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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
Monthly Archives: June 2026
Spotlighting IHBC’s recent Council film, ‘Do Drop-in, before they drop out’: Our new, must-see interview on pre-Pre App options, and how talking to applicants can help make things better!
IHBC’s latest Council received impressively positive feedback, as we advance the 3rd of our Parliamentary ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation…’ exploring Local Authority (LA) conservation roles and services, and now spotlighting a new film that could change … Continue reading
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Tagged applications, conservation, film, planning
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IHBC seeks suggestions from officers & advisers etc. in UK local government conservation services to inform our ‘call for changes’ to governments, to 10/07 & after
Following our Parliamentary Commitments in 2025, the IHBC asks members, contacts and networks across UK Local Government (LG) conservation services for ‘advice, input and suggestions’ from Conservation Service Officers’ in Local Government, so we can call on UK governments to … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, conservation, governments, local authorities, support, survey
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REGISTER INTEREST NOW: IHBC’s new ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’ seeks ‘interest’ from leads in conservation-led education, training & learning programmes & courses
The IHBC has launched its call to register ‘Interest’ in our new ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’, for service leads in built and historic environment conservation-led learning & training programmes & courses, with resources allocated, advocacy a priority, and … Continue reading
As 90% of ‘Virtual’ Newcastle School feedback is ‘5/5’ or ‘4/5’, IHBC celebrates success in 2026, in learning, partnerships, friends & more, with thanks & congrats to all as Bristol 2027 looms, in June, on ‘Climate Change and Significance’
The IHBC is delighted to thank all contributors, participants, sponsors, network partners, exhibitors and, especially, our RTPI 2026 School Friends, all of whom have helped make our Annual School in Newcastle, such a success, as we look ahead to June … Continue reading
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Tagged #IHBCNewcastle2026, climate change, conservation, expertise, heritage, IHBCBristolandBath2027, skills
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IHBC’s ‘Practice’ CPD Signpost: ‘Help Tackle One of Construction’s Biggest Killers: – Dust’…. a 5-minute survey open to 31 July
Dr.Scott McGibbon IHBC, at Pvotal Consultancy, seeks help to develop flexible Silica dust CPD courses for professionals etc, and has launched a 5-minute survey to scope interest in tackling ‘One of Construction’s Biggest Killers: – Dust’.
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Tagged built environment, construction, survey
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IHBC’s ‘Management’ CPD Signpost: The rise of AI and automation is making planning for industry harder to predict
The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) warns that the planning system must be better equipped to handle automation, AI and advanced manufacturing, which are reshaping how land is used and employment is planned for.
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Tagged AI, cpd, economics, government, planning, regional, RTPI
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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: AJ on HESPR Member Donald Insall Associates named as AJ100 Practice of the Year 2026
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 Architects’ Journal (AJ) on HESPR Member Donald Insall Associates … Continue reading
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Tagged architects, award, climate change, conservation, HESPR, professional
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Mayoral) doorstep’: Mayors meet in York on ‘devolution revolution’, from Government UK
Government UK has updated on how Mayors, handed new powers under a landmark Right to Request scheme, are seeing control shifted to local leaders from Westminster. image for illustration: York, DACP, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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Tagged building, environment, government, heritage
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Climate Change Committee sets out methodological approach to building evidence for future risk assessment
The Climate Change Committee (CCC) has started the ‘Independent Assessment of UK Climate Risk’ that will underpin the UK’s Fourth Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA4).
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Tagged climate change, conservation, government, planning
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Call for evidence: Strategy for the built environment professions, trades and occupations, to 12 August
A call for evidence to inform future policy on those working in the building professions, trades and occupations, with the call to close on 12 August 2026.
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Tagged built environment, construction, government, professionals, research, strategy, survey, trades
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Major new package of support for young people announced with Kings Trust
The Government is backing The King’s Trust’s new youth opportunity initiative with £10 million of funding, launched on 3 June 2026.
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Tagged careers, DCMS, government, opportunities, young people
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A new approach to place targeting across DCMS programmes
image for illustration: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is committed to making a difference in the places that need it the most, through investing to build social and community cohesion … Continue reading
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Tagged communities, DCMS, funding, government, investment
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CIC: A Defining Moment for Project Safety – Competence, Clarity, Culture and the Road Ahead to… ‘what the future holds for project safety’
The question of what the future holds for project safety, and the professionals who deliver it within the built environment has never been more relevant, argues The Construction Industry Council.
