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- IHBC’s special thanks from our Newcastle 2026 School to our ‘Exhibitor Hub’ supporters, as we look forward to School, events & more in 2027 – Bristol & Bath, on ‘Climate Change & Significance’ 24/07/2026
- IHBC welcomes ‘real data’ informing Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) accuracy research 24/07/2026
- REGISTER INTEREST NOW: IHBC’s new ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’ seeks ‘interest’ from leads in conservation-led education, training & learning programmes & courses 24/07/2026
- IHBC’s 2026 Gus Astley Student Award for heritage work on UK courses: Open to 31/08 – Win £500 + free place at #IHBCBristolBath2027, on ‘Climate Change & Significance’ 24/07/2026
- IHBC ‘Research’ CPD signpost: The resilience of traditionally constructed buildings to flooding 24/07/2026
- IHBC research CPD signpost: … UK-wide survey: Heritage and Conservation Science Workforce: ‘‘Please complete and share’, from RICHeS and Icon, to 31 August 24/07/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £1.9M+ costed works this week: Trust seeks feasibility study in WHS, to 24/07, £60K 24/07/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Another chance for Carlisle’s Victorian and Turkish Baths 24/07/2026
- Public to have their say on National Lottery Good Causes 24/07/2026
- Culture Secretary celebrates over 400 towns applying to be UK Town of Culture 24/07/2026
- Launch of 5 Year Action Plan for Scotland’s Landscape Charter 24/07/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Dublin’s Temple Bar marks 35th anniversary- ‘Phenomenal success’ 24/07/2026
- SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award 2026 open: Celebrates ‘research… in heritage and conservation practice’, to 20 August 21/07/2026
- IHBC welcomes new Heritage Counts research for HE on ‘Retrofitting Traditional Buildings: Embodied Carbon Payback Times’ 21/07/2026
- IHBC’s 2026 Gus Astley Student Award for heritage work on UK courses: Open to 31/08 – Win £500 + free place at #IHBCBristolBath2027, on ‘Climate Change & Significance’ 21/07/2026
- IHBC research CPD signpost: … UK-wide survey: Heritage and Conservation Science Workforce: ‘‘Please complete and share’, from RICHeS and Icon, to 31 August 21/07/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ CPD Signpost: ‘Help Tackle One of Construction’s Biggest Killers: – Dust’…. a 5-minute survey open to 31 July 21/07/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ CPD Signpost: Centre for Cultural value on ESRC-funded scoping project: ‘… blueprint for a national cultural data observatory for the UK’ 21/07/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: Building on ‘How Bradford’s regeneration is driving its revival’ 21/07/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Moseley Road Baths secures full funding for Phase 2 – £9.27m from NLHF 21/07/2026
- BEFA/CIC: New report calls for data-led workforce planning to confront Built Environment skills permacrisis 21/07/2026
- BEFS POWF launches Ecclesiastical Exemption Survey 21/07/2026
- UK Heritage Pulse 2026: May (Intangible Cultural Heritage) 21/07/2026
- SPAB Call for Papers for 150th Anniversary Conference, to 31/08, hosted by SPAB Scotland 21/07/2026
- Jay Morton elected RIBA President (2027-2029) 21/07/2026
Daily Archives: 21/10/2025
Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, with Law & Policy Update – ‘A village is not a historic town’
IHBC’s members’ journal Context in June 2025 – No. 184 – focussed on ‘Leaders of conservation thought’, while including Alexandra Fairclough’s regular Law and Policy update.
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Tagged conservation, cpd, environment, expertise, heritage, learning, professional, publication, skills, town, village
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IHBC Research Signpost: Impacts of changes to local authority funding on small to medium heritage organisations
Government UK has issued a rapid evidence review commissioned to gather case study evidence of the impact that increased budgetary pressures on local authorities (LAs) can have on small to medium heritage sector organisations (HOs).
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IHBC’s ‘Practice’ Signpost: Traditional and historic buildings – a new Retrofit British Standard, an update from IHBC’s John Edwards, with joint CPD webinar 14/11
‘BS 40104: 2025: Retrofit Assessment for Domestic Dwellings – Code of Practice’, was officially published at the end of September and here Prof. John Edwards, IHBC’s Technical Panel Secretary and lead on the heritage/traditional buildings workstream, updates NewsBlog readers on … Continue reading
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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 HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: LocalGov on ‘Planning recruitment’ threats as 33 bodies (inc. IHBC) call for funds
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 LocalGov on 33 bodies highlighting ‘Planning recruitment at risk’.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Welsh council to appeal High Court quashing of Article 4s over ‘misleading’ officers’ report
Gwynedd Borough Council is to appeal a High Court decision which found that cabinet members who supported a direction on second homes and short-term holiday lets were ‘materially misled’, reports Aberdare Online.
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TCPA seeks support in Campaign for Healthy Homes: Joining health and PD rights advocacy in Planning Bill changes
The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) is calling for support in its campaign ‘to secure the healthy homes and neighbourhoods that our country so desperately needs’, linking health and PD amendments to the Planning etc Bill.
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Licensing builders must happen following ECO debacle, says FMB
The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has warned that poor oversight in ECO scheme shows urgent need for builder licensing to protect consumers and restore trust in retrofit work.
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Honouring the legacy of the Sycamore Gap tree: a new creative commission
Two years after the illegal felling of the iconic Sycamore Gap tree, the National Trust is launching a major creative commission to mark its legacy and inspire a renewed connection with nature.
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Built Environment Committee responds to New Towns Taskforce Report
House of Lords Built Environment Committee has responded to New Towns Taskforce Report and the Government’s response.
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£10Mn+ Water company fines fund local restoration projects
Over £10 million in water company fines directed to restore local waterways through 51 projects aimed at cleaning up rivers, lakes and seas.
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Elle Cass next Chair Royal Town Planning Institute Board
Elle Cass has been announced as the next Chair of the Board of Trustees at the RTPI.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: UNESCO launches the first global Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects at MONDIACULT 2025
Three years after its announcement at MONDIACULT 2022, UNESCO is launching an innovative initiative: the Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects.