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- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: IHBC reminds members and networks of ‘LAST CHANCE TO BOOK VIRTUAL SHREWSBURY SCHOOL’, by 12/06 for broadcast and recordings on 13/06 (local times) 10/06/2025
- IHBC’s June ‘CPD Circular’: Accessible, cost-conscious learning, events, awards, calls etc., featuring Schools, webinars, Branch CPD partnerships and more 10/06/2025
- IHBC CPD Circular – Special Edition – Your CPD Guide to #IHBCShrewsbury2025 10/06/2025
- IHBC welcomes RICS Friend of the School Jessica Jones – RICS Building Conservation Advisory Group VC – to #IHBCShrewsbury2025: NB Virtual School booking (13/06, from £35+VAT) closes 12/06, 5.00pm 10/06/2025
- IHBC’s SPECIAL OFFER and updates to Conservation Course networks & students: Free access to (and recordings of) our online 2025 Shrewsbury ‘Virtual School’ (13 June) and more… 10/06/2025
- IHBC’s NewsBlog launch of Griff Rhys Jones on #IHBCShrewsbury2025 and more: Check out our YouTube channel for community and economics in conservation! 10/06/2025
- IHBC seeks ‘Branch Consultants’ with strong interpersonal, IT & comms skills for flexible part-time (typically 4 hours/week) regional support: Help boost locally-led conservation and volunteers, @£25/hour + expenses, closes 18 July 10/06/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Policy’ Signpost: Natural England’s updated ‘Protected species and development: advice for local planning authorities’ 10/06/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (business) doorstep’: Leicester’s historic Rialto Bridge faces six-month specialist repair project 10/06/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Fire damaged Shire Hall in Wales could become a riverside apartment complex, if… 10/06/2025
- Heritage Crafts Red List of Endangered Crafts 2025 published 10/06/2025
- HES consultation on ‘Scotland’s protected historic places… a long-term strategy for heritage designation’ 10/06/2025
- Canal & River Trust announces new chief executive 10/06/2025
- Need a MATE? IHBC introduces free monthly online MATE sessions from 1 July: All welcome (max. 30 per session), including Full and Associates seeking CPD updates and roles in IHBC’s future training and assessment service 07/06/2025
- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ reaches across disciplines, levels & sectors, while posts from charities get c.25% off 07/06/2025
- IHBC CPD Circular – Special Edition – Your CPD Guide to #IHBCShrewsbury2025 07/06/2025
- IHBC to provide perspectives at upcoming STBA Advisory Group Meeting, 16 June, London 07/06/2025
- IHBC’s SPECIAL OFFER and updates to Conservation Course networks & students: Free access to (and recordings of) our online 2025 Shrewsbury ‘Virtual School’ (13 June) and more… 07/06/2025
- IHBC’s NewsBlog launch of Griff Rhys Jones on #IHBCShrewsbury2025 and more: Check out our YouTube channel for community and economics in conservation! 07/06/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ and ‘Policy’ signpost: ‘Article 4 Directions and Heritage Protection Report Published 07/06/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Old Sarum fire – Wiltshire Council ‘seeking legal advice’ in listed (& disputed) WW1 Hangar 07/06/2025
- Cross-party MPs urge Government to make Listed Places of Worship Grants Scheme permanent and remove devastating cap 07/06/2025
- Planning reforms to slash a year off infrastructure delivery 07/06/2025
- Historic England launches Local Heritage Hub to unlock hidden histories 07/06/2025
- Mayfair resident ordered to restore 18th century home after unlawful basement works 07/06/2025
Monthly Archives: May 2025
BOOK NOW: IHBC’s 2025 Day School options close Monday 2 June at 10.00am as Full School (3-day) now closed, and low-cost Virtual School booking (for 13 June, from £35+VAT) ends Thursday 12 June, 5.00pm
Listen to Griff Rhys Jones on heritage, economy and Shrewsbury, and book your share of #IHBCShrewsbury2025 CPD now, while you can.
