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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 features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Preston’s former orphanage – views from before the blaze
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CLC Acts to Ease Impact of Construction Inflation
The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has set out plans to mitigate the impacts of steep inflation that are hitting companies across the sector.
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New skills portal launched to boost career opportunities in Scotland’s built environment
A new guide to courses and training available within Scotland’s construction industry has been launched by the Scottish Construction Leadership Forum (CLF).
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Italy in talks with Iraq over restoring ancient city of Ur
Governments of Italy and Iraq in discussionover a possible project to restore the ancient city of Ur in southern Iraq’s Dhi Qar governorate.
image: By Michael Lubinski from Green Bay, WI, USA – Ziggarut of Ur, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6860115
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#IHBCAberdeen2022 Day School details – management, innovation, resilience and sustainability– 17/06, virtual from £25+VAT
The four main live IHBC 2022 Day School sessions range across management, innovation (‘old’ and ‘new’ heritage) as well as resilience and recovery, and with the launch #IHBCMarketPlace on 15/06 offer an estimated 10.5 hours CPD.
image: Aberdeen City Heritage Trust
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IHBC’s North Branch enjoyed new event plans, committee and AGM in person, in Newcastle
IHBC North Branch’s first in-person event since the global pandemic pause took place in Newcastle on 26 May, with informal networking tours, refreshments and an AGM at which the new committee was elected and the IHBC’s 25th anniversary – IHBC25 – was celebrated.
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FREE learning, advice, networks etc. at IHBC’s virtual #IHBCMarketPlace – opening #IHBCAberdeen2022 15/06
All IHBC members can sign up for 3 hours of our free virtual Heritage #IHBCMarketPlace learning and networks, with access prioritised for #IHBCAberdeen2022 School delegates and earliest sign-ups.
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10+ hours CPD at IHBC’s Aberdeen School for FREE? Submit ‘Chair’s Choice’ questions early & win Virtual School fee back
Question and Answer opportunities will take place across the IHBC’s ‘blended’ Day School on 17 June, but time will be tight, so get your questions in beforehand for a chance to win the ‘Chair’s Choice’ for each session by submitting yours HERE.
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IHBC Signpost: New from ICOMOS – Guidelines for Conservation of Concrete Heritage
The ICOMOS Cádiz Document: InnovaConcrete Guidelines for Conservation of Concrete Heritage provides guidance for the conservation of concrete heritage with respect to its cultural, historical, aesthetic, social and technological values that define its significance.
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IHBC’s HESPR weekly pick from £190K costed works: National heritage body seeks QS & PI services, closing 27/06, to £150K
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick from the HESPR News and Tender Alert for this week is a call from national heritage body for quantity surveying (QS) and public inquiry (PI) support etc. closing 27/06, to £150K.
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£3M Platinum Jubilee fund creates boost for England’s village halls
A new £3 million fund will support village hall improvement projects for over 100 village halls.
image: for illustration purposes only
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HES invite to explore, share and celebrate: New ‘Talking About Heritage’ guides
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has launched its ‘Talking About Heritage’ guides.
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Bradford crowned UK City of Culture 2025
Bradford City will receive initial seed funding of £275,000 to begin preparation for a year of groundbreaking cultural activities in 2025, following competition across a record 20 bids.
image: Open Government Licence v3.0
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HE: New listings to celebrate Platinum Jubilee
Six historic sites have been listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on Historic England’s advice, in celebration of Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
image: All Saints’ Church, Shard End,
Birmingham, designed by F J Osborne
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IHBC’s new CPD Circular: Special #IHBCAberdeen2022 issue with new IHBC CPD recording updates
The next issue of the IHBC free CPD Circular is out, focussed on the Aberdeen 2022 CPD opportunities and how they can be linked to our new CPD reporting tools.
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IHBC signpost to the Heritage Fund & 2022 IHBC Yearbook: Heritage sector is resilient despite economic challenges
Organisations have a positive financial and strategic outlook, says the Heritage Fund, as Eilish McGuinness, Fund CE and foreword author of the IHBC’s 2022 Yearbook said: ‘It is great… that organisations have greater confidence and a stronger financial outlook now ….’
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Promote your business etc. at IHBC’s virtual Heritage MarketPlace, opening #IHBCAberdeen2022, 15/06
Heritage service providers, suppliers, agencies, charities and others can promote their learning, news and more to IHBC networks and delegates for only c.£100+VAT, with a c.6+ month web ‘billboard’ School posting with a live 2022 School stall option on 15 June: see #IHBCMarketPlace or email marketplace@ihbc.org.uk.
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IHBC’s Research signpost from HRBA: ‘Sustaining historic churches: what does recent research tell us?’
Historic Religious Building Alliance (HRBA) has launched a new report on ‘Sustaining historic churches: what does recent research tell us?’
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Griff on film at #IHBCAberdeen2022 in #IHBC25: Share 1st clip with your networks and help ‘Heritage on the Edge’, 17/06
The IHBC has released the first clip of Griff Rhys Jones’s take on ‘Heritage on the Edge’ on our social media, and we think it’s a great scene-setter, so be sure to view, like, share and send the news across all your networks.
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: DB on IHBC’s free #IHBCMarketPlace, opening #IHBCAberdeen2022 on 15/06
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 Designing Buildings on the #IHBCMarketPlace which opens #IHBCAberdeen2022 on 15/06, from 4.30pm.
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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Somerset’s ‘… historic buildings we’re at risk of losing forever’
There are thousands of amazing historic buildings across the UK and Somerset has its fair share, but sadly not all of them are in good condition reports The Bridgwater Mercury.
image: Drawn by J.P.Neale, Engraved by W.Taylor – http://www.antique-prints-maps.com/acatalog/Somerset_Stately_Houses_antique_prints.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23239466
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Heritage Fund seeks Committee Member for the Midlands and East England, closing 10/06
The Heritage Fund is offering ‘an exciting opportunity for individuals with an enthusiasm and commitment to heritage and the good outcomes that heritage delivers’ as it seeks a new Committee Member, with applications closing 10 June 2022.
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Lichfields consultancy report: ‘Levelling up: the routes to growth’
A new report from Lichfields, entitled Levelling up: the routes to growth, looks at how local areas can prosper by maximising the opportunities laid out by the Government since the Levelling Up White Paper and ahead of the upcoming Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill.
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Objections flood in as National Highways bids to keep controversial bridge infill
Hundreds of objections have been lodged against National Highways retrospective planning application for the controversial bridge infilling at Great Musgrave, Cumbria.
image: for illustration purposes only – By RuthAS – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50687148
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Planning guidance update: Letter from England’s Chief Planner
Guidance on various aspects of the planning system, given in letter to chief planning officers of local planning authorities from Joanna Averley, England’s Chief Planner.
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