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 this week is a call from a Welsh authority for a Consultant to work with it on a Lottery Fund project, to 07/07 and £15K.
Continue readingNational Highways and Historic England (HE) have signed a landmark agreement to protect and promote England’s heritage, ensuring delivery of good outcomes for people and communities.
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Every year, The Victorian Society publishes a list of England and Wales’s top ten endangered buildings and now the most recent list for 2025 has been published with information on each one.
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The Architects Registration Board (ARB) has published an action plan to improve access to professional practical experience for future architects, after recommendations by an independent Commission.
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The Heritage Alliance (THA) has published our analysis of the June 2025 spending review, noting that ‘the government’s announcement brings a mixed but cautiously optimistic picture for our sector, and presents some new opportunities.’
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Local people’s access to arts venues across the country set to be protected with cash to support vital repairs and upgrades, reports government, and Expressions Of Interest (EoI)opening from 30 June.
Continue readingThe ECHOES Consultation aims to map diverse cultural heritage communities and understand their needs and expectations for the Cultural Heritage Cloud. With their contribution, we will be able to set up the Cultural Heritage Cloud with and for the communities.
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Heritage Open Days want to help you share new stories and sites and applications are now open for a second round of grants to support organisers new to the festival.
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More than 20 organisations are formally joining forces to protect Scotland’s critical infrastructure from weather and climate related impacts, reports Network Rail.
Continue readingUCEM’s new institutional name, following a merger with the London School of Architecture (LSA), has been announced as the University of the Built Environment.
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Before the Shrewsbury School, the IHBC circulated a new IHBC Branch Committee Bulletin, from the IHBC’s Director’, updating committees on some strategic developments, so if you are keen to find out more on any of the selected matters noted below, just check the NewsBlogs or contact your Branch Officers or the IHBC’s National Office.
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As part of the IHBC’s evolving Membership Accreditation Training Events (MATEs) programme, which advises on IHBC accreditation applications, we’re offering free webinars for applicants as we pilot streamlined application forms and expanded resources.
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If you want to help the IHBC’s UK-wide built and historic environment conservation practice Branch network, have strong IT, comms & interpersonal skills, and seek flexible home-working with huge potential for engagement, travel and supporting interdisciplinary conservation, please let us know as advised below, before 18 July.
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Places are still available on IHBC’s next North Branch ‘CPD Branch Partnership’ full-day programme of low-cost, hard-to-access CPD on ‘Listed Building and Conservation Areas Legislation’ (Charles Mynors, on) and ‘Ecclesiastical Exemption…’ (Martin Howard), Newcastle, 4 July, £50 IHBC members, £75 non-members, students etc free.
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The IHBC is delighted to thank all contributors, participants, sponsors, network partners and School Friends who have helped ensure that our 2025 Annual School in Shrewsbury – #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – was such a success, which also served as a perfect introduction for our next School, in June and Newcastle, on ‘Adaptive Reuse’, and #IHBCNewcastle2026.
Continue readingIHBC’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 both Dezeen on ten ‘outstanding British buildings’ eligible for heritage listing and Designing Building‘s on IHBC’s A people-first approach to retrofit.
Continue readingOne of the last remaining partial mud (and stone) houses in County Clare is being surveyed by archaeologist Dave Pollock, prior to its deconstruction for road safety purposes.
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In a new Parliamentary report the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee says poorly designed retrofit schemes, a ‘skills crisis’ and costly assurance failures have significantly set back efforts to decarbonise home heating and bring down energy bills, and pushed the UK’s clean, secure energy targets farther off track.
Continue readingGovernment has announced radical skills reforms giving young people opportunity to develop skills in priority areas for the country.
Continue readingLaunched in October 2022 and published twice a year, the National Trust (NT) Cultural Heritage Magazine showcases the latest curatorial findings, conservation projects and research initiatives.
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The Planning Advisory Service (PAS) toolkit was originally designed to be delivered within local authorities as a series of three workshops while there are accompanying resources in workshop resources outlined below.
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The Society for the protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) has completed work on a Grade II ‘building at risk’ near Maidstone, the Old House in Boxley, Kent.
Continue readingThe Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) and the International Code Council (ICC) have signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU), a significant step towards enhanced international collaboration in the development, promotion and application of best practices across the built environment.
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image: Ed Barron, Deputy Chair of WMHT, Corinne Brazier Chair WMHT & Sir Andy Street by James Atkinson photographer: JDA Media
West Midlands Heritage Trust (WMHT), a new regional charity dedicated to rescuing and reusing historic buildings at risk, was officially launched with the backing of former West Midlands Mayor Sir Andy Street CBE.
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The IHBC’s recent exploration of a Charter has helped focus our support for interdisciplinary learning by Conservation Professionals, so we’re looking at how our Schools can help delegates add value for themselves and their networks, and calling for more ideas and suggestions from delegates and members.
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