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- IHBC congratulates IHBC Chair on formal investiture following OBE award 14/07/2026
- New 20 July close for IHBC’s ‘quick query’ to help local government conservation services: ‘… remarkable response already… so still time to shape our high-level advocacy’ 14/07/2026
- 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’ 14/07/2026
- 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! 14/07/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ CPD Signpost: Understanding growth in the creative industries: National trends and firm-level evidence from Creative UK 14/07/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: BD on ‘How Harringay’s warehouse district resists ‘gentrification’ 14/07/2026
- The Carbon Trust, on ‘Accelerating access to clean, reliable and affordable energy’ 14/07/2026
- Government guidance on ‘The enrichment framework for schools and colleges… for all pupils and students.’ 14/07/2026
- England’s third new national forest to bring nature closer to communities 14/07/2026
- CIC appoints Simon Rawlinson as new Deputy Chair 14/07/2026
- ‘A new leaf’ for London Parks and Gardens: Director Philip Barnes to lead delivery of ambitious strategy to 2035 14/07/2026
- NI regulator pauses charity registration invites amid systems upgrade plans 14/07/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Tear your eyes away from the ballroom. This courthouse is the real face of Trump-era architecture 14/07/2026
- New 20 July close for IHBC’s ‘quick query’ to help local government conservation services: ‘… remarkable response already… so still time to shape our high-level advocacy’ 10/07/2026
- IHBC sponsors Gardens Trust on ‘New Town Landscapes: Learning from the Past, Shaping the Future’, 23-24/09, Milton Keynes 10/07/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ CPD Signpost: ‘Help Tackle One of Construction’s Biggest Killers: – Dust’…. a 5-minute survey open to 31 July 10/07/2026
- REGISTER INTEREST NOW: IHBC’s new ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’ seeks ‘interest’ from leads in conservation-led education, training & learning programmes & courses 10/07/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ CPD Signpost: Decarbonizing the Built Environment Through Heritage (DBTH) Toolkit 10/07/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ CPD Signpost: UCL research confirms ‘Engaging with arts linked to slower pace of ageing’ 10/07/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £3M+ costed works this week: Professional body seeks research into structured civic input to planning processes, to 17/07, £15K 10/07/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: ‘The unlikely return of the back-to-back’ from Building 10/07/2026
- UK Government ‘Call for evidence’ (real world and quantitative especially): Strategy for the built environment professions, trades and occupations, to 12/08 10/07/2026
- CITB publishes Construction Workforce Outlook 2026-2030 10/07/2026
- Historic Environment Scotland is looking for your thoughts on volunteering – we need your input, to 19 July! 10/07/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Canada’s National Trust celebrates 50 Years of the World Heritage Convention 10/07/2026
Daily Archives: 26/06/2026
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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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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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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Consultation: Permitted development rights linked to schools, assets of community value, defence and conservation, to August 5
Government UK has launched an open consultation on ‘Permitted development rights: schools, assets of community value, defence and conservation’.
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Tagged assets of community value, buildings, consultation, government, permitted development, planning
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Better Planning Coalition sends letter to PM advocating for a planning system fit for climate, nature and people
image for illustration: Birmingham, Anglo3334, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons The Better Planning Coalition represents over 40 organisations across the environment, housing, planning, heritage and transport sectors with one common goal: a planning system fit for climate, nature and people, and … Continue reading
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Government’s UKREiiF update: ‘Chancellor puts regional growth at top of the agenda’
UKREiiF brought together investors, developers and local leaders from across the country
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Tagged development, government, growth, planning, regeneration, regional
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: WHUK on ‘Heritage Adapts!’ launch
As one a founding leadership partners, on 4 June 2026 WHUK announced the launch of Heritage Adapts!, ‘a global campaign of local stewards’.
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Tagged climate change, global, heritage
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