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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: 29/12/2023
IHBC welcomes Designing Buildings’s timely advice for Santa-care… for 2024 and after
Timely advice on Santa-care from Designing Buildings (DB) – partner host of the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki service – only reached the IHBC’s NewsBlogs news service after our Christmas round was posted, but as it is all sound and always relevant … Continue reading
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IHBC welcomes Scotland’s new Sustainable Investment Tool (SIT), from HES, BEFS and more
The IHBC has welcomed Scotland’s new Sustainable Investment Tool (SIT), which enables visualisation around decision making for projects and investment in built heritage, a tool supporting the strategy for Scotland’s historic environment – Our Past, Our Future. image: SITOOL.co.uk
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IHBC welcomes first AHF Annual Review introduced by Chair Ros Kerslake
The IHBC has welcomed the first Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) Annual Review introduced by its new Chair Ros Kerslake.
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REMINDER – IHBC seeks paid expert leads for priority new topics in Branch CPD training: ‘Fire Protection’, ‘Enforcement’ and ‘Placemaking & Design Codes’: Closing 6 January 2024
The IHBC is seeking ‘expressions of interest’ from nationally recognised lead conservation experts in three new priority areas: ‘Fire Protection & Regulations’, ‘Enforcement’, and ‘Placemaking & Design Codes’ as it expands the IHBC Branch CPD training pilot, which funds locally … Continue reading
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IHBC ‘Practice & Policy’ Signpost: Rishi Sunak’s tree consultation pledge – Will it save our urban canopy or fall short of real change?
Leading Britain’s Conversations (LBC) has featured an ‘opinion piece’ on the announcement by Rishi Sunak that the government will be introducing a Duty to Consult on the felling of street trees in England. image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0
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IHBC’s ‘Finance’ Signpost: ONS – UK natural capital accounts for 2023 reveal economic value of eco-systems at £1.5 trillion
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates of the financial and societal value of natural resources to people in the UK value ecosystems etc services at £1.5 trillion. image for illustration: Joanna Theobald
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: DB’s IHBC double up – IHBC CSCS PQP renewal and Research for Practice Digest
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 on the renewal of IHBC’s recognition for CSCS … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Junction’: Refurbishment of historic Dovey Junction viaduct along the Cambrian line complete
The major refurbishment of Dovey Junction viaduct in North Wales has been completed ahead of schedule after Network Rail teams worked through months of extreme weather and around the tides. image for illustration: David Stowell / Bridge over the Dyfi … Continue reading
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Long-Term Plan for Towns: Guidance for local authorities and Town Boards
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLHUC) has issued guidance for local authorities and towns on the establishment of new ‘Town Boards’ in England, Scotland and Wales, and development of their ‘Long-Term Plan’, following September’s commitment of endowment-style … Continue reading
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New data reveals impact of pandemic and new legislation on CIOB Academy training courses
Trend shifts in the Chartered Institute of Building(CIOB) Academy’s course take-up are directly linked to external factors, research data has revealed.
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HES welcomes grant in aid funding from the Scottish Government
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has welcomed grant in aid funding of £74.2 million as part of the Scottish Government’s 2024-2025 Budget. image for illustration: Fiona Newton
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IHBC’s ‘Heritage (and research) from the global doorstep’: Autonomous excavator constructs a six-metre-high dry-stone wall
ETH Zurich (ETHZ) researchers have taught an autonomous excavator to construct dry stone walls itself using boulders weighing several tonnes and demolition debris. image for illustration: Open Government Licence V3.0
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