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- 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
- 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 19/09/2025
- IHBC welcomes West Midlands Heritage Careers Fair 2025 19/09/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ Signpost: Submit representations to HM Treasury on Autumn Budget 2025, by 15 October 19/09/2025
- PASS IT ON: – Win £500 + free place at #IHBCNewcastle2026 as IHBC’s 2025 Student Award has closing date extended to 30/09 19/09/2025
- IHBC launches FREE ‘Events Calendar’ submission form – with potential for inclusion in our celebrated monthly CPD Circular 19/09/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: Free entry to Listed Property Show, Malvern, 10-11/10… just email Charlie, or bring your IHBC business card! 19/09/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £19.5M+ of weekly works: Learned body seeks consultant for ‘major transformation’, to 22/09 & £460K 19/09/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the (industry) doorstep’: Public First Report… ‘Quiet majority’ favour local development 19/09/2025
- CIOB Blog on ‘Construction must maintain focus on mental health support despite pushback’: 7000 suicides in sector over 10 years 19/09/2025
- Campaign for National Parks’ ‘Rivers at Risk’ launch: 57% of NP rivers fail to meet ‘good’ ecological status 19/09/2025
- Three new Commissioners appointed to the Historic England Board 19/09/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Ireland’s €240k funding, awarded to ‘safeguard World Heritage’ 19/09/2025
Daily Archives: 05/09/2025
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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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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