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- IHBC issues 2025 AGM notice – online from 5.30pm for 6.00pm, 13/05, exclusive to all member categories – with Alastair Godfrey, on ‘… Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings’, prefacing #IHBCShrewsbury2025 18/04/2025
- IHBC leads in our ‘Legislation and Policy’ Signpost to DB: ‘The Planning and Infrastructure Bill’, and reactions to it… 18/04/2025
- April is ‘Stress Awareness Month’: So help IHBC help you with our ‘Heritage Staff Wellbeing at Work Survey’ – Have your say… before 1 May 18/04/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: West Dean’s 10% discount on specialist Conservation courses for IHBC members (all categories) 18/04/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Finance & Economics’ spotlight: HE on ‘The Wellbeing Impact of Cultural Heritage on England’s Economy’ 18/04/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £1.3M+ of weekly works: Council seeks team to ‘restore and enhance’, in a GII context, to 09/05 and £500K. 18/04/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (thatching) doorstep’: Thatched cottages in Devon’s Drewsteignton in flames 18/04/2025
- Value of Heritage-led Regeneration for England’s High Streets revealed in new independent research for HE 18/04/2025
- Protrade on ‘State of Construction Apprenticeships in 2025’: 1.4% fall in new apprentices last year; after 5% the year before 18/04/2025
- PAS: Modernising Planning Committees National Survey 2025 – `… training… negative’ 18/04/2025
- University of Strathclyde launches ‘Toolkit’ to support retrofit of historic tenements 18/04/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Heritage updates from across the Commonwealth and beyond 18/04/2025
- Bob Kindred updates on IHBC’s ‘LB Prosecutions Database’: Cases always sought – ‘…it relies on volunteered information’ 15/04/2025
- IHBC on Context 182 (Part 3): IHBC’s Chair on ‘Trusteeship’ and what is NOT ‘hot air’ features in officer and network updates 15/04/2025
- April is ‘Stress Awareness Month’: So help IHBC help you with our ‘Heritage Staff Wellbeing at Work Survey’ – Have your say, before 1 May 15/04/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: West Dean’s 10% discount on specialist Conservation courses for IHBC members (all categories) 15/04/2025
- Booking opens for #IHBCShrewsbury2025, 12-14/06: Certified CPD on ‘Heritage in Context – Value: Plan: Change’ – From £35+VAT (Online), free pre-conference webinars and more, for all your conservation needs…’ 15/04/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Legislation and Policy’ Signpost: UK Parliament… on ‘Net zero and the UK’s historic building stock’ 15/04/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from (England’s Market Town) doorsteps’: The cultural heritage of market towns, Westminster Hall debate, 04/03, debate and background 15/04/2025
- SAVE unveils 50th anniversary programme – 50 years of campaigning 1975-2025 15/04/2025
- UK Government: High streets with vacant shops revitalised via High Street Rental Auctions 15/04/2025
- UK Government: Annual report for England’s Participation Survey – parks/gardens; cities/towns, & landscapes/habitat most popular 15/04/2025
- Wilts & Berks Canal Trust calls for volunteer engineers and planners to help on UK’s largest canal restoration project 15/04/2025
- HE’s Chief Executive Duncan Wilson offers online welcome & Q&A at IHBC’s 2025 Day School, 13/06: #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – Schools… ‘one of the pre-eminent regular events in… heritage’ 11/04/2025
- IHBC’s April ‘CPD Circular’: Accessible, cost-conscious learning, events, awards, calls and more, with Schools, School webinars, Sustainability, Branches & much more 11/04/2025
Daily Archives: 03/04/2024
IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global Doorstep’ as IHBC & partners represented at Paris’ ‘Buildings and Climate Global Forum’: 70 countries sign Declaration de Chaillot: ‘… a foundational document for international cooperation…’
The first ever Buildings and Climate Global Forum, organised by the French Government and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), concluded with the adoption by representatives of 70 countries of the Declaration de Chaillot, a foundational document enabling progress towards a … Continue reading
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IHBC’s AGM & CPD UPDATE FOR 30/04 (5.30 PM on) – PROXY VOTING ENCOURAGED, REGISTRATION REQUIRED: Robyn Pender on ‘… energy in buildings…’ + AGM & ‘next steps’ Resolution exploring Charter Petition
The IHBC’s 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2024 programme will take place online on 30 April 2024, from 5.30pm with Dr Robyn Pender opening the CPD programme, on ‘… energy in buildings…’, exclusively for ALL IHBC membership categories.
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IHBC calls for Expressions of Interest (EoI) from Full Members seeking occasional fee income on our new ‘Recognised MATE Provider’ listing, with initial closing date 1 May
IHBC Full Members who are strong presenters and communicators, committed to maintaining our standards in line with the Institute’s interdisciplinary practice model, as well as supporting members’ career journeys, are called on to submit interest in a new occasional, flexible, … Continue reading
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IHBC welcomes MFL as Principal Sponsor for 2024 Reading Annual School, #IHBCReading2024, 12/13-15 June, from £30+VAT (online Day School & recording)
The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) is delighted to announce MFL, as the Principal Sponsor for the institute’s Annual School from 12/13-15 June 2024, in person in Reading and online, from £30+VAT (online Day School & recording).
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IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: Understanding the levels of public investment in museums
Research to understand the levels of public investment in museums report has been published by The Arts Council in January. image for illustration
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Dezeen on ‘…how design shapes society and culture’, from Doha, with Chipperfield on how architects ‘changed cities for the worse’
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 Dezeen on the ‘Design Doha Forum’ and Chipperfield on how … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: 42-storey tower planned on historic former hospital site, Birmingham
A 42-storey tower planned on historic former Royal Orthopaedic Hospital site, reports the Birmingham Mail. image for illustration: Broad Street Birmingham Public Domain, Commons Wiki
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HE’s High Streets Heritage Action Zone Programme Success Celebrated
Launched in 2020, Historic England’s (HE) 4-year High Streets Heritage Action Zone (HSHAZ) programme has unlocked the potential of 67 historic high streets across England. image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0
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THA Heritage Manifesto Refreshed for 2024
The Heritage Alliance (THA) has re-launched its Heritage Manifesto for 2024, with the latest facts and figures about the value of heritage for this election year.
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Nominations for the 2024 Plowden Medal Conservation Award open to 17 May
Nominations for the 2024 Plowden Medal Conservation Award, in the 25th anniversary year, are open to 17 May 2024, welcoming nominations of talented conservators who deserve recognition. image RWHA
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Study: Biodiversity Net Gain has potential to absorb 650,000 tonnes of carbon a year
Analysis calculates habitats created by Biodiversity Net Gain schemes could absorb emissions equivalent to nearly 200,000 round trip flights from London to New York each year, according to research by Joe’s Blooms. image for illustration
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Scottish Civic Trust Pulse Survey launched: Calling all in Scotland!
The Scottish Civic Trust is refreshing its Strategic Plan and to inform its future activities, is surveying people across Scotland about key themes related to its work.
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Active Travel England design assistance tools
Active Travel England (ATE) has developed a suite of tools to support the development of designs and the assessment of design quality for active travel interventions and schemes. image for illustration
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