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- IHBC’s first thoughts from the new NPPF: On ‘…what the NPPF means for Conservation in England and what remains unanswered’, with an early push on Planning Resource 18/09/2026
- IHBC’s newest ‘Branch Committee Bulletin, from the IHBC’s Director’: IHBC’s national updates for local volunteer leads – Part 2: ‘Charter & ‘CP30’’ 18/09/2026
- IHBC hosts stall in Belfast’s Assembly Buildings, 28/09: Part of Heritage Network NI Conference: 27-29 September 18/09/2026
- Don’t need your paper Context? Do everyone a favour and pass it on, ‘Spreading the Word’ to help the Conservation Professional! 18/09/2026
- IHBC’s WM Branch to join West Midlands Heritage Careers Fair 2026: ‘Inspiring the Next Generation of Heritage Professionals’, 21/10, Worcester Cathedral 18/09/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Intervention’ CPD Signpost: Latest guidance for tackling damp and mould, via CIOB/CIH 18/09/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £111K weekly costed works: Council seeks Architect/Design Team for GII listed Town Hall works, to 09/10/2026. 18/09/2026
- UK ESNZ Committee with unchanged remit launches two new major inquiries: ‘Business & energy’ and ‘Warm and comfortable homes’ 18/09/2026
- HES: Pilot fund launched to support Scotland’s historic places of worship 18/09/2026
- Home Builders Federation: Planning staff shortages worsen despite Government reforms, further delaying housing delivery 18/09/2026
- Government opens consultation on ‘Planning powers for mayors in England’ 18/09/2026
- Historic Houses report: ‘Endangered Spaces: Protecting ‘at risk’ heritage’… on how to use HE’s (HARR) 18/09/2026
- PM puts public control, community regeneration and cost-of-living at the heart of plans to ‘rewire Britain’ 18/09/2026
- IHBC welcomes COTAC’s new ‘Developing Personal Competences’ volume: Insight 2 – ‘…for those seeking re-accreditation…’ 15/09/2026
- IHBC hosts stall in Belfast’s Assembly Buildings, 28/09: Part of Heritage Network NI Conference: 27-29 September 15/09/2026
- IHBC launches ‘Early Career Network’ with calls to join up, as new Working Group explores plans for support and services 15/09/2026
- Don’t need your paper Context? Do everyone a favour and pass it on, ‘Spreading the Word’ to help the Conservation Professional! 15/09/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ CPD Signpost: HE Guidance on ‘Control of Microorganisms in Historic Buildings’ 15/09/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’….IHBC sponsors Gardens Trust on ‘New Town Landscapes,’ 23-24/09, Milton Keynes 15/09/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Albert Bridge gets fresh paint job during repair closure 15/09/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Historic status ruled out for Edinburgh block earmarked for demolition 15/09/2026
- TownsWeb digitisation grant: SPAB at 150… ‘from Stonehenge to St Mark’s, Venice’ 15/09/2026
- CITB on ‘Why construction skills strategies must become place-based’ 15/09/2026
- UK Heritage Pulse on ‘Skills Exchange Request the skills you need. Offer the ones you have 15/09/2026
- Charity Commission issues ‘Research and analysis Charity Sector Risk Assessment 2026’ 15/09/2026
Daily Archives: 28/02/2025
Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ service helps all disciplines, levels and sectors, and with a charity focus this round, remember the IHBC subsidises charity posts by c.25%
To connect employers’ needs and practitioners’ skills, the IHBC updates NewsBlog readers on the wide-ranging opportunities on our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, so sign up for free alerts, and telling your boss about our targeted subsidies for adverts, outlined below, … Continue reading
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Tagged building, career, charity, climate change, conservation, environment, expertise, government, heritage, jobs, nature, planning, skills
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Join IHBC’s online Council on 24 March, 1.15pm on, for Welcomes (future President, Rebecca Thompson, VPs etc.); Thanks (President Mike Brown, & volunteers), and practice-led CPD on managing London’s mixed-use historic Charterhouse estate
IHBC’s next free online Council and CPD, exclusive to all IHBC members, opens on 24 March at 1.15pm from London’s Charterhouse, offering: welcomes to our next President Rebecca Thompson; thanks to Mike Brown and others, and Charterhouse case-study insights into … Continue reading
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Nominations sought for IHBC’s TWO Marsh Awards: ‘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 issues formal notice for 2025 AGM: 13 May 2025, 5.30pm for 6pm start, online
IHBC Chair David McDonald has written to all members of the IHBC with the date of and guidance on the 2025 AGM, to take place online on Tuesday 13 May 2024 at 6pm, with the full programme starting at 5.30pm’, … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Practice’ signpost: NTS on its ‘Pioneering conservation’, as Hill House… is ‘dissolving like an aspirin in a glass of water’
image for illustraton: Hill House by Tom Parnell from Scottish Borders, Scotland, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons The National Trust for Scotland (NTS) is carrying out a pioneering conservation programme for Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Hill House in Helensburgh … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Director’s listing spotlight’ from HESPR’s £46+M of weekly works: Council seeks Landscape design etc. services linked to Lottery Bid, to 21/03
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 Borough Council for Landscape … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Council ‘unable’ to argue against Chinese Embassy proposal
Tower Hamlet’s rejection of Chinese Embassy plans in the borough in December was based on police objections which have since been withdrawn, reports The Slice Tower Hamlets magazine.
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HE publishes ‘Heritage Led Regeneration Toolkit’
image for illustration: Angharad Hart Historic England (HE) has published its Heritage Led Regeneration Toolkit on how to ‘use the unique and distinctive history and character of local places as a catalyst to revitalise communities and the local economy’.
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Unlock Scotland’s past with trove.scot
image for illustration: Fiona Newton You can explore millions of records online now as Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has unveiled new website to access its collections, archives, images and information: trove.scot.
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House of Commons Parliamentary Research Library Briefing on VAT and Churches
image for illustration House of Commons Parliamentary Research Library has issued a Briefing on Construction work to repair buildings, VAT and the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme (LPOWGS) that provides grants to mitigate the VAT costs for these repairs.
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UNESCO UK launches new website
A new website has been developed as part of Local to Global flagship programme by the UK National Commission for UNESCO that strengthens and connects UNESCO Designated Sites across the UK, funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
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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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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Canada on ‘It’s Time to Abolish the Right to Demolish’
image for illustration Heritage advocate Catherine Nasmith on how it’s time to make building demolition the exception, not the rule, reports Canadian Architect.
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