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Tagged buildings, built environment, construction, safety
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Heritage Crafts awards 20 new training bursaries
Heritage Crafts has awarded 20 new bursaries for trainees from across the UK to learn heritage craft skills.
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Tagged bursaries, careers, crafts, cultural heritage, funding, heritage, intangible heritage, skills, training
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IHBC’s ‘quick query’ to Officers & advisers etc. in UK LG conservation, to help inform our ‘call for changes’ to governments, open to 10/07 & after, and for network circulation
Following our Parliamentary Commitments in 2025, the IHBC asks members, contacts and networks across UK Local Government (LG) conservation services for ‘advice, input and suggestions’ from Conservation Service Officers’ in Local Government, so we can call on UK governments to … Continue reading
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Tagged conservation, expertise, government, local authority, research, survey
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Spotlighting IHBC’s recent Council film, ‘Do Drop-in, before they drop out’: Our new, must-see interview on pre-Pre App options, and how talking to applicants can help make things better!
IHBC’s latest Council received impressively positive feedback, as we advance the 3rd of our Parliamentary ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation…’ exploring Local Authority (LA) conservation roles and services, and now spotlighting a new film that could change … Continue reading
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Tagged conservation, film, IHBC, local authorities
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As 90% of ‘Virtual’ Newcastle School feedback is ‘5/5’ or ‘4/5’, IHBC celebrates success in 2026, in learning, partnerships, friends & more, with thanks & congrats to all as Bristol 2027 looms, in June, on ‘Climate Change and Significance’
The IHBC is delighted to thank all contributors, participants, sponsors, network partners, exhibitors and, especially, our RTPI 2026 School Friends, all of whom have helped make our Annual School in Newcastle, such a success, as we look ahead to June … Continue reading
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Tagged #IHBCNewcastle2026, adaptive reuse, careers, conservation, cpd, expertise, heritage, skills
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REGISTER INTEREST NOW: IHBC’s new ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’ seeks ‘interest’ from leads in conservation-led education, training & learning programmes & courses
The IHBC has launched its call to register ‘Interest’ in our new ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’, for service leads in built and historic environment conservation-led learning & training programmes & courses, with resources allocated, advocacy a priority, and … Continue reading
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Tagged conservation, expertise, heritage, skills
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IHBC’s ‘Practice’ CPD Signpost: ‘Help Tackle One of Construction’s Biggest Killers: – Dust’…. a 5-minute survey open to 31 July
Dr.Scott McGibbon IHBC, at Pvotal Consultancy, seeks help to develop flexible Silica dust CPD courses for professionals etc, and has launched a 5-minute survey to scope interest in tackling ‘One of Construction’s Biggest Killers: – Dust’.
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Tagged built environment, conservation, dust, heritage
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IHBC’s ‘Research’ CPD Signpost: Funding opportunity in AHRC large grants: Outline stage – to £3M, 16/09
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) encourages applicants to apply for Large Grants funding to deliver novel, ambitious and transformative arts and humanities research projects at scale.
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Tagged arts, cpd, cultural heritage, culture, funding, research
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IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £10K+ costed works this week: Charity seeks Project Officer for its heritage events etc. programme, to 30/06
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – sends members exclusive ‘News and Tender Alerts’, with the Director’s top taster for NewsBlog readers this week a call by a charity for … Continue reading
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Tagged news, professional, tender
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NAO assesses progress of Parliament Restoration and Renewal Programme
image for illustration: Palace of Westminster, Big Ben, and Westminster Bridge as seen from the south bank of the River Thames by Terry Ott, CC-BY-2.0 The National Audit Office (NAO) has examined proposals for restoring the palace of Westminster and … Continue reading
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ARB introduces changes to routes to Registration
The Architects Registration Board (ARB) is introducing a new, streamlined approach to joining the Architects Register, an approach ‘designed to be clearer, fairer, and more accessible for competent individuals, while continuing to ensure that the Register protects the public.’
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Tagged architecture, careers, skills
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Government UK: ‘Energy security, jobs and investment boost through climate action’
Government UK updates on how ‘Families and businesses will continue to reap the benefits of the clean energy transition in the coming decades’.
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Tagged clean energy, climate change, EV, government, nature, solar
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