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- IHBC’s 2026 ‘Adaptive Reuse’ School CPD Circular & Invitation: Your guide to accessible, low-cost CPD with a global reach online – Virtual School (19/06, IHBC rates for RTPI members), Free webinars (for all); Day & Full Schools with exhibitors (closed) 22/05/2026
- IHBC’s latest Council Update: LA Conservation service talks and feedback, learning lessons as we shape our staff survey for a new parliamentary push 22/05/2026
- EARLY NOTICE: IHBC’s new ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’ soon to seek ‘Interest’ from leads in relevant conservation-led education, training & learning programmes & courses 22/05/2026
- Hear more from the RTPI , IHBC’s Newcastle School ‘Friends’ – as IHBC-member rates on offer to RTPI members for our Virtual Day School, 19/06 22/05/2026
- IHBC’s 2026 School FREE pre-conference webinars: Accessible learning for all (& excellent CPD too!) 29/05 (… intervention in international contexts), 05/06 (… skills… for Adaptive Reuse, a planning take with the RTPI, 2026 School Friend) 22/05/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ and ‘Research’ Signpost: Call to help Scottish survey of heritage-related content in construction education 22/05/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ CPD Signpost: UNESCO sites offer a lifeline to biodiversity, new report shows 22/05/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £486K+ costed works this week: Trust seeks accredited lead for feasibility etc work on listed property, to £28K+ 22/05/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (risky) doorstep’: Shakespeare Birthplace Trust places Hall’s Croft on HE’s at Risk Register 22/05/2026
- CPRE launches urban countryside campaign: ‘On the Edge 22/05/2026
- Public Practice Recruitment & Skills Report 2025 22/05/2026
- Martyn’s Law guidance… ‘to help businesses’ 22/05/2026
- Heritage Science Data Service (HSDS) User Needs Survey – Year 2 22/05/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Historic weather station & landmark on Banff’s Sulphur Mountain returned to former glory 22/05/2026
- EARLY NOTICE: IHBC’s new ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’ soon to seek ‘Interest’ from leads in relevant conservation-led education, training & learning programmes & courses 19/05/2026
- More updates from IHBC’s Council: On ‘Don’t Waste Buildings’ – A blog feature following a Council chat post by Celia Clark 19/05/2026
- IHBC’s 2026 School FREE pre-conference webinars: Accessible learning for all (& excellent CPD too!) 22/05 (Old Buildings, New Rules…), 29/05 (… intervention in international contexts), 05/06 (… skills… for Adaptive Reuse, a planning take with the RTPI, 2026 School Friend) 19/05/2026
- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ spans disciplines, levels & sectors, as interdisciplinary Conservation Professionals & heritage employers see public & personal benefits 19/05/2026
- Hear more from the RTPI , IHBC’s Newcastle School ‘Friends’ – as IHBC-member rates on offer to RTPI members for our Virtual Day School, 19/06 19/05/2026
- IHBC ‘Intervention’ CPD Signpost: Hop Pole Inn – Grade II Listed Building retrofit 19/05/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: ARB’s ‘RAP… to strengthen routes to registration’ 19/05/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Midlands Church that leans more than the Tower of Pisa faces £100,000 bill to fix wonky floor 19/05/2026
- NCT Survival stories: 77 churches saved for the future, thanks to new grants 19/05/2026
- CIOB launches first-ever degree programme to develop the next generation of construction leaders 19/05/2026
- New Report by CIC: Task & Finish Group update on Apprenticeship Assessment Reform 19/05/2026
Daily Archives: 19/12/2025
Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ spans disciplines, levels & sectors as interdisciplinary conservation practice standards deliver public benefit
To connect employers’ needs and practitioners’ skills, the IHBC regularly updates our NewsBlog readers on the wide-ranging opportunities on the ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, so sign up for free alerts and tell your boss or team how our low-cost service … Continue reading
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Lodge your IHBC proxy vote (accredited members only) ASAP & book your online place (members only) for IHBC’s 2026 AGM, 7 January 2026, featuring HE’s co-CEO, from 5.30pm, with 6.00pm AGM
IHBC Chair David McDonald has updated IHBC members on plans for the 2026 AGM, on 7 January, opening with Historic England’s Co-Chief Executive on ‘… roles and priorities – Growth, Place, and the Heritage Sector’ from 5.30pm.
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IHBC’s new Context, No185, ‘lifts the lid on roofing’, from craft to carbon, with essential, accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals & colleagues
IHBC’s new edition of its members’ journal Context is out – No. 185 – to ‘lift the lid on roofing’, from mill re-slating and pitching pitched roofs a Garden Suburb’s roofscape.
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IHBC’s Research Signpost from HE & EH: ‘Pathways Into Heritage Construction: A Strategic View/Models and Case Studies’
A new two-part report from Historic England (HE) and English Heritage (EH) explores pathways into heritage construction the UK, focussed on pre-apprenticeship, beginner-level training initiatives that introduce individuals to heritage construction skills.
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IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £101K+ of weekly works: Trust seeks fire engineer for GII* project to 15/01
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members our exclusive ‘News and Tender Alerts’, with the Director’s tender taster for NewsBlog readers this week a call from a trust … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (riverside) doorstep’: Historic rail bridge collapses into River Spey
image for illustration: Andy Jamieson / The Garmouth Viaduct A section of The Spey Viaduct, an iron girder structure near Garmouth that was completed in 1886, collapsed into the River Spey in Moray, reports Moray Council, and though no longer used for … Continue reading
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UK Government urged to step up maintenance to safeguard ageing infrastructure: Royal Academy of Engineering
The Royal Academy of Engineering has urged the UK Government to step up maintenance to safeguard ageing infrastructure, as the ‘Reviving our Ageing Infrastructure’ report by the National Engineering Policy Centre calls for the maintenance and renewal of existing assets … Continue reading
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Landmark Planning and Infrastructure Bill becomes law
The government’s landmark Planning and Infrastructure Bill has received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025.
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England’s NPPF update: New consultation on proposed reforms and other changes to the planning system, to 10/03
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is consulting on a revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), notably linked to data centres, onsite energy generation, viability assessments and site thresholds.
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AHRC PhD studentships on ‘barriers to creating healthier places’
The first applications are now open for studentships investigating the barriers to creating healthier places – for people and the planet – through a new consortium of academic and industry partners, with support from the Arts and Humanities Research Council … Continue reading
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£2.9m heritage investment for Waterfront regeneration
Funding from Historic Environment Scotland and the National Lottery Heritage Fund will protect the built heritage of Granton Waterfront in Edinburgh.
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Trowel and Error: A Public User Needs Survey for Archaeology
‘Trowel and Error: A Public User Needs Survey for Archaeology’ explores how people across the UK engage with, value, and access archaeological information.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Costa Carras European Citizens Awards for the Safeguard of Endangered Heritage 2026, entries open to 16/01/2026
EUROPA NOSTRA and ELLINIKI ETAIRIA – Society for the Environment and Cultural Heritage – have launched the Call for Entries for the fourth edition of the Costa Carras European Citizens Awards for the Safeguard of Endangered Cultural and Natural Heritage.
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