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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: 17/06/2023
Practice insurance issues? Learn what you need to know on risk, PI, claims and more with MFL Insurance Group – #IHBCSwansea2023’s Principal Sponsor – at IHBC’s virtual MarketPLace:LIVE, online from 4.30, 21/06: Free and all welcome
MFL Insurance Group, heritage practice insurance specialists and #IHBCSwansea 2023 Principal Sponsor will advise delegates and visitors to IHBC’s MarketPlace:LIVE on risk, Professional Indemnity (PI), claims, IHBC’s partnership scheme and more, on line & on 21 June from 4.30pm, and … Continue reading
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Time too tight to catch up on ‘Climate Change and the Historic Environment’ at #IHBCSwansea2023 on June 23: Simply book your virtual Day School place from £30+VAT and review the record after!
On 23 June the IHBC hosts a targeted examination into ‘Climate Change and the Historic Environment’, with current thinking from lead practitioners, funders, researchers & bodies across the UK, so if you are too busy to even drop in live … Continue reading
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IHBC updates our ‘Retrofitting of Traditional Buildings’ Guidance Note for online ToolBox and #IHBCSwansea2023
The IHBC has issued an new update of the Guidance Note on ‘Retrofitting of Traditional Buildings’, free on our online ToolBox, supporting our 2023 Swansea School programme on ‘Climate Change and the Historic Environment’.
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IHBC’s Heritage MarketPlace:LIVE (21/06, 4.30PM; free & open to all) includes insurance (MFL) trees (Woodland Trust), communities (Civic Voice), sustainability, practice, research drawings and much more, all for #IHBCSwansea2023
More detail on the IHBC’s Heritage MarketPlace:LIVE Zoom Breakout sessions on 21 June is available – where anyone registered can meet, network, ask and learn about a huge range of heritage-linked topics, live and online, supporting #IHBCSwansea2023.
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IHBC ‘Research’ Signpost: Power to Change…Community Improvement Districts Pilot update – ‘What we’ve learnt so far’
The pilot programme for Community Improvement Districts (CIDs) has emerged from a continuing need to revitalise traditional high streets and town centres, and Power to Change reports on the research to date.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Snowdonia’s hidden ‘little Italy’ reveals more replica buildings and structures
Snowdonia’s hidden ‘little Italy’ – a small woodland known as the ‘Little Italy’ of southern Eryri (Snowdonia) – has revealed more of its astonishing secrets with ‘Scores more replica buildings and structures… discovered as the overgrown site is cleared’. image: … Continue reading
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The Historic Environment (Wales) Bill receives Royal Assent
After a ten-month passage through Senedd Cymru, the Historic Environment (Wales) Bill has become an Act after receiving Royal Assent from His Majesty, King Charles III, and being impressed with the Welsh Seal by the First Minister.
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The Woodland Trust: Over 40% of new road schemes across England impact irreplaceable ancient woods
Planned changes to the Government’s transport policy don’t go nearly far enough, with new road schemes causing huge damage to both ancient woodland and veteran and ancient trees, reports the Woodland Trust in a new campaign. image: for illustration – … Continue reading
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REMINDER: Lottery & AHF seek EoIs by 26 June, on ‘Empowering people & places’, £5M for new Heritage Development Trusts
The National Lottery Heritage Fund (Lottery) and the Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) have announced a three-year partnership to empower people to revive unused buildings and support expert regeneration in some of the UK’s most deprived places and communities, with Expressions … Continue reading
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More than 100 businesses call on the Government for planning reform to deliver net zero and restore nature
A joint letter to the Prime Minister and three Secretaries of State, coordinated by the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC), has been signed by more than 100 businesses from across the built environment sector. image: for illustration – Open Government … Continue reading
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HES to launch Our Past, Our Future – ‘The Strategy for Scotland’s Historic Environment’
Our Past, Our Future is Scotland’s new strategy for the historic environment, setting out a national mission to sustain and enhance the benefits of Scotland’s historic environment, for people and communities now and into the future.
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