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- IHBC’s newest ‘Branch Committee Bulletin, from the IHBC’s Director’: National Office updates for Branch Officers 24/10/2025
- Need a MATE? More free online Accreditation guidance and update sessions offered to guide IHBC applicants 24/10/2025
- 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 24/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ signpost: Historic England & Defra – ‘… helping to preserve rural heritage for the future’ 24/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £960K+ of weekly works: Nationally significant charity seeks design services for ‘transformational heritage project’, to 10/11 24/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (regal) doorstep’: How the King’s vision is shaping next wave of new towns 24/10/2025
- 7 New Sites Listed by DCMS to Celebrate 200 Years of the Railway 24/10/2025
- BEFS 2026 Manifesto: Building Foundations for a Better Scotland 24/10/2025
- RIBA puts high-quality design on Parliament’s agenda 24/10/2025
- Pathway to Planning – Cohort 4 open to 6/01: … fast track career in the built environment as LG planner or surveyor, from £25K pa 24/10/2025
- Expert Taskforce recommends locations for new towns 24/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Major new study to reveal the value of the UK’s UNESCO sites 24/10/2025
- 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
Daily Archives: 23/01/2024
Serious about your career? Sign up to IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’, for opportunities across diverse roles and disciplines – spotlighting building and estate management for #IHBCReading2024
To help connect employers’ needs and practitioners’ skills, the IHBC regularly updates NewsBlog readers about the wide-ranging opportunities on 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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IHBC ‘Professional’ Signpost on History, Health & Safety: The ‘Fall of Heave Awa Land’ and Public Health repercussions in Edinburgh
In Edinburgh in 1861 a great disaster occurred which had enormous repercussions and yet it’s also largely forgotten – the thread about the ‘Fall of Heave Awa Land’ image for illustration: Sculpted head of a 14 year old boy buried … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: AJ on ‘Mackintosh tea rooms… saved from closure… after £10M revamp’
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 Architect’s Journal (AJ) on the ‘Mackintosh tea rooms’, saved from … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Vandalism to Guildford Cathedral’s Angel Door
Guildford Cathedral has reported on vandals’ damage to its ‘iconic angel glass’. image for illustration: Guildford Cathedral website
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Historic England introduces the Blue Plaques Panel, ‘… of academics and cultural commentators’
Historic England has appointed an impressive and diverse panel of academics and cultural commentators to decide who will be commemorated for the demonstrator phase of the national Blue Plaques scheme. image HE © Historic England Archive. DP067401.
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Historic Environment Scotland site closures: FOI correspondence release
The Scottish Government has responded to a request for the publication of ‘Any correspondence (e-mails and letters) from the public to MSPs… regarding the Historic Environment Scotland [HES] site closures from 7 June 2021 to present’.
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Art of Building competition – winners announced by CIOB
The winners of the Chartered Institute of Building’s (CIOB) annual Art of Building competition have been revealed.
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Construction apprentice support scheme ends after 90 years
The removal of requirements for mandatory registration of traditional craft apprentices with an industry body saw applications plummet. image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0
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URBACT: Get ready for the Innovation Transfer Networks – transferring funding to other EU cities
From 10 January to 20 March 2024, URBACT is running a call for the next generation of Innovation Transfer Networks (ITNs), which aim to transfer projects that were funded under Urban Innovative Actions (UIA) to other cities across the EU, … Continue reading
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Defra report: ‘Delivering 30by30 on land in England’ – 30% protection by 2030
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs(DEFRA) has published a paper indicating it is committed to protecting 30% of the UK’s land by 2030 (30by30). This document sets out the government’s approach to delivering 30by30 on land in England. … Continue reading
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1 in 7 neurodivergent project managers are not telling employers about their condition – APM research reveals
One in seven project managers who consider themselves to be neurodivergent have not informed their employer about their condition, according to a new survey by The Association for Project Management (APM). image for illustration: Open government Licence v3.0
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: European Commission welcomes agreement on new rules to boost energy performance of EU buildings
The European Commission has welcomed the provisional agreement in December 2023 between the European Parliament and the Council to reduce the emissions and energy use of buildings across the EU. image for illustration
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