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- IHBC congratulates IHBC Chair on formal investiture following OBE award 14/07/2026
- New 20 July close for IHBC’s ‘quick query’ to help local government conservation services: ‘… remarkable response already… so still time to shape our high-level advocacy’ 14/07/2026
- As 90% of ‘Virtual’ Newcastle School feedback is ‘5/5’ or ‘4/5’, IHBC celebrates success in 2026, in learning, partnerships, friends & more, with thanks & congrats to all as Bristol 2027 looms, in June, on ‘Climate Change and Significance’ 14/07/2026
- Spotlighting IHBC’s recent Council film, ‘Do Drop-in, before they drop out’: Our new, must-see interview on pre-Pre App options, and how talking to applicants can help make things better! 14/07/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ CPD Signpost: Understanding growth in the creative industries: National trends and firm-level evidence from Creative UK 14/07/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: BD on ‘How Harringay’s warehouse district resists ‘gentrification’ 14/07/2026
- The Carbon Trust, on ‘Accelerating access to clean, reliable and affordable energy’ 14/07/2026
- Government guidance on ‘The enrichment framework for schools and colleges… for all pupils and students.’ 14/07/2026
- England’s third new national forest to bring nature closer to communities 14/07/2026
- CIC appoints Simon Rawlinson as new Deputy Chair 14/07/2026
- ‘A new leaf’ for London Parks and Gardens: Director Philip Barnes to lead delivery of ambitious strategy to 2035 14/07/2026
- NI regulator pauses charity registration invites amid systems upgrade plans 14/07/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Tear your eyes away from the ballroom. This courthouse is the real face of Trump-era architecture 14/07/2026
- New 20 July close for IHBC’s ‘quick query’ to help local government conservation services: ‘… remarkable response already… so still time to shape our high-level advocacy’ 10/07/2026
- IHBC sponsors Gardens Trust on ‘New Town Landscapes: Learning from the Past, Shaping the Future’, 23-24/09, Milton Keynes 10/07/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ CPD Signpost: ‘Help Tackle One of Construction’s Biggest Killers: – Dust’…. a 5-minute survey open to 31 July 10/07/2026
- REGISTER INTEREST NOW: IHBC’s new ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’ seeks ‘interest’ from leads in conservation-led education, training & learning programmes & courses 10/07/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ CPD Signpost: Decarbonizing the Built Environment Through Heritage (DBTH) Toolkit 10/07/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ CPD Signpost: UCL research confirms ‘Engaging with arts linked to slower pace of ageing’ 10/07/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £3M+ costed works this week: Professional body seeks research into structured civic input to planning processes, to 17/07, £15K 10/07/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: ‘The unlikely return of the back-to-back’ from Building 10/07/2026
- UK Government ‘Call for evidence’ (real world and quantitative especially): Strategy for the built environment professions, trades and occupations, to 12/08 10/07/2026
- CITB publishes Construction Workforce Outlook 2026-2030 10/07/2026
- Historic Environment Scotland is looking for your thoughts on volunteering – we need your input, to 19 July! 10/07/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Canada’s National Trust celebrates 50 Years of the World Heritage Convention 10/07/2026
Daily Archives: 17/12/2024
IHBC welcomes Free 2 Day Traditional Building Retrofit Course for Wales
Fully funded training in the retrofit of traditional and historic buildings is now available in Wales, achieving the Level 3 award qualification, delivered by the Environment Study Centre and presented by IHBC Technical Panel Chair Professor John Edwards.
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Don’t forget: IHBC’s HESPR-linked service promotion is now even more accessible to clients when using our map-based search
IHBC members, colleagues and client bodies can now find the office locations of HESPR members – IHBC’s Historic Environment Service Provider Recognition (HESPR) scheme – using our new map-based facility. images : HESPR logo and Google Maps
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IHBC’s ‘Research & Finance’ Signposts: British Geological Survey research for HES shows Scotland can re-establish its stone industry
image for illustration: Fiona Newton British Geological Survey research, commissioned by Historic Environment Scotland (HES), reveals an opportunity to re-establish the Scottish building stone market in order to maintain the country’s historic buildings.
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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: IHBC features Building on the ‘lessons… from M&S decision’
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 the ‘What lessons can be learnt from the … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (public) doorstep’: Campaign to save Centenary Building as site set to be demolished
image for illustration: Centenary Building, Salford by Skip88, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons An appeal has been launched to save the award winning Centenary building after it was announced that it would be demolished, reports Salford Now
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Lisa Nandy announces plans for ‘place-based philanthropy strategy’
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 Culture secretary Lisa Nandy has referenced plans for a ‘place-based philanthropy strategy’ during a meeting of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee.
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HE: Training Needs Analysis
HE is designing our training programme for the next 2 years and wants your help to refresh their understanding of training priorities.
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Major overhaul of England’s planning committees ‘to get Britain building’
image for illustration Open Government Licence v3.0 Planning decisions in England are set to be fast-tracked in a sweeping overhaul of local planning committees, as part of new measures to tackle the housing crisis, according to government.
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AHF Publishes its Annual Review for 2023-24
The Architectural heritage Fund (AHF) has issued its Annual Review 2023-24.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Looking back at Tropical Modernism, from CHF
image for illustration: Old building of Fourah Bay College, Sierra Leone by Jared & Melanie & Huxley Ponchot, CC BY 2.0 Dr Christopher Turner, curator of ‘Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence’, reports on the exhibition for the Commonwealth Heritage Forum … Continue reading
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