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- IHBC’s ‘Special Thanks’ to 2025’s Student Award entrants, as 49 seek prizes (to £500) & places at #IHBCNewcastle2026 17/10/2025
- IHBC welcomes Campaign for National Parks success as ‘plans to weaken protected landscapes duty quietly dropped’ 17/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ Signpost: Traditional and historic buildings – a new Retrofit British Standard, an update from IHBC’s John Edwards, with joint CPD webinar 14/11 17/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £495K+ of weekly works: Welsh Council seeks team for urban hub, to 31/10 and c.£75K 17/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’ (& ‘Evaluation’ signpost!): ‘History of the Pioneering Stockton and Darlington Railway’ via HE 17/10/2025
- National Audit Office: Weak controls and oversight blamed for faulty home installations under energy efficiency scheme 17/10/2025
- New UK Town of Culture competition to celebrate our national story 17/10/2025
- THA Call for Case Studies for Heritage Debate 2025, to 24/10 17/10/2025
- New Towns Taskforce: Report to government published 17/10/2025
- Communities to ‘seize control over high streets and restore pride’ 17/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Creative Health – UK & Ireland State of the Sector Survey, to 31 October 17/10/2025
- Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, featuring Past President Mike Brown’s Vox Pop 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s Communications and Outreach Strategy 2025-28 now online 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s Annual School ‘Save the Date’ notice & Home Page launch: IHBC’s 2026 Newcastle School, 18-20 June, on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ & up to 20 hours CPD – accessible, interdisciplinary, cost-effective 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: GII Coventry Baths demolition approved by Historic England 14/10/2025
- Government responds to Parliamentary Report on Home Retrofitting with £13.2bn programme 14/10/2025
- HH: Lack of support from Scottish Government threatening heritage tourism sector 14/10/2025
- People across the country set to benefit from £4M boost to improve accessibility to arts and culture: Open to 14/11 14/10/2025
- THA’s Heritage and Placemaking Survey and Call for Case Studies – they want to hear from you… by 17 October 14/10/2025
- BSRIA: Wellbeing in Buildings (TG 10/2025) 14/10/2025
- ‘Remaking the relationship between citizens and the built environment’, a blog via Demos 14/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Heritage home in Canada demolished despite Heritage Act 14/10/2025
- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ reaches across disciplines, levels & sectors, from charities – led here by Scotland & CEOs – to Officers (LG) Inspectors (HE) & more 10/10/2025
- Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, offers insights into ‘The world of generative AI’ 10/10/2025
- IHBC welcomes Gardens Trust report into the role of historic parks and gardens in the 21st century 10/10/2025
Daily Archives: 14/01/2025
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 first ‘CPD Circular’ for 2025: For cost-conscious and time-sensitive conservation learning… events, awards, calls and more (with pictures & review too!)
IHBC’s new CPD Circular offers our current listing of accessible, cost-effective ‘Continuing Professional Development’ (CPD) opportunities for historic and built environment conservation professionals and their networks, with the usual range of Branch and network events, publications, awards and more.
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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 ‘Professional’ Signpost: Dezeen’s top 10 UK architecture projects of 2024
image for illustration: Natural History Museum by Julian Herzog (Website), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Scooped facades, innovative material use and community-centric housing define this list of the 10 most memorable UK architecture projects published on Dezeen in 2024.
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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: AJ features ‘’A ‘boon for landfill’… buildings we lost in 2024’
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 the Architects’ Journal (AJ) on ‘A ‘boon for landfill’… seven … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Cairngorm railway is ‘inherently flawed’, warns engineer
image for illustration: The Cairngorm Funicular Railway by Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons A top Scottish engineer is warning repairs on the Cairngorm mountain railway will not last, reports The Press and Journal, as the mountain railway … Continue reading
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Government’s National Buildings Database – A ‘detailed inventory of all the buildings in Great Britain’, including energy performance
The government is developing a detailed inventory of all the buildings in Great Britain, including all domestic buildings (houses and flats) and non-domestic buildings (offices, shops, warehouses, schools, hospitals etc.) and include information such as the size, age, construction and … Continue reading
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Culture Secretary: Independent review to ensure access to high quality arts and culture in every region
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy announces a new independent review of Arts Council England will launch in the new year.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global (icon’s) doorstep’: Barbican Centre funding for essential works approved by City of London Corporation
image for illustration: Barbican Towers by Riodamascus, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons The City of London Corporation has approved a £191 million funding package to support critical repairs and upgrades at the iconic Barbican Centre.
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