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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: 23/09/2025
IHBC welcomes publication of responses to CMS Parliamentary Inquiry on ‘Protecting Built Heritage’
image for illustration: Shrewsbury – Angharad Hart The Culture, Media, and Sport Committee (CMS) has issued papers regarding its inquiry into protecting built heritage in the UK – which closed 3 February – with the evidence submitted, including correspondence, oral … Continue reading
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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
All IHBC members will receive a personal email invitation from IHBC President Rebecca Thompson to attend the next virtual meeting of IHBC’s Council, from 4.30pm on Wednesday 8 October, and featuring Nicola Duncan-Finn on Heritage Skills and the Construction Industry … Continue reading
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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’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
The IHBC is delighted to announce the launch of the Home Page of the 2026 Annual School, to take place in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 18-20 June, on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ and across up to 20 hours CPD.
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IHBC’s ‘Legislation’ Signpost: Desecration of War Memorials (Scotland) Bill
The Desecration of War Memorials (Scotland) Bill was introduced in the Scottish Parliament by Meghan Gallacher MSP on 14 May 2025 as a Member’s Bill seeking to create a criminal offence of destroying, damaging or desecrating a war memorial.
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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: Building on Leicester Cathedral’s New Extension
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 Building on Leicester Cathedral’s New Extension.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the ‘venue’ doorstep’: Demand for Nandy’s buildings fund exceeds budget by £600m
The Stage reports that the £85 million DCMS Creative Foundations Fund, launched in February 2025 to support urgent capital repairs and upgrades for arts and cultural venues across England, has been massively oversubscribed.
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THA launches Ecclesiastical #HeritageHeroes Awards 2025, for THA members, to 30/11
The Heritage Alliance (THA) has open nominations for the Ecclesiastical #HeritageHeroes Awards 2025, open to THA members as an opportunity to recognise and celebrate the sector’s invaluable voluntary workforce, to 30/11.
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National Lottery Players Investment milestone: £1Billion for Scottish heritage
Over the past 30 years we’ve supported 5,000 projects and to celebrate this £1bn milestone the Lottery is highlighting a small selection of our favourite projects over three decades.
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RICS: Retrofit tool aims offer a new hierarchy of interventions to ‘ensure historic buildings contribute to a sustainable future’
Elizabeth Otter’s ‘Opinion Piece’ for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) notes that ‘While talk of heritage retrofits may conjure images of costly and invasive installations, a new hierarchy of interventions can help ensure historic buildings contribute to a … Continue reading
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RTPI announces winners for 2025 Awards for Research Excellence
The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) is delighted to announce the winners for the eleventh edition of the RTPI Awards for Research Excellence.
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Kew awarded landmark £5 million grant from The Julia Rausing Trust towards the Palm House renovation project
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew has announced a landmark philanthropic donation of £5 million from The Julia Rausing Trust toward the Palm House renovation project, the largest philanthropic gift to date for the project and one of the most significant … Continue reading
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Historic Arts and Crafts Garden in Essex Protected
The Garden of Great Ruffins in Wickham Bishops, Essex, has been protected by registration at Grade II and added to the National Heritage List for England.
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