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- IHBC’s ‘Research’ CPD Signpost: Scotland’s ‘Our Past, Our Future’ (OPOF) Midpoint Report 2026 27/10/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ CPD Signpost: The professional ethics of AI in surveying, from the RICS 27/10/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: IHBC on Save the Date for #IHBCBristolBath2027 – 10-12 June 2027 – as website opens! 27/10/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Eryri hydropower approval withdrawn following legal challenge 27/10/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Shapinsay has won a national public vote to transform the land around its historic Gas House into a community garden. 27/10/2026
- LGA: National cultural framework to reset how culture is delivered 27/10/2026
- Heritage Debate 2026 asks ‘How can Heritage stay relevant today?’, 18/11, online & free 27/10/2026
- New Commissioners Appointed to Historic England 27/10/2026
- Heritage Fund: Reopening Dewsbury Arcade as the UK’s first community-run shopping centre… ‘home to 16 affordable small shops… studios &… event space’ 27/10/2026
- Chief Construction and Scientific Adviser appointed to improve building safety 27/10/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: The Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society, on a Vape Shop next to Mackintosh Tearooms 27/10/2026
- Bursaries now open for IHBC Annual School 2027: Accessible, certified CPD on Climate Change & Significance 23/10/2026
- IHBC looks forward, from our last Council: Public Practice Associate Programme open to 16/11, as Trustee Serena Cardozo highlights potential 23/10/2026
- IHBC Marsh Awards NOW OPEN: Nominate your ‘Successful learner’ (in Heritage Skills) or ‘Retired member’ (Community Contributions), to close 15 December 2026 23/10/2026
- REGISTER INTEREST NOW: IHBC’s new ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’ seeks ‘interest’ from leads in conservation-led education, training & learning programmes & courses 23/10/2026
- CLOSING SOON: IHBC’s first joint National-Branch CPD Partnership event – Bob Kindred MBE on ‘Enforcement…’, 27/10: In person in London, and Online (from £15-£50) 23/10/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ CPD Signpost: Design Economy – Evidencing the value of the UK’s design sector across nations and regions. 23/10/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Management’ CPD Signpost: York Minster’s New Centre of Excellence for Heritage Craft Skills and Estate Management 23/10/2026
- IHBC Director’s ‘double-up’ taster from HESPR’s £969K works: Council seeks structural engineer for church (@£15K) & heritage trust calls for learning specialist on Schools resource (@£3.8K) 23/10/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: An 180-year old church has disappeared overnight, and people are angry 23/10/2026
- National Heritage Memorial Fund seeks Memorial Fund Panel Members, to 5 November 23/10/2026
- NT: Landmark act of generosity secures home of London’s oldest restaurant for the future 23/10/2026
- Conservation areas excluded from England’s new pavement charging rights 23/10/2026
- Scotland’s Historic Environment Audit (SHEA) 2026 now out 23/10/2026
- HES: Eight in ten heritage employers report skills gaps 23/10/2026
Daily Archives: 27/10/2026
IHBC’s ‘Research’ CPD Signpost: Scotland’s ‘Our Past, Our Future’ (OPOF) Midpoint Report 2026
Our Past, Our Future is Scotland’s strategy for the historic environment 2023-2028 with an accompanying infographic providing a visual summary of achievements outcomes and future priorities
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Tagged cpd, environment, HES, research, Scotland
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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: IHBC on Save the Date for #IHBCBristolBath2027 – 10-12 June 2027 – as website opens!
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 IHBC’s own ‘Save the Date for #IHBCBristolBath2027 – 10-12 … Continue reading
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Tagged conservation, expertise, heritage, professional, skills
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Eryri hydropower approval withdrawn following legal challenge
Eryri National Park Authority in Wales has agreed to withdraw planning approval for a proposed hydropower scheme near Llan Ffestiniog following a legal challenge by Cymdeithas Eryri (Snowdonia Society).
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Shapinsay has won a national public vote to transform the land around its historic Gas House into a community garden.
image: Shirley Grant, Shapinsay Gas House, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Shapinsay has won a national public vote to transform the land around its historic Gas House into a community garden, reports The Orkney News.
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LGA: National cultural framework to reset how culture is delivered
The Local Government Associations highlights how Councils are calling for a ‘national reset’ of how culture is delivered in England through a new cultural framework.
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Heritage Debate 2026 asks ‘How can Heritage stay relevant today?’, 18/11, online & free
Now in its 17th year, The Heritage Alliance’s annual Heritage Debate shares cross-sector insights, connections and solutions to the key challenges facing heritage, Wednesday 18 November, online and free.
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New Commissioners Appointed to Historic England
Seven new Commissioners have been appointed to Historic England, including Charles Donald, Dominic Field, Anna Keay, Georgina Lynch, Claire McColgan, Lukman Patel, and Moira Sinclair, with all appointed for a term of four years.
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Heritage Fund: Reopening Dewsbury Arcade as the UK’s first community-run shopping centre… ‘home to 16 affordable small shops… studios &… event space’
image: Kingsway Arcade, Dewsbury by Bobby Clegg, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons With the help of £4.5million from the Heritage Fund, customers are back under the restored glass and cast-iron roof of Grade II listed Dewsbury Arcade for the first … Continue reading
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Chief Construction and Scientific Adviser appointed to improve building safety
A new Chief Construction and Scientific Adviser has been appointed to provide expert, independent advice on building safety and regulatory reform.
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Tagged building safety, construction, fire, Government UK, science
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: The Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society, on a Vape Shop next to Mackintosh Tearooms
The Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society (CRM Society) has noted its concerns over a new vape shop to open on Sauchiehall Street next to the world-renowned Mackintosh Tearooms.
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