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- IHBC takes key step forward in Parliamentary ‘5 Commitments’ delivery, joining National Federation of Builders’ National Heritage Skills Forum 10/11/2026
- IHBC Marsh Awards OPEN: Nominate your ‘Successful learner’ (in Heritage Skills) or ‘Retired member’ (Community Contributions), to close 15 December 2026 10/11/2026
- Save the Date for #IHBCBristolBath2027 – Accessible, Certified CPD on ‘Climate Change & Significance’, June 10-12 2027: IHBC’s Annual School, with online options, free pre-conference webinars & more… 10/11/2026
- Bursaries now open for IHBC Annual School 2027: Accessible, certified CPD on Climate Change & Significance 10/11/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ CPD signpost: Deregulated housing conversions linked to poor health and wellbeing, from UCL 10/11/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: The Guardian on Clifton Suspension Bridge… ‘A big responsibility’ 10/11/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Back on track as Leas Lift carriages return home 10/11/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: New Visitor Levy fund to help futureproof Edinburgh’s cultural and heritage buildings 10/11/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: National Railway Museum celebrates start of construction on… the Porterbrook gallery 10/11/2026
- Nominate a building for the 20th edition of the Victorian Society’s Top Ten Endangered Buildings list, before 4 January 10/11/2026
- National Trust: ‘Landmark act of generosity secures home of London’s oldest restaurant for the future’ 10/11/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: ‘Preserving Legacies Climate Heritage Cohort Program’, open to 8 January, ‘…work with a place that is culturally significant to your community’ 10/11/2026
- IHBC offers advice and support in roll out of ‘Historic Environment Policy for Northern Ireland’ 06/11/2026
- IHBC’s November CPD Circular: Your user-friendly ‘What’s on’ guide to heritage learning, networking and experiences, from Branches to ‘CPD Providers’ & beyond… 06/11/2026
- IHBC Marsh Awards OPEN: Nominate your ‘Successful learner’ (in Heritage Skills) or ‘Retired member’ (Community Contributions), to close 15 December 2026 06/11/2026
- Bursaries now open for IHBC Annual School 2027: Accessible, certified CPD on Climate Change & Significance 06/11/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ CPD signpost: RICHeS Access Fund 2nd call opens, to £20K & 15/12, to access ‘cutting-edge equipment, collections & expertise’, for charities, social enterprises, commercial companies etc. 06/11/2026
- IHBC Director’s top pick from HESPR’s £68M+ works: BID seeks multidisciplinary team to study local retail areas, to 20/11 and £40K 06/11/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (builders) doorstep’: Budget measures welcomed, but much more work left to do – industry warns 06/11/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Castle Eden bridge demolition plans withdrawn by Stockton Borough Council 06/11/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Westminster honours engineer who helped inspire the world of James Bond 06/11/2026
- Blackpool, Milton Keynes, Sheffield and Wrexham shortlisted for UK City of Culture 2029 06/11/2026
- Local History Hub launches new School & Heritage Consultancy pilot 06/11/2026
- AHF awards new grants through the Heritage Revival Fund 06/11/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: First Joint Transnational Call of the ‘Resilient Cultural Heritage Partnership’ to 11 January 2027 06/11/2026
IHBC ‘Finance’ Signpost: Levelling up projects in Scotland awarded £177 million
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IHBC Signpost: AHRC/DCMS Culture and Heritage Capital Research Call – bid recipients update
Summary details for the 6 projects that have been funded following the AHRC/DCMS Culture and Heritage Capital Research Call have been issued by the UK Government.
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £1.3M+ works this week: Research body seeks conservation-related programme assessment, to 18/03, cost £100K
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members regular ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s this week is a call from a call from a research body for an impact etc. assessment of a conservation-related programme, closing 18/03, valued £100K.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Grade II* Palace Theatre, Plymouth, for sale
The Plymouth Herald has offered a ‘remarkable last look’ inside the Palace as it is put on the market. ‘In its heyday the scene of many a memorable night out.’
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Government publishes Lord Parkinson’s response to review of English public libraries
The policy paper on ‘An independent review of English public libraries – Lord Parkinson’s response’ has been published.
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RIBA publishes Architects Salary Report 2023
The Architects Salary Business Benchmarking Report for 2023 has been published by the Royal Institute of British Architects.
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New research finds four of five tradespeople fear for the future of the industry
Research by radiator specialists BestHeating has found that more than a quarter tradespeople are looking for second jobs to help them survive.
