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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
Report of Charter Alliance publishes Mid-term results: Matrix and Methodology Assessment
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Open Culture on ‘The Destruction of Penn Station’
Open Culture has reported on ‘The Destruction of Penn Station: How New York City Lost Its Majestic Beaux-Arts Rail Terminal’.
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New Context out, on World Heritage Sites, designation, Armageddon and even more
The new issue of the IHBC’s members’ journal, Context No. 176, explores the diverse facets of World Heritage Sites alongside a myriad of other aspects of conservation – designation, Armageddon and more – from across our globe.
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IHBC welcomes LGA tribute page for late Lord Kerslake, former vice chair of ‘Conservation, Places and People’ All Party Parliamentary Group (CPP APPG)
The IHBC has welcomed the decision by Local Government Association (LGA) to set up a tribute page following the death of Lord Kerslake, a former vice chair of the IHBC-supported ‘Conservation, Places and People’ All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG).
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IHBC Signpost: NAO Press release – The Government’s resources and waste reforms for England
The National Audit Office (NAO) on 30 June 2023 has published a new report on the Government’s resources and waste reforms for England noting it ‘still lacks effective long-term plans to reduce waste’.
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from record £44M (million) of costed works: Govt office posts heritage works in Europe, to 21/07, from £16+M
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 pick for this week features is the call from a UK government office for heritage-related works in Europe, valued from £16M+ and closing 21/07.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Chard and Ilminster News applauds SAVE’s online Buildings at Risk Register
A number of buildings in Somerset are among nearly 70 new entries added to SAVE Britain’s Heritage online Buildings at Risk Register, reports the Chard and Ilminster News.
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Scottish SPICe grills Climate Change 1: Adaptation policy
The Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) sets out the various periodically released reports to be aware of that relate to climate adaptation policy in Scotland.
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Sheffield council issues apology over tree-felling scandal
The city’s new Labour leader has accepted that some of the 17,500 trees cut down were healthy.
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Government advice for shoppers after report highlights difficulties buying ‘green’ home heating
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will be carrying out further work looking into potential misleading practices in the green heating and insulation sector.
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New Creative Industries Sector Vision takes up Lords Committee recommendations
The Government has…. published its ‘Creative Industries Sector Vision’. In response Baroness Stowell of Beeston, Chair of the Communications and Digital Committee has welcomed the Government’s adoption of several recommendations previously put forward in the Committee’s report ‘At risk: our creative future’, published in January…..
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AHF Transforming Heritage publishes end of Programme Report
The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) ‘Transforming Heritage’ programme has published its report ‘Heritage Transformed in Wales and Northern Ireland, 2020-2023, End 0f Programme Report.’
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Europa Nostra calls on European Political Community to include Culture and Cultural Heritage among future EPC priorities
Europa Nostra has called on Heads of State or Government of all European Political Community (EPC) countries to include the key priority areas of culture and heritage on its future agendas.
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IHBC’s 2023 Swansea MarketPlace:LIVE: First feedback tranche and more
The IHBC’s revised pilot format for the ‘All welcome’, open-access and free MarketPlace:LIVE – supporting Swansea 2023 – was well received by visitors, and with some 25% responding to the feedback and all but one valuing it as Good to Very Good, confirming the potential of its innovative format for the IHBC’s learning and outreach goals.
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IHBC’s Project Signpost: Historic Environment Scotland unveils plans for new Archive House
Innovative project will be an exemplar of reuse and retrofit of an existing building. Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has announced plans for a new state-of-the-art home for its archives.
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Construction Enquirer on ‘Firms readied for £750m Parliament repairs deal’
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 Construction Enquirer on ‘Firms readied for £750m Parliament repairs deal’.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Enfield landowner and contractor fined for tree felling
A landowner and contractor who illegally felled more than 270 protected trees have been ordered to pay more than £255,000, reports the Enfield Independent.
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2023 winners of Europe’s top heritage awards by European Commission & Europa Nostra include the Royal Gardens of Venice and Ukraine data archives
The European Commission and Europa Nostra have announced the winners of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2023, with 30 outstanding heritage achievements from 21 countries awarded Europe’s top honour in the field.
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New £1.59M scheme to support graduates into town and planning careers: Pathways to Planning Programme
The Department for Levelling Up is granting £1.59 million to a Local Government Association scheme – the Pathways to Planning Programme – to help councils recruit and develop more skilled planners.
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Metal detectorist convicted and fined €1k for failing to report discovery of archaeological objects
A metal detectorist has been convicted and fined €1,000 for failing to report the discovery of archaeological objects which have now been returned to the State.
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New funding for farmers to protect the English landscape
Farmers and landowners will receive funding and support for projects to protect and restore thousands of acres of the English landscape, Government UK has announced.
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HE launches Missing Pieces Project: Add Your Pieces to the Big Picture
Historic England (HE) has launches its Missing Pieces Project, inviting members of the public to be part of the project.
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New York City is sinking, study says… include lower Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens…
The pressure from New York City’s massive buildings and skyscrapers is making the city more vulnerable to sink lower into the ocean, according to new research.
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IHBC’s 2023 Swansea ‘Annual School’: Interim review and thanks to lead sponsors – MFL, Penderyn & hosting university, UWTSD – volunteers & participants
With the IHBC’s 2023 Swansea School now a week past, the IHBC offers an interim review and a final thanks to School Sponsors – notably School Principal Sponsor MFL Insurance Group and Day School host The University of Wales Trinity St David (UWTSD) – as well as to volunteers, supporters and participants.
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Serious about your career? Sign up for IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’, for posts across diverse disciplines, specialisms and levels: Oxford University, HE (4), Councils (10), Churches (6) and many more
To help connect employers’ needs and practitioners’ skills, the IHBC regularly updates NewsBlog readers on the wide-ranging opportunities on our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, so be sure to sign up for free alerts and ‘stay ahead’ with the our unique career service!
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