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- Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, with Law & Policy Update – ‘A village is not a historic town’ 21/10/2025
- IHBC Research Signpost: Impacts of changes to local authority funding on small to medium heritage organisations 21/10/2025
- 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 21/10/2025
- IHBC launches FREE ‘Events Calendar’ submission form – with potential for inclusion in our celebrated monthly CPD Circular 21/10/2025
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: LocalGov on ‘Planning recruitment’ threats as 33 bodies (inc. IHBC) call for funds 21/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Welsh council to appeal High Court quashing of Article 4s over ‘misleading’ officers’ report 21/10/2025
- TCPA seeks support in Campaign for Healthy Homes: Joining health and PD rights advocacy in Planning Bill changes 21/10/2025
- Licensing builders must happen following ECO debacle, says FMB 21/10/2025
- Honouring the legacy of the Sycamore Gap tree: a new creative commission 21/10/2025
- Built Environment Committee responds to New Towns Taskforce Report 21/10/2025
- £10Mn+ Water company fines fund local restoration projects 21/10/2025
- Elle Cass next Chair Royal Town Planning Institute Board 21/10/2025
- 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
Daily Archives: 18/07/2023
IHBC’s Context updates publication schedule… from glass (2023) to ventilation (December 2024)
The next schedule of planned themes for the IHBC’s Context, our in-house journal, has been posted, covering wide-ranging issues including Glass; Buildings in the countryside; Built & natural environment interface; Urban housing and Heating & ventilation.
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IHBC’s ‘Management’ signpost: DCMS Participation Survey 2021–22, annual report
The results of the Participation Survey, covering the period from October 2021 to March 2022 have been published.
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IHBC’s Stirling ‘Research’ signpost: Cultural creative hubs key to supporting local communities during crises
Experts at the University of Stirling are calling for the arts and culture to be prioritised in funding decisions after new research showed the significance of cultural hubs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Illustration: Artist’s impression of Creative Stirling and the … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: DB features IHBC on top European heritage awards
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 Designing Buildings (DB) on IHBC’s notice on European heritage awards … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Landmark Glasgow buildings set For ‘Solar Array’
Landmark Glasgow buildings such as the Kelvin Hall, Emirates Arena and Royal Concert Hall have been earmarked for inclusion in a solar panel scheme that could save an estimated £750,000 in energy costs per year. image: Glasgow City Council website
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New research report from LGA on ‘Accelerating adaptation action: councils preparing for climate change’
A new research publication by Local Government Association (LGA) indicates that Councils are critical in preparing people and places to the impacts of the changing climate.
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UK Trade Skills Index 2023 asks ‘…Will we find enough tradespeople in the workforce to build the future Britain?’
The UK Trade Skills Index 2023 – the go-to construction industry report powered by industry experts – is an independent industry-leading report exploring the future workforce needs across the construction and trades industry, and asks ‘Will we find enough tradespeople?’
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Guide to Building Materials and the Environment published
A new Guide to Building Materials and the Environment has been published by architectural practice Stephen George + Partners in collaboration with the GreenSpec website.
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Henderson Old Hall, Newcastle: Drone footage of fire
Drone footage has been released showing the scale of damage caused by a fire at a Grade II-listed former halls of residence in Newcastle. image for illustration : Henderson Hall in 2015 – By Starlingj – Own work, CC BY-SA … Continue reading
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Applications now open for the 2024 SPAB Fellowship
The SPAB Fellowship is a training programme designed to broaden the skills and experience of craftspeople involved in historic building repairs, and is now open for 2024 applications.
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