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- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: Country Life on ‘How sheep farming transformed the architectural face of the Cotswolds’ 03/11/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: A-listed Scots office block to be converted into hotel 03/11/2026
- Cadw calls for action on heritage crime this half-term as ‘Thousands of pounds of work undone in hours’ 03/11/2026
- Icon calls on conservation professionals to identify skills at risk: TO 25/11 03/11/2026
- £1Mn available for Scotland’s places of worship 03/11/2026
- The Engine Shed’s blog asks: ‘Old buildings can’t be energy efficient…’ or can they? 03/11/2026
- IHBC welcomes conservation architect Gráinne Shaffrey as new President of ICOMOS, 2026–2029, as she addresses the 22nd General Assembly in Malaysia 30/10/2026
- CLOSING SOON – National Heritage Memorial Fund seeks Memorial Fund Panel Members, to 5 November 30/10/2026
- BOOKINGS CLOSE 4/11 (5PM) on IHBC-sponsored SAHGB’s 3rd Mark Girouard symposium : ‘Untold Tales: Women Pioneers in British and Irish Architectural History’, 14 November 30/10/2026
- IHBC Marsh Awards NOW OPEN: Nominate your ‘Successful learner’ (in Heritage Skills) or ‘Retired member’ (Community Contributions), to close 15 December 2026 30/10/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ CPD spotlight: Culture and heritage capital – Valuing social cohesion – a scoping study from DCMS etc. 30/10/2026
- IHBC Director’s top pick from HESPR’s £30M+ works: Council seeks architect for cultural venue, to 16/11 & £250K 30/10/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Supporters invited to adopt Colchester Jumbo tower panels 30/10/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: The Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society, on a Vape Shop next to Mackintosh Tearooms 30/10/2026
- The Carbon Trust on ‘… Five lessons from 25 years’ experience’ and ‘Accelerating the transition to a prosperous, resilient, low carbon future’ 30/10/2026
- HE’s Grant Calls for Proposals: ‘Neighbourhood Heritage – Grants for Communities’, to 27/11 30/10/2026
- ARB: Over 85% of architects complied with mandatory CPD scheme 30/10/2026
- Icon calls on conservation professionals to identify skills at risk: TO 25/11 30/10/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Why COST Action C17 still Defines the Agenda for Fire Safety in Historic Buildings.. 30/10/2026
- IHBC welcomes Government response to DCMS Committee inquiry into ‘Protecting built heritage…’: … supportive statements but little detail… 27/10/2026
- IHBC Marsh Awards NOW OPEN: Nominate your ‘Successful learner’ (in Heritage Skills) or ‘Retired member’ (Community Contributions), to close 15 December 2026 27/10/2026
- Bursaries now open for IHBC Annual School 2027: Accessible, certified CPD on Climate Change & Significance 27/10/2026
- IHBC welcomes RICHeS Access Fund second call: ‘access… cutting-edge equipment, collections & expertise’, to £20K, for charities, social enterprises, commercial companies etc. 27/10/2026
- 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
Daily Archives: 03/11/2026
IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: Country Life on ‘How sheep farming transformed the architectural face of the Cotswolds’
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 John Goodall writes in Country Life about ‘How sheep farming … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: A-listed Scots office block to be converted into hotel
image: Scottish Widows building by Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons A Category A-listed The Scottish Widows building in Edinburgh is set to be converted into a 385-room hotel, despite heritage and infrastructure concerns, reports Deadline News.
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Cadw calls for action on heritage crime this half-term as ‘Thousands of pounds of work undone in hours’
Cadw, the Welsh Government’s historic environment service, is urging the public to report vandalism, anti-social behaviour and heritage crime at Welsh historic sites during half-term.
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£1Mn available for Scotland’s places of worship
image: Fiona Newton, IHBC More than 100 faith group representatives and stakeholders have expressed interest in the £1m pilot, Scotland’s Places of Worship Fund.
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The Engine Shed’s blog asks: ‘Old buildings can’t be energy efficient…’ or can they?
image: Holyrood Park Lodge, Sourabh.biswas003,CC-BY-SA-4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Historic Environment Scotland’s (HES) Engine Shed has posted a blog on energy efficiency in traditional buildings.
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