for urban design (UD) … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: New twist in battle to save old sawmill building as owner appeals listing
The owner of a Victorian industrial building that’s under threat of demolition has appealed against a recent decision to give it listed status, ReGlasgow reports. image: for illustration HES Listing LB52614
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: National housebuilder fined nearly £500,000 for polluting river in Pontypool
Housebuilding firm Taylor Wimpey has been fined £488,772 for failing to prevent numerous incidents which led to the pollution of a river in Pontypool, reports Wales Online. image: for illustration – Open Government Licence v3.0
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Want to become Heritage Fund ‘RoSS’ consultant? Closes 19 June
The Heritage Fund is seeking expert consultants to apply to our new RoSS Framework – the Register of Support Services (RoSS) is a framework of external consultants -from April 2024, with applications closing 19 June.
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New RTPI hub showcases ‘Interim State of the Profession 2023’
RTPI has highlighted how the planning profession faces challenges to its public image resulting in the widespread abuse of planners, at the same time as planners are paid much worse, with salaries failing to rise in line with inflation, with … Continue reading
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MPs warned by PAC that Westminster could collapse before restoration
There is a ‘Real and rising risk’ that Palace of Westminster will be destroyed by catastrophic event before it is restored, says Public Accounts Committee (PAC). image: Parliamentary copyright images are reproduced with the permission of Parliament
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£3.5M boost for Scotland’s historic environment: SCT, NTS and more
National Trust for Scotland (NTS), Keep Scotland Beautiful and the Scottish Civic Trust (SCT) are all amongst those receiving funding from Historic Environment Scotland (HES). image: for illustration
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Memorial to plantation owner and slaver John Gordon removed from Dorset church
A memorial to an 18th Century slaver and plantation owner John Gordon has been removed from St Peter’s, Dorchester, reports the BBC. image: for illustration – By Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=13586084
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