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- IHBC joins 33 leading organisations calling for £6.8M in urgent funding to support Planning Schools 27/09/2025
- LAST CHANCE: – Win £500 + free place at #IHBCNewcastle2026 as IHBC’s 2025 Student Award closing date of 30/09 27/09/2025
- Join IHBC’s special ‘members-only’ online Council, for exclusive CPD and IHBC updates, featuring Nicola Duncan-Finn on Heritage Skills and the CITB, from 4.30, 8/10 27/09/2025
- 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 27/09/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ signpost: Interim evaluation on the ‘Know Your Neighbourhood Fund’ 27/09/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £38K+ of weekly works: Wales BC seeks public opinion survey, to 24/10 & £18K 27/09/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the (postal) doorstep’:Royal Mail to roll out ‘postboxes of the future’ across the UK 27/09/2025
- New LGA analysis shows nearly 28,000 affordable homes lost due to permitted development rights 27/09/2025
- Chair appointed to Historic Environment Scotland 27/09/2025
- Tickets available for THA’s #HeritageDebate2025: ‘Totally free’, on Zoom, on 6/11, from noon 27/09/2025
- HES is Talking about Heritage 27/09/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Volunteers across North America help repair crumbling lighthouse 27/09/2025
- IHBC welcomes publication of responses to CMS Parliamentary Inquiry on ‘Protecting Built Heritage’ 23/09/2025
- Join IHBC’s special ‘members-only’ online Council, for exclusive CPD and IHBC updates, featuring Nicola Duncan-Finn on Heritage Skills and the CITB, from 4.30, 8/10 23/09/2025
- IHBC warmly welcomes PCO approval to Petition for Charter 23/09/2025
- 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 23/09/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Legislation’ Signpost: Desecration of War Memorials (Scotland) Bill 23/09/2025
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: Building on Leicester Cathedral’s New Extension 23/09/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the ‘venue’ doorstep’: Demand for Nandy’s buildings fund exceeds budget by £600m 23/09/2025
- THA launches Ecclesiastical #HeritageHeroes Awards 2025, for THA members, to 30/11 23/09/2025
- National Lottery Players Investment milestone: £1Billion for Scottish heritage 23/09/2025
- RICS: Retrofit tool aims offer a new hierarchy of interventions to ‘ensure historic buildings contribute to a sustainable future’ 23/09/2025
- RTPI announces winners for 2025 Awards for Research Excellence 23/09/2025
- Kew awarded landmark £5 million grant from The Julia Rausing Trust towards the Palm House renovation project 23/09/2025
- Historic Arts and Crafts Garden in Essex Protected 23/09/2025
Monthly Archives: September 2025
Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ reaches across disciplines, levels & sectors, & boasts a ‘first time’ confirmation of IHBC’s pan-sector locus: no ‘conservation’-titled job this round!
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 tell your boss or team how our targeted subsidies for adverts, … Continue reading
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Tagged building, climate change, conservation, consultants, contractors, employers, environment, expertise, government, heritage, jobs, nature, opportunity, planning, practitioners, recruitment, skills
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IHBC calls for Vice President nominees: ‘Statements’ expressing interest, ability and vision due by 24/09
Nominees for any further posts of IHBC Vice President are asked to submit an ‘Statement’ by midnight on Wednesday 24 September to admin@ihbc.org.uk.
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IHBC’s online Council ‘Save the Date’ notice: Wednesday 8th October, 4.30pm, features ‘Heritage skills…’ with Nicola Duncan-Finn – all members invited (booking details to come)
IHBC’s next online Council, exclusive to all IHBC members, will take place on 8 October, chaired by IHBC President Rebecca Thompson and featuring CPD ‘Heritage skills and the CITB’s response’, by Nicola Duncan-Finn.
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IHBC’s 2025 Gus Astley Student Award for heritage work on UK courses: Closing date extended to 30/09 – Win £500 + free place at #IHBCNewcastle2026
The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award will now close on 3o September 2025, so if you have relevant coursework from ANY UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, completed by 30 September 2024 OR 30 September 2025 – … Continue reading
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Tagged award, building, conference, conservation, environment, expertise, heritage, learning, skills, student
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IHBC’s ‘Professional’ Signpost: Making Buildings Safer – Government’s ‘A to Z of building safety’
Building safety involves a lot of technical terms, names and abbreviations, some of which are defined by law, and the government has issued an ‘A to Z’ of commonly used terms, as well as other government and industry organisations involved … Continue reading
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IHBC‘s ‘Research’ Signpost: Assessment of priority skills to 2030 report published
The Assessment of priority skills to 2030 report offers a detailed analysis of future employment needs across ten critical sectors, aligned with the government’s Industrial Strategy and Plan for Change, and highlights the scale of demand for apprenticeships and broader … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Historic Park Hill Housing development model photos found in attic
A remarkable collection of historic photographs documenting the planning and development of Sheffield’s famous Park Hill housing estate has been discovered in an attic, revealing intimate details about one of Britain’s most significant post-war architectural projects, reports SayArt.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Update on state of Woolton Hall building after devastating fire
image for illustration: Woolton Hall, Liverpool – J. P. Neale(Life time: 1847), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Woolton Hall has been destroyed throughout and every floor of the manor house has collapsed after a fire tore through it, reports The … Continue reading
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Parliament’s Elizabeth Tower makes history with RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist
image of ‘Big Ben’ © User:Colin / Wikimedia Commons Parliament’s Elizabeth Tower has been shortlisted for the prestigious Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Stirling Prize – the first time in the award’s history that a conservation project has been nominated.