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IHBC’s free webinar, co-hosted by Fit for the Future, for #IHBCReading2024 School: IHBC’s Technical Panel lead John Edwards on ‘Applying BSI’s PAS 2038…’, 15/03, 10am
IHBC’s Technical Panel lead John Edwards explores ‘Applying BSI’s PAS 2038 in Retrofitting non-domestic Heritage and Traditional Buildings’ in a free & open webinar on 15 March, co-hosted by Fit for the Future, another free CPD ‘pre-school’ event for IHBC’s Reading School 2024 – ‘Place & Building Care…’, 12-15 June.
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IHBC’s special invitation to all members: Join our virtual Council for unique CPD on heritage political engagement, PLUS updates on our AGM & Charter
All categories of IHBC members – Supporters, Affiliates, Associates and Full Members – are invited to join the IHBC’s next free online Council for topical high-level CPD on political engagement alongside the IHBC’s planned AGM discussions on a Charter.
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IHBC Marsh Awards 2024: Seeking Nominations for ‘Retired IHBC Members’ and/or ‘Successful Learners’ – Closing 31 March 2024
Two IHBC Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Charitable Trust celebrate, respectively, civic contributions by retired IHBC members and successful learning in heritage skills, offer awards of £500 and free places at IHBC’s 2024 Annual School in Reading for presentations on June 14, with Award entries closing 31 March 2024.
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Join IHBC’s Consultations Panel: Your chance to keep up on conservation policy, legislation, guidance and much more, while building skills and CPD
IHBC members are invited to join the IHBC’s longstanding Consultations Panel, which offers the chance to offer your take on conservation practice, principles and standards into the IHBC’s conclusions on emerging policy, legislation and guidance, shaping the conservation outcomes of the future as well as your own Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
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IHBC ‘Practice’ Signpost for England: HE Update on the NPPF published
Historic England (HE) has included an update on the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) in its latest Bulletin.
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IHBC’s HESPR News listing feature: Director’s sample selection from November 2023
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members ‘News and Tender Alerts’, but after a quiet week, the IHBC Director offers an occasional sample news listing to looks back on news from last November.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Claims that Sheffield Council did not tell the truth about the ‘collapse’ of historic pub
NowThen Magazine reports that claims made by Sheffield City Council (SCC) about the ‘collapse’ of a historic pub in the Castlegate area of the city centre were untrue.
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A Culture Strategy for Scotland: Action Plan published
A Culture Strategy for Scotland was published in 2020 and its vision and values remain important, and now a new action plan, published in December 2023, provides detail on how it will deliver the ambitions of the Culture Strategy.
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THA publishes report on Travel Grants Scheme 2019
The Heritage Alliance (THA) publishes an evaluation report on the travel Grants Scheme 2019.
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RTPI opens Awards for Planning Excellence 2024, closing 15 March
The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Awards for Planning Excellence 2024 are now open and close 15 March.
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City of London Corporation approves new sustainability guidance for developers in ‘huge step’ to net zero for 2040
The City of London Corporation’s Planning and Transport Committee has approved a new Sustainability Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) which supports the achievement of net zero for the whole Square Mile by 2040.
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RTPI inaugurates new president for 2024: Lindsay Richards
The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has inaugurated Lindsey Richards as RTPI President 2024, as she unveils her vision for ‘Planning Our Future’.
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Heritage Counts on ‘Retrofit Decisions: Views from Local Authority Staff’
Historic England’s Local Authority Staffing Survey has issued results of a survey on ‘Retrofit Decisions: Views from Local Authority Staff’, a part of the Heritage Counts series’.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Connecticut community mourns loss of historic church after roof collapses
Connecticut’s New London community is reeling after a roof collapsed at the First Congregational Church reports CT Insider.
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IHBC’s special invitation to ALL members: Join our virtual Council for free & unique CPD on political engagement and heritage, PLUS updates on our AGM & Charter
All categories of IHBC members – Supporters, Affiliates, Associates and Full Members – are invited to join the IHBC’s next free online Council for topical high-level CPD on political engagement alongside the IHBC’s planned AGM discussions on a Charter.
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IHBC’s new CPD Circular now out: Easy access to training, awards & more – with spotlights from IHBC’s Branch events to networks, including THA’s call for trustees
IHBC’s February CPD Circular has been issued, listing cost-effective training and upskilling opportunities to help guide on all IHBC and wider Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities, learning and awards and more, including in this round The Heritage Alliance’s call for ‘a Chair and up to four Trustees’.
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IHBC’s ‘Professional’ signpost AND reminders: Survey and consultation – Intangible Cultural Heritage in the UK, closes 29/02
Members are reminded that part of the government consultation on Intangible Cultural Heritage, which includes a series of public roundtable discussions to help define and identify Intangible Cultural Heritage tied to the implementation of the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
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HESPR opportunities signpost: Check out the service with ‘Director’s choice’ issue, November 2023, £1.3+M works
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members our ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and this occasional sample listing for NewsBlog readers looks back to a week in November 2023.
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