IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: Unlock Access to RICHeS Research Infrastructure with Full Access Fund Call now Open with ‘Help’ webinar on 11/03

The Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science (RICHeS) has opened its Full Access Fund – to help heritage science and conservation researchers etc to access RICHeS-funded equipment, with a support webinar on 11 March.

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IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £192K+ of weekly works: English Council seeks organisation for building restoration & operation, to 28/02

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 by an English Council for an organisation to lead & operate a community restoration project, to 28/02

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Exciting future for Barbican Centre as £191m funding for essential works approved

image for illustration: 2014-08 part of the barbican by Ziko, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The City of London Corporation has approved a £191 million funding package to support essential repairs and upgrades at the Barbican Centre, safeguarding the Grade II-listed arts complex for the 21st century.

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AHF marks 50 years of social impact through conservation and adaptation

The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) is marking 50 years of social impact through conservation and adaptation supporting communities across the UK to rescue, reuse and reimagine historic buildings

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Government announces bumper £1.5 billion package ‘to restore national pride’

£1.5 billion will be invested in cultural organisations over a five-year period ‘turning the corner on underfunding over the last decade and more’.

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HE: Delivering heritage construction skills and training in projects

Historic England’s (HE) Conservation and Heritage Capital projects ‘offer great opportunities to build in skills and training’ helping address skills gaps and shortages identified in its research.

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National Retrofit Hub on ‘Health, place & retrofit’: Findings and recommendations for change

A National Retrofit Hub paper highlights how retrofit policy and delivery often focus narrowly on technical performance and energy metrics, when ‘enabling communities to have a… say… is critical to delivering lasting benefits.’

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UK Heritage Pulse seeks participants for ‘collaborative data and insight project for… UK’s heritage sector informing strategy, recovery and reinvention’

UK Heritage Pulse – created by The National Lottery Heritage Fund and partners – is calling for participants in panel of hundreds at the heart of the sector to regularly offer views, shape strategy, share knowledge and influence funding priorities.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Inside plans to rebuild the ‘top-secret’ bunker beneath the White House East Wing

CNN looks at plans to rebuild the ‘top-secret’ bunker beneath the White House East Wing in preparation for President Donald Trump’s sprawling new ballroom.

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IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03

Know any emerging practitioners who’ve shown accomplishment in learning new conservation trades or skills, AND/OR Retired conservation professionals giving back to their local communities: Nominate them NOW for an IHBC-MARSH Award to celebrate their contributions!

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IHBC’s Context 185 under the spotlight: Accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, with Alexandra Fairclough’s ‘Law and Policy update’

IHBC’s members’ journal Context No. 185 is under the spotlight and for this NewsBlog round we feature Alexandra Fairclough’s  ‘Law and Policy update’ as she looks across the UK at changes, case law, appeals and call-ins.

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IHBC urges ‘risk-based approach to retrofit’ with Government’s ‘Warm Homes Plan’ – ‘biggest home upgrade plan in British history’

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The IHBC has welcomed Government’s £15Bn ’Warm Homes Plan’ – to ’help millions of families benefit from solar panels, batteries, heat pumps and insulation…’ – but says it must ‘ensure that retrofit is done properly’.

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IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: FREE CPD at London’s LPOC Listed Property Show, Olympia, 30-31 Jan

The IHBC is delighted to offer free entry for our members to the Listed Property Owners Club’s (LPOC) annual London Listed Property Show, on 30-31 January 2026 in London’s Olympia (pre-booking essential), with stands still available.

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IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: COTAC issues Insight 4 – ‘Understanding and Appreciating the Region of East Anglia’

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The Council on Training in Architectural Conservation (COTAC) has published Insight 4: ‘Understanding and Appreciating the Region of East Anglia’, undertaken by Ingval Maxwell and Barry J Bridgwood for COTAC.

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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: IHBC’s NewsBlog on Marsh Awards – Successful Learning & Community contributions

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 New Civil Engineer (NCE) on ‘The dilemma of industrial heritage’.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Man ordered to pay £38,000 after stripping out historic listed building

A man has been ordered to pay £38,000 for stripping out the historic interior of a 17th Century, protected building in Topsham, reports The Mid-Devon Advertiser.

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RTPI & TCPA: ‘Planning for the Climate Crisis – A guide for local authorities’, 5th Edition

The RTPI and The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) have published the fifth edition of their joint guidance on planning for climate change.

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‘Empty Properties in Wales’ handbook issued by Welsh Government

The Welsh Government has published guide for finding out how to bring empty properties back into use.

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Introducing the HEF’s first Newsletter: ‘Resilience Review’

Introducing the Resilience Review, a new quarterly newsletter by the Historic Environment Forum (HEF)

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Scotland’s Bar-L’ joins the (Category) A list

image for illustration: HMP Barlinnie from the air by Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Late 19th and early 20th century phases of HMP Barlinnie, the historic Glasgow prison, are now listed at Category A, reports Historic Environment Scotland.

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Regeneration leader appointed to key role at Homes England

John Reid will join government’s housing and regeneration agency in March 2026 to lead new national hub, working hand-in-hand with regional teams, as strategic plan comes into action.

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Swansea University Heritage Project recovers evidence of a major archaeological find

A unique slice of history – a Roman villa – has been found, which ‘will offer unparalleled information about Wales’s national story’.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Canada’s Charlottetown staff propose 45-day heritage designation for research, but council says ‘no’

Canada’s Charlottetown council recently voted against putting a temporary 45-day heritage designation on the property at 1B West St., going against a heritage department request, reports The Guardian.

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IHBC urges ‘risk-based approach to retrofit’ at heart of Government’s Warm Homes Plan… ‘biggest home upgrade… in British history’

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The IHBC has welcomed Government’s £15Bn ’Warm Homes Plan’ – to ’help millions of families benefit from solar panels, batteries, heat pumps and insulation…’ – but says it must ‘ensure that retrofit is done properly’.

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IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: FREE CPD at London’s LPOC Listed Property Show, Olympia, 30-31 Jan

The IHBC is delighted to offer free entry for our members to the Listed Property Owners Club’s (LPOC) annual London Listed Property Show, on 30-31 January 2026 in London’s Olympia (pre-booking essential), with stands still available.

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