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Tagged architecture, awards, building, conservation, culture, expertise, government, heritage, restoration, skills, tradition
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Join The Heritage Network’s new Expert Panel
The Heritage Network has announced the launch of our Heritage Network Expert Panel, a new initiative designed to bring together knowledgeable, dedicated professionals who want to give back to the community heritage sector while developing their own skills and reputation.
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Government: Environmental reforms to break planning system gridlock
Government UK says that Britain’s broken planning and development system is to be rewired to accelerate infrastructure delivery and homebuilding while safeguarding the environment.
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Jersey’s new Heritage Law ‘to protect… objects’ out for consultation, closing 08/09
A new consultation seeks views on the draft Heritage (Jersey) Law 202- (the ‘Draft Law’), to protect archaeological objects and associated information, to 08 September.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Officials suspended after roof tiles fall from traditional-style building in East China
image for illustration: ‘Drum Tower‘ Yumeto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Authorities in Chuzhou, East China’s Anhui Province have taken disciplinary actions following the large-scale detachment of roof tiles from the Drum Tower in Fengyang County.
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IHBC’s online Council ‘Save the Date’ notice: Wednesday 8th October, 4.30pm, features ‘Heritage skills…’ with Nicola Duncan-Finn – all members invited (booking details to come)
IHBC’s next online Council, exclusive to all IHBC members, will take place on 8 October, chaired by IHBC President Rebecca Thompson and featuring CPD ‘Heritage skills and the CITB’s response’, by Nicola Duncan-Finn.
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IHBC warmly welcomes PCO approval to Petition for Charter
The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) has warmly welcomed the approval from the Privy Council Office (PCO) for the submission of a Petition for Charter following its review of our Memorandum.
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IHBC launches FREE ‘Events Calendar’ submission form – with potential for inclusion in our celebrated monthly CPD Circular
The IHBC has issued a new form to help ensure sector events with IHBC CPD values can be considered for inclusion in our free IHBC ‘Events Calendar’, with submissions required at least 2 weeks before the end any month to … Continue reading
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IHBC’s 2025 Gus Astley Student Award for heritage work on UK courses: Closing date extended to 30/09 – Win £500 + free place at #IHBCNewcastle2026
The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award will now close on 3o September 2025, so if you have relevant coursework from ANY UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, completed by 30 September 2024 OR 30 September 2025 – … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Policy’-led research’ Signpost: DCMS Indicator Datasets ‘offering insight into the historic environment’
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) publishes Indicator Data: Each year, Heritage Counts collates datasets about a range of indicators that provide useful insights into the state of the historic environment.
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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: GCR on ‘Moving a 713-tonne church…!’
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 Global Construction Review (GCR) on ‘Moving a 713-tonne church … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (farmer’s) doorstep’: Northern Ireland farmer fined for damage to 1,000-year-old monument
A farmer in Co Antrim has been fined £2,000 for unauthorised works to a scheduled monument which has existed for more than 1,000 years.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (ecclesiastical) doorstep’: HE’s Grant to rescue historic Thundridge Church
image for illustration: Steve Bayley / Thundridge Old Church Tower, Commons Wiki Historic England has awarded £72,533 in grant funding, which, together with match funding from Thundridge Old Church Action Group (TOCAG) and the Diocese of St Albans, will enable essential works … Continue reading
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Railway stations and legislative buildings among 13 sites up for registration on the Isle of Man, with consultation too
Thirteen Isle of Man landmarks — including former Victorian railway stations and the buildings where Manx laws are made — are being considered for special protection.
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DBW’s Procurement in construction: Knowledge hub
Designing Buildings Wiki(DBW) publishes the ‘Procurement in construction: Knowledge hub’.
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Localis Thinktank: Local government reorganisation could result in the loss of nine-in-10 councillors, threatening local democracy
In an essay titled Reorganisation, local government and the future of English Devolution, Localis argues that the establishment of unitary authorities in two-tier areas covering half-a-million residents could see councillor numbers drop from roughly 12,000 to 1,200.
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Lack of succession planning spells potential ‘crisis’ for small charities, consultancy warns
A lack of succession planning could leave smaller charities facing a ‘crisis’ as senior leaders step down amid today’s highly pressurised operating environment, a consultancy has warned.
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