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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: 27/02/2024
English Heritage Chair, Gerard Lemos CMG CBE, to open IHBC’s Reading Day School, 14/06 as launch approaches
The IHBC is delighted to announce that English Heritage Chair, Gerard Lemos CMG CBE will open the IHBC’s Reading Day School on 14 June – #IHBCReading2024 – with this special day of learning open to in-person and online delegates.
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IHBC seeks nominations for Marsh Awards 2024: ‘Retired IHBC Members’ and/or ‘Successful Learners’ – Closing 31 March 2024
Two IHBC Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Charitable Trust celebrate, respectively, civic contributions by retired IHBC members and successful learning in heritage skills, offer awards of £500 and free places at IHBC’s 2024 Annual School in Reading … Continue reading
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Interested in serving as an IHBC trustee? As IHBC’s 2024 AGM approaches, check our guidance and see if you want to take your IHBC membership to a new level.
As IHBC’s 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM) approaches, this is a good time for members of all categories to review our guidance, support and advice encouraging prospective trustees to join our board.
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IHBC ‘Professional’ Signpost: AI will make industry ‘safer and greener’, says CIOB
Artificial intelligence is supporting construction’s need to build safer, more sustainably and with higher quality. image for illustration
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: IHBC on 2024 AGM
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 IHBC on its 2024 AGM.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Warwick’s Lord Leycester Hospital sees bumper numbers after £4.5m revamp
One of the country’s most significant Medieval sites has welcomed bumper visitors in the three months since it reopened its doors following a £4.5m renovation, reports UKNewsgroup. image for illustration: Lord Leycester Hospital, Warwick by Misterweiss at English Wikipedia – … Continue reading
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Welsh Government launches White Paper consultation on Environmental principles, governance and biodiversity targets
Environmental principles, governance and biodiversity targets: White Paper published by Welsh Government seeking views on strengthening environmental governance in and further address climate change and biodiversity loss.
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English Heritage Appoints New Deputy Chair
Dr Chris Michaels, an English Heritage trustee since March 2023, has been appointed as the charity’s new Deputy Chair. image English Heritage
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Great Musgrave bridge works challenged as infill removal cost revealed
Campaigners have voiced concerns about ‘damaged stonework’ and ‘poor repairs’ at a historic railway bridge in Cumbria which National Highways exhumed last year at an ‘eyewatering’ cost to the taxpayer. image for illustration: Great Musgrave Bridge by RuthAS – Own … Continue reading
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Fife to host permanent national Building Standards Hub
Fife Council’s Cabinet Committee has given approval for the local authority to host a permanent national Building Standards Hub. image for illustration – Open Government Licence v3.0
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Europa Nostra and EIB Institute announce ‘7 Most Endangered 2024’ shortlist
The monuments and heritage sites in Europe shortlisted for this year’s edition of the 7 Most Endangered Programme were announced today by Europa Nostra, the European Voice of Civil Society Committed to Cultural and Natural Heritage, and the European Investment … Continue reading
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