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IHBC’s 2025 Shrewsbury SchoolCPD Circular‘Special Edition’ now out – ‘Heritage in Context:Value | Plan | Change’;Day School & Virtual School still open, from only £35+VAT (13/06)
IHBC’s 2025 Shrewsbury School CPD Circular offers our annual dedicated guidance on Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities and resources for interdisciplinary conservation professionals at #IHBCShrewsbury2025, online or in-person.
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IHBC’s SPECIAL OFFER and updates to Conservation Course networks & students: Free access to (and recordings of) our online 2025 Shrewsbury ‘Virtual School’ (13 June) and more…
IHBC’s Director Seán O’Reilly has written to members of the Conservation Course Directors Forum (CCDF) to let them know that for 2025 we have introduced a free option for network leads and their students to attend our Virtual School on … Continue reading
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IHBC’s 2025 Shrewsbury School announces ‘Exhibitor Hub’ for #IHBCShrewsbury2025 as booking options narrow fast: New delegate-led engagement & learning with Exhibitors & Sponsors
The IHBC is delighted to announce that our 2025 Shrewsbury Day School has added a new learning thread, as now specialist exhibitors will add even more CPD learning, engagement and networking opportunities for in-person delegates, with a call for Virtual … Continue reading
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HE’s Chief Executive Duncan Wilson offers online welcome & Q&A at IHBC’s 2025 Day School, 13/06: #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – Schools… ‘one of the pre-eminent regular events in… heritage
The IHBC is delighted to announce that Duncan Wilson CBE, Chief Executive at Historic England, will offer an online welcome and take questions at the IHBC’s Shrewsbury Day School on 13 June – #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – opening a unique day of … Continue reading
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IHBC’s NewsBlog launch of Griff Rhys Jones on #IHBCShrewsbury2025 and more: Check out our YouTube channel for community and economics in conservation!
Griff Rhys Jones closed the IHBC’s 2025 AGM with a short video exploring Shrewsbury, its heritage and our 2025 School – #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – taking the his welcome role as the public conscience for integrated community and economic heritage values.
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IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £40K of weekly works: Welsh authority seeks heritage etc. assessments to 23/06
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 authority for services … Continue reading
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MPs put on ‘Notice for Nature’ as charities warn Planning & Infrastructure Bill could demolish wildlife with… ‘spoof planning notices’
Wildlife and Countryside reports that 28 environmental charities have served a spoof planning notice to MPs, warning that the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is an application to demolish wildlife, while the coalition calls on Government to urgently fix the Bill … Continue reading
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Historic England launches Heritage Investment Prospectus
Historic England’s ‘Heritage Investment Prospectus’ showcases historic sites and buildings across England where owners are actively seeking investment partners or buyers right now.
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50th anniversary of the 1975 European Architectural Heritage Year blog, from HTVF
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the European Architectural Heritage Year and the post from the Historic Towns and Villages Forum – written by James Thatcher –provides an introduction to the events and impact of this Year.
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Creating Nature Towns and Cities conference: 5 June
image for illustration: Joanna Theobald On 5 June 2025, Nature Towns and Cities will be holding its inaugural online conference, as a partnership between Natural England, The National Lottery Heritage Fund and the National Trust working to ensure everyone in … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Europa Nostra wins the prestigious Empress Theophano Prize 2025
Awarded each year to honour an exceptional contribution to bridging human divides through the promotion of Europe’s common values, the Empress Theophano Prize 2025 will be presented to Europa Nostra, for championing the cohesive power of cultural heritage for the … Continue reading
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IHBC’s NewsBlog launch of Griff Rhys Jones on #IHBCShrewsbury2025 and more: Check out our YouTube channel for community and economics in conservation!
Griff Rhys Jones closed the IHBC’s 2025 AGM with a short video exploring Shrewsbury, its heritage and our 2025 School – #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – taking the his welcome role as the public conscience for integrated community and economic heritage values.
