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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: 30/01/2024
IHBC welcomes ICOMOS-UK member update on MOU with IHBC
[slideshow_deploy id=’38813′] The IHBC has welcomed the announcement by ICOMOS-UK to its members on strengthening our working relationship through a formal agreement – a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) – focussed on establishing ‘closer ties and cooperation between these two organisations … Continue reading
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IHBC Council ‘Save the Date’: Tuesday 27 February, 4.00pm – All categories of IHBC members encouraged to join online in free CPD, updates, discussion and more
The IHBC’s next Council will take place on 27 February, online and on Zoom, offering free high-quality CPD followed by question and discussion on the next steps in the IHBC developing a petition for charter, so save the date today … Continue reading
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CLOSING SOON – FINAL CHANCE: Consultation on updating joint IHBC-HTVF-CV ‘Conservation Professional Practice Principles’ (CPPP)
A consultation on updating and enhancing the IHBC-HTVF-Civic Voice joint ‘Conservation Professional Practice Principles’ has been launched, as we look at renewing this cross-sector statement on practice principles for specialists working in built and historic environment conservation roles.
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IHBC ‘Research’ Signpost: ‘New-build housing – how regulation can improve the consumer journey’, from the CIOB
A report from The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) looks into the consumer protections in place to hold developers to account for quality failures in new-build housing. image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Building on ‘Rebuilding the House of Commons chamber, 1945’
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 Building on ‘ Rebuilding the House of Commons chamber, 1945’.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: BT to repurpose broadband cabinets for EV charging
BT is set to repurpose disused street cabinets – typically used to house telephone and broadband cabling – to be used as EV charging points, reports ECA Today. image for illustration
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HE launches new guidance on ‘Understanding Special Historic Interest in Listing’
Historic England (HE) has published this guidance to help people better understand special historic interest, one of the two main criteria used to decide whether a building can be listed or not: special historic interest being about the connection between … Continue reading
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St. Paul’s Cathedral Joins the Cathedrals’ Workshop Fellowship
St. Paul’s Cathedral has officially become the newest member of the prestigious Cathedrals’ Workshop Fellowship (CWF), a collaborative milestone marking ‘a transformative phase in St. Paul’s history’. image: for illustration by © User: Colin / Wikimedia Commons
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UK Government: Over 70 pubs, theatres and museums rescued by government package
The UK Government has announced £25M of levelling up funding to save cherished places like pubs, theatres and museums through its Community Ownership Fund. image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0
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British Museum signs £50m funding deal with BP
The British Museum has struck a £50m deal with energy giant BP to help fund a major renovation programme. image for illustration: Seán O’Reilly
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Looking back to Christmas 2023: Nearly 5,000 churches across the United Kingdom benefit from £42 million conservation fund
The UK Government has updated on the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme, supporting the protection of religious buildings representing all faiths and denominations, benefiting local communities. image: Open Government Licence v3.0
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Nearby buildings compromised by Brooklyn synagogue tunnel, officials say
New York City services have discovered potentially dangers arising from an illegal tunnel beneath the historic Chabad-Lubavitch synagogue in Brooklyn, and issued ‘order to vacate’ reports The Guardian. image for illustration: New York Skyline by Matt Nelson, CC0, via Wikimedia … Continue reading
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