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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
Swansea’s new Arena opens with City Deal funding
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IHBC launches new online Toolbox Guidance Note on ‘Design sources for historic building conservation’
The IHBC’s latest Guidance Note, on Design sources for historic building conservation, has been issues and added to the institute’s open-access, online practitioner’s Toolbox’.
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Reminder: IHBC opens #IHBCAberdeen2022 School Booking; Hear Griff Rhys Jones (on film) and more explore ‘heritage on the edge’ with virtual and in-person options
The IHBC has opened booking for the 2022 Aberdeen School on 15 & 16-18 June, supported by Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Councils and sponsored by MFL Affinity, and including a film featuring Griff Rhys Jones ‘in conversation’ with the IHBC at the ‘blended’ Day School on 17 June.
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IHBC Marsh Awards 2022 – ‘Your chance to nominate retired IHBC members and/or successful learners’, closing 31 March
The IHBC’s Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Trust, has launched the two 2022 Awards – for civic contributions by retired members, and for successful learning in heritage skills – with prizes that include £500 and a free place at the IHBC’s Aberdeen 2022 Annual School in June, and with a closing date of 31 March 2022. Continue reading
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IHBC signpost to 2021 research: Economic, social & environmental benefits of stimulating repairs etc. in Scotland
A 2021 report by the University of Strathclyde Fraser of Allander Institute analysed the economic, social and environmental benefits of stimulating repairs and improvements to the Scottish built environment.
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: IHBC features #IHBCAberdeen2022 preview
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 a preview of the IHBC’s 2022 School from 15 to 18 June: #IHBCAberdeen2022.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage form the (Council + Royal) doorstep’: Prince William praises county council’s COP initiative
The Duke of Cambridge has pledged his support for a year-long initiative aimed at fighting climate change organised by Cambridgeshire County Council.
image: British Embassy Tokyo / Alfie GoodrichUK in Japan- FCO, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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BEFS joins in support for ‘Culture and Heritage: A Manifesto for Local Government’
A cross-sector call for ambition, imagination and investment ahead of May’s local elections has been launched by a partnership that includes BEFS, the link body for Scotland’s built environment organisations, which reports on progress on its blog.
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Ecclesiastical Insurance re-circulates guidance on flood safety for churches etc.
Ecclesiastical Insurance have recently re-shared its guidance documents on flood safety for churches and wider flood guidance, including notes on preparation and damage limitation.
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Women in Planning launch central Scotland branch
Women in Planning has launched a new Central Scotland Branch in direct response to growing interest in the network within Edinburgh.
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Britain’s gas holder history preserved in new photobook: Decommissioned
For more than 200 years, gas holders have been a feature of Britain’s skyline and now Laura Fisher’s five-year journey to capture Britain’s last-remaining gas holders has culminated in a new photobook called Decommissioned.
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Reminder: IHBC opens #IHBCAberdeen2022 School Booking; Hear Griff Rhys Jones (on film) and more explore ‘heritage on the edge’ with virtual and in-person options
The IHBC has opened booking for the 2022 Aberdeen School on 15 & 16-18 June, supported by Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Councils and sponsored by MFL Affinity, and including a film featuring Griff Rhys Jones ‘in conversation’ with the IHBC at the ‘blended’ Day School on 17 June.
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IHBC ToolBox Guidance on ‘Retrofit’: New update
The IHBC has updated its ToolBox practice Guidance Note on the Retrofitting of Traditional Buildings– first launched at one of the ‘IHBC Spotlight’ sessions at the 2019 Annual School in Nottingham – after author and IHBC Technical Panel Chair Prof. John Edwards revised content to reflect new developments since the last revision in 2021.
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IHBC Marsh Awards 2022 – ‘Your chance to nominate retired IHBC members and/or successful learners’, closing 31 March
The IHBC’s Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Trust, has launched the two 2022 Awards – for civic contributions by retired members, and for successful learning in heritage skills – with prizes that include £500 and a free place at the IHBC’s Aberdeen 2022 Annual School in June, and with a closing date of 31 March 2022.
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RIBA announces Honorary Fellows 2022: Includes James Moir IHBC, Duncan Wilson and more
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the 2022 RIBA Honorary Fellowships, with a strong heritage & history showing that includes Dr James Moir IHBC, critic-historian Kenneth Frampton, and staff at bodