Birmingham City Council announced that a new award completes a £16m funding package to restore the iconic Gala Pool, create a new Community Health & Wellbeing Hub, and reopen Birmingham’s Grade II* listed Edwardian Moseley Road baths to a new generation (with planned first ever CEO).
Continue readingA decisive shift is urgently needed from reactive responses to built environment skills shortages to a more strategic, evidence- and demand-led approach to workforce planning, says the ‘Built Environment Strategic Workforce Planning for 2030’ report by Built Environment Futures Assembly (BEFA).
Continue readingA Built Environment Forum Scotland (BEFS) survey on behalf of the Places of Worship Forum (POWF) aims to gather information on the most effective mechanism to enable protection and continued use of these buildings, within the planning system and consents process (ecclesiastical exception or otherwise).
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The Heritage Fund’s ‘UK Heritage Pulse’ has placed its current ‘Spotlight’ on Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Continue readingA one-day conference ‘Honest Repair: 150 Years On’, to hosted by SPAB Scotland at the Playfair Library in Edinburgh in 2027, invites papers that explore the relevance, application, and influence of the SPAB Approach in contemporary conservation, to 31/08.
Continue readingJay Morton announced as our next President; to succeed Chris Williamson in 2027
Continue readingResearchers at Chalmers University of Technology have developed a new, entirely bio-based material from a somewhat unexpected ingredient: yeast.
Continue readingHeritage Now! is a global campaign to harness the potential of built heritage for a resilient, climate positive and just future.
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The IHBC has welcomed the conclusions of the Parliamentary Culture, Media and Sport Committee’s (CMS) inquiry into ‘Protecting built heritage’ – that the ‘deterioration of heritage… represents a major missed opportunity…’ – especially its echo of heritage wastage in the IHBC’s own ‘From Crafts in Crisis to Rubbish in Retrofit’ report and 5 Commitments.
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The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award close on 31 August 2026, so if you have relevant coursework from ANY UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, completed by 30 September 2025 OR 30 September 2026 – just submit it online and on time to have a chance to receive a cash prize at the IHBC’s Annual School in Bristol/Bath in June 2027, on ‘Climate Change & Significance’.
Continue readingIHBC’s ‘quick query’ to Local Government conservation Officers and services for ‘advice, input and suggestions’ on possible improvements that we can pass on to UK Governments as part of our ‘5 Commitments to Parliament’ has had its closing date extended to 20 July.
Continue readingIHBC’s latest Council received impressively positive feedback, as we advance the 3rd of our Parliamentary ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation…’ exploring Local Authority (LA) conservation roles and services, and now spotlighting a new film that could change conservation, on ‘pre-Pre App’ conversations.
The Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science (RICHeS) has commissioned Icon to undertake the first ever UK-wide survey of the heritage and conservation science workforce and we need your help to make it count, open to 31/08.
Continue readingA new Research Report published by Government explores ‘Impacts of public services being delivered by civil society organisations.
Continue readingThe IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – sends members exclusive ‘News and Tender Alerts’, with the Director’s top taster for NewsBlog readers this week a call from a national heritage body for workshops on green-led adaptations, to 03/08 and £20k.
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A Glasgow City Administration meeting heard available funding was significantly lower than what is required, reports Glasgow Live.
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image for illustration: Palace of Westminster, Big Ben, and Westminster Bridge as seen from the south bank of the River Thames by Terry Ott, CC-BY-2.0
The National Audit Office (NAO) Report Value for Money has examined the proposals for restoring the Palace of Westminster and has assessed them against established practice for major programmes
Continue readingThe Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has reacted to the National Audit Office (NAO)’s latest report, published today, assessing the progress of the Parliament Restoration and Renewal Programme.
Continue readingThe Planning Skills Fund, launched in 2025, aims to build skills and capacity within UK planning systems and will continue to support students in the 2026/27 academic year, so get in touch!
Continue readingIn December 2025, the government announced that it would publish a new strategy for the built environment professions, trades and occupations in 2027, and a call for evidence by the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) now seeks information to inform this strategy: open to 12/08.
Continue readingThe Council of the European Union (CotEU) reports on how European partner networks signed a joint declaration entitled ‘Europe for Culture, Culture for Europe’, setting out their shared political commitment to protecting, promoting and supporting culture in Europe.
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The IHBC is delighted to congratulate our Chair David McDonald on his formal investiture following the award of an OBE in the New Year Honours List 2026, an award that ‘recognises the achievements and service of extraordinary people across the UK.’
Continue readingIHBC’s ‘quick query’ to Local Government conservation Officers and services for ‘advice, input and suggestions’ on possible improvements that we can pass on to UK Governments as part of our ‘5 Commitments to Parliament’ has had its closing date extended to 20 July.
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The IHBC is delighted to thank all contributors, participants, sponsors, network partners, exhibitors and, especially, our RTPI 2026 School Friends, all of whom have helped make our Annual School in Newcastle, such a success, as we look ahead to June 2027 in Bristol, interrogating ‘Climate Change and Significance’.
All registered delegates will be emailed a link to download the IHBC’s 2026 Newcastle School recordings
But you can still sign up for IHBC’s 2026 Newcastle School recordings
(from £35+VAT – using your IHBC membership number or discount code provided to RTPI members and others)
IHBC’s latest Council received impressively positive feedback, as we advance the 3rd of our Parliamentary ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation…’ exploring Local Authority (LA) conservation roles and services, and now spotlighting a new film that could change conservation, on ‘pre-Pre App’ conversations.
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