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- IHBC updates on ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’: Check out our web hub, with video & feedback, and help reduce damage to both health and heritage 05/12/2025
- IHBC Supporter Surgery for aspiring Affiliates: Have you registered yet? 11 December, 1pm (IHBC CPD too!) 05/12/2025
- IHBC welcomes new joint CEOs at Historic England to post 05/12/2025
- IHBC’s new Context, No185, ‘lifts the lid on roofing’, from craft to carbon, with essential, accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals & colleagues 05/12/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ signpost: HE’s Technical Advice on ‘Historic and Traditional Buildings at Risk of Flooding’ – mitigation & adaptation for flood types & construction to energy efficiency & more 05/12/2025
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £7M+ of weekly works: Town Council seeks team for urban development enhancement project, to 12/12 & £1M 05/12/2025
- Planning Aid bodies across the UK unite in landmark agreement to share expertise and strengthen public engagement 05/12/2025
- The Heritage Alliance on ‘What the Autumn Budget Means for the Heritage Sector’ 05/12/2025
- Heritage Network: Impact Report 2025 issued 05/12/2025
- CIC Responds to the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget 05/12/2025
- RSPB: New ‘More in Common’ report shows people don’t want new homes to be built at nature’s expense 05/12/2025
- New director of careers and education joins RTPI 05/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: European Heritage Hub’s ‘Call for good practices’ – ‘Cultural heritage as an asset for the green, digital and social transformation’, to 19/12 05/12/2025
- IHBC welcomes Budget’s financial boost for planning, supporting RTPI’s call for long-term investment as ‘the key to building capacity’ 02/12/2025
- IHBC Supporter Surgery for aspiring Affiliates: Have you registered yet? 11 December, 1pm (IHBC CPD too!) 02/12/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: Volcanic rocks could store captured CO2, Edinburgh University study finds 02/12/2025
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: BDP on ‘Redeveloping Plymouth Civic Centre’ 02/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: ‘Failings at every level’ resulted in botched insulation scheme, MPs told 02/12/2025
- Government confirms National Covid Memorial Wall will be preserved 02/12/2025
- ICON: Pilgrim Trust supports ‘Conservation Skills at Risk’ with £45,000 grant 02/12/2025
- Government reappoints 3 Trustees to the National Heritage Memorial Fund 02/12/2025
- Parliamentary Committee: Nature not a ‘blocker’ to housing; needed for ‘resilient towns & neighbourhoods’, and calls for housebuilding target changes and reduced VAT (for retrofitting) 02/12/2025
- £2Mn Funding boost to protect war memorials across the UK 02/12/2025
- England to benefit from two new national forests backed by £1 billion investment in tree planting 02/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: A town wants to give away its 100-year-old convent: is it a housing solution? 02/12/2025
Daily Archives: 17/05/2024
IHBC’s new in-person ‘Day School+’ options for #IHBCReading2024, 14/06: Add Thursday Reception (£20+VAT) and/or Friday Annual Dinner (£65+VAT) – limited availability, book now
A new offer, with strictly limited availability, means Day School delegates can include Thursday’s ‘Welcome & Drinks’ Reception (£20+VAT, in the MERL) and/or Friday’s Annual Dinner (£65+VAT, in the university), with Student and Awards presentations.
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Save the date & pass it on: 14 June, IHBC’s Virtual Day School for #IHBCReading2024 – finance, law, people & more, from £30+VAT (IHBC, RTPI, Conservation Courses, Fit for the Future etc.)
Save 14 June for IHBC’s Virtual School and more, with wide-ranging heritage expertise uniquely linking finance (Adala Leeson), law (Charles Mynors), project management (Rebecca Thompson, St Paul’s; Sarah Khan, handover etc.), people (Peter Aiers), technology (Alan Forster), infrastructure (Purcell), & … Continue reading
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IHBC welcomes Purcell’s guidance on RAAC for Listed Buildings in England & Wales
Purcell has launched their publication Guidance on RAAC (Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete) in Listed Buildings. image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0
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IHBC’s Reading 2024 School CPD Circular now out: Still places left on our Day (14/06) & Virtual School, from only £30+VAT
IHBC’s newest 2024 Reading School CPD Circular offers dedicated guidance on Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities and resources, for interdisciplinary conservation professionals especially, in and around #IHBCReading2024 reading2024.ihbc.org.uk.
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IHBC’s ‘Practice’ Competence signpost: AHRC’s Place-Based Research Programme briefs – ‘Collaborative community heritage’
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) policy briefs shares insights and recommendations from the University of Sheffield’s Roots and Futures project. image: Roots and Futures
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £22M+ works this week: Welsh Council seeks design lead to transform urban heritage property, closing 06/06
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members regular ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick this week is a call from a Welsh Council for a … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (council) doorstep 1’: South Staffs notified of postponement of Crooked House Enforcement Notice public inquiry
South Staffordshire Council has received notification from the Planning Inspectorate that they have accepted the appellants’ (ATE Farms) request to postpone the Crooked House Enforcement Notice public inquiry which was due to be held this summer. image for illustration: By … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (council) doorstep 2’: Greenfields recreation land bought back by Shrewsbury Town Council for the community
A piece of land in Shrewsbury formerly earmarked for housing will soon be able to be enjoyed by the community once again after being bought back by the Town Council. image for illustration
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CLC report: Driving competency in the retrofit sector
The People & Skills workstream of the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has released a report that sets out a framework for defining competence in the retrofit sector: ‘Roadmap skills for net zero: Competencies for domestic retrofit’. image for illustration
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UK’s biggest infrastructure companies sign pledge to decarbonise the construction sector
The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) and Minister for Industry and Economic Security have brought together leaders from across the construction industry to sign up to ‘Five Client Carbon Commitments’ – pledges which will help the sector to achieve Net Zero.
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A UK-wide campaign celebrating the ‘8 Types of Impact of Culture and Heritage’ to ‘make the case for investment’
‘Culture Makes: the Cultural Philanthropy Foundation’ announces a major UK-wide campaign to celebrate the impact of culture and make the case for investment. image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0
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