Monthly Archives: January 2025

IHBC’s Council ‘Diary Date’: On 24 March, welcome IHBC’s next President Rebecca Thompson, new VPs, Mike Brown in new role, with Asset Management CPD & more, all at IHBC’s FIRST blended Council, from London’s Charterhouse

image for illustration: Charterhouse by Stuart Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0 IHBC’s next free online Council CPD, exclusive to all IHBC members, will take place on 24 March as a blended event from London’s Charterhouse, welcoming our Vice President Rebecca Thompson … Continue reading

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IHBC’s TWO Marsh Awards for 2025: Nominations sought for ‘Successful Learning’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution (Retired Members) – to 31 March 2025

The two IHBC Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Charitable Trust, celebrate ‘Community Contributions’ by retired IHBC members, as well as ‘Successful Learning’ in heritage-related skills, with £500 and free places at IHBC’s 2025 Annual School in Shrewsbury … Continue reading

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IHBC’s 2025 AGM is coming soon: To take your membership to a new level, as Trustee, be sure to · Check our guidance · Explore options with us · Sort your CPD · Submit your case

If you are interested in a voluntary role as an Trustee you can explore duties and obligations not only through our extensive online guidance, but also ‘in real life’ by contacting a trustee post-holder – direct or through your Branch … Continue reading

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IHBC ‘Finance’ and ‘Technical’ Signpost: DCMS – new technical research outputs on ‘Culture and Heritage Capital’

New technical research and findings on ‘Culture and Heritage Capital: Monetising the impact of culture and heritage on health and wellbeing’ have been added to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Culture and Heritage Capital (CHC) Evidence Bank.

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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: IHBC on members’ free places etc. at the London Listed Property Show, 31/01-01/02

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 IHBCon free places and more for members at the London … Continue reading

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: CoE applauds 13C church hosting community kitchen following renovation

image for illustration: All Saints parish church, Winterton by Chris Morgan, CC BY-SA 2.0 With a tower dating back almost to the Norman conquest and the majority of the church standing since the 13th century (13C), a reordering and renovation project … Continue reading

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National Audit Office (NAO), – ‘spending watchdog’ – says Government building maintenance backlog is at least £49 billion

The public spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) estimates that the government’s maintenance backlog is at least £49 Bn and it will need to consider the best way to manage its assets alongside its long-term investment plans, in addition … Continue reading

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Government steps in to save historic rights of way from being lost to the nation

image for illustration: Peter Badcock The 2031 cut-off date for recording historic rights of way is to be removed.

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Architects Salary Report: What are the average salary levels within the architecture industry?

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Jobs Salary Report provides the average salaries for those who work in RIBA Chartered Practices, by region and practice size.

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National Heritage Science Forum develops new Strategic Framework

A new strategic framework for heritage science in the UK has been developed by the National Heritage Science Forum for the period 2024-2027.

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Success for 15 AHF-supported projects in the final round of the Community Ownership Fund

The Architectural Heritage Fund(AHF) has reported on Government awards from the final round of its Community Ownership Fund (COF) for 15 AHF-supported projects.

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SHBT appoints four new Trustees

The Scottish Historic Buildings Trust (SHBT) has appointed four new Trustees.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Global) doorstep’: AC/DC was born in this house… developer mistakenly demolished it

The family home where rock band AC/DC was founded has been mistakenly demolished by a property developer in Australia.

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IHBC’s Council Update: Looking ahead to business on 24 March – first blended Council – with new (& past) Presidents & Vice Presidents, and looking back, on Irish structural engineering CPD ‘across borders’

IHBC’s Council held its 9th online meeting on 21 January, covering Council business – including early notice on our first blended Council on 24 March and an early call for Vice President nominations for up to four posts – alongside … Continue reading

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Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ service helps diverse disciplines, levels and sectors, from St Paul’s Cathedral estate to Cadw works supervision, & inter-governmental heritage care to historic railway business

To help connect employers’ needs and practitioners’ skills, the IHBC regularly updates NewsBlog readers on the wide-ranging opportunities on our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, so be sure to sign up for free alerts and ‘stay ahead’ with the our unique … Continue reading

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IHBC’s TWO Marsh Awards for 2025: Nominations sought for ‘Successful Learning’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution (Retired Members) – to 31 March 2025

The two IHBC Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Charitable Trust, celebrate ‘Community Contributions’ by retired IHBC members, as well as ‘Successful Learning’ in heritage-related skills, with £500 and free places at IHBC’s 2025 Annual School in Shrewsbury … Continue reading

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IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: FREE CPD at London’s LPOC Listed Property Show, Olympia, 31 Jan/01 Feb 2025

The IHBC is delighted to offer free entry for our members to the Listed Property Owners Club’s (LPOC) annual London Listed Property Show, on 31 January-1 February in London’s Olympia (pre-booking essential), with stands still available.

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IHBC’s 2025 AGM is coming soon: To take your membership to a new level, as Trustee, be sure to · Check our guidance · Explore options with us · Sort your CPD · Submit your case

If you are interested in a voluntary role as an Trustee you can explore duties and obligations not only through our extensive online guidance, but also ‘in real life’ by contacting a trustee post-holder – direct or through your Branch … Continue reading

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IHBC’s Finance and Economics Signpost:The AHF is investing in the ‘Future of Heritage’

The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) has announced that three of its loan-funded projects have successfully completed and repaid their investment in the last few months.

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IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £8.2M+ of weekly works: BC seeks multi-disciplinary team for design code, to 17/02 & £200K

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 Borough Council (BC) for a … Continue reading

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Blenheim Palace gets annual deep clean before £10.4m roof restoration

image for illustration: Blenheim Palace by DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons A monumental £10.4M undertaking is underway to preserve Britain’s Greatest Palace’s historic architecture and safeguard its heritage for future generations, as Blenheim Palace has announced that its … Continue reading

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£23M package to support restoration of thousands of listed places of worship

image for illustration The Government’s Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme will be extended for 2025/26.

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World Monuments Fund Announces 2025 Watch: Includes Belfast’s Assembly Rooms… & the Moon!

The World Monuments Fund (WMF) has announced the 25 sites on the 2025 World Monuments Watch.

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Local authority planning capacity and skills survey: 2023 findings – 97% face skills gaps, 91% struggle with recruitment, & 38% on reduced teams

image for illustration: Open government Licence v3.0 The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has published the findings of its first annual survey of local authority planning capacity and skills, and finding that 97% of local authorities face skills … Continue reading

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MHCLG seeks ‘Technical independent advisers’ for College of Experts

image: Open Government Licence v3.0 The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is recruiting individuals from a diverse range of science, engineering, and industrial backgrounds for its first ever College of Experts, ‘a list of pre-approved experts from … Continue reading

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