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IHBC highlights to HM Land Registry member concerns over requirements for LB mapping in Local Land Charges Register
The IHBC has written to HM Land Registry (HMLR) to note widespread concern of members – especially those in Local Authorities – about requirements of the Local Land Charges Register for mapping Listed Buildings (LBs) and the Land Registry’s acceleration … Continue reading
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IHBC’s 2025 Shrewsbury School announces ‘Exhibitor Hub’ for #IHBCShrewsbury2025 as in-person options narrow: New delegate-led engagement & learning with Exhibitors and Sponsors
The IHBC is delighted to announce that our 2025 Shrewsbury Day School has added a new learning thread, as now specialist exhibitors will add even more CPD learning, engagement and networking opportunities for in-person delegates, with a call for Virtual … Continue reading
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IHBC congratulates Conservation Wiki partner Designing Buildings as it reaches 20,000 articles
image DB: 2000 Bing AI Designing Buildings (DB) – host and partner to the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki – has reached a major milestone, with 20,000 articles published.
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HE’s Chief Executive Duncan Wilson offers online welcome & Q&A at IHBC’s 2025 Day School, 13/06: #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – Schools… ‘one of the pre-eminent regular events in… heritage
The IHBC is delighted to announce that Duncan Wilson CBE, Chief Executive at Historic England, will offer an online welcome and take questions at the IHBC’s Shrewsbury Day School on 13 June – #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – opening a unique day of … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (heritage) doorstep’: History of Stoke-on-Trent in 8 Places… from Historic England
image for illustration: Chris Allen / Dolby Flint Mill, Lytton Street, Stoke on Trent, Commons Wikimedia In the 18th century, the ceramic industry was essential to industrial Britain’s development. Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire played a key role in the pottery industry for over … Continue reading
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New operating plan published by HES to grow the economy and address climate emergency
Skills, helping to grow the economy, and addressing the climate emergency are at the heart of Historic Environment Scotland (HES) roadmap for the next three years, HES reports.
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LPOC re-establishes All-Party Parliamentary Group on Listed Properties (APPG)
The Listed Property Owners’ Club (LPOC) has secured the support of over 70 new MPs and peers as it re-establishes the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Listed Properties (APPG).
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ECHOES Consultation: Be part of the ECHOES Cultural Heritage Cloud Initiative – Help ‘…map cultural heritage communities’ needs & expectations’, to end June
The European Cloud for Heritage Open SCIENCE (ECHOES) Consultation is open to all cultural heritage stakeholders and aims to map diverse cultural heritage communities and understand their needs and expectations for the Cultural Heritage Cloud.
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Grants totalling c£75k awarded to 10 Theatres at Risk
The Theatres Trust has announced the third round of grants awarded through its Resilient Theatres: Resilient Communities programme.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Preserving the past, rethinking the future – … students reimagine Ontario’s historic buildings
image for illustration: Former Train station (Kingston, Ontario) by Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Arts & Science art history students are offering fresh ideas, narratives and out of the box thinking for … Continue reading
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IHBC’s 2025 Shrewsbury School announces ‘Exhibitor Hub’ for #IHBCShrewsbury2025 as booking options narrow fast: New delegate-led engagement & learning with Exhibitors & Sponsors
The IHBC is delighted to announce that our 2025 Shrewsbury Day School has added a new learning thread, as now specialist exhibitors will add even more CPD learning, engagement and networking opportunities for in-person delegates, with a call for Virtual … Continue reading
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IHBC 2025 MarshAwards announced: Carole Ryan for ‘Retired- Community Contribution’ and William Johnson for ‘Successful Learning’ – Awards presented at #IHBCShrewsbury2025, 13/06
Judges in the tenth year of the IHBC Marsh Charitable Trust Awards are delighted to announce the 2025 Awards, as Carole Ryan secures the ‘Community Contribution by a Retired Member of the IHBC’ award, while the ‘Successful Learning in Heritage … Continue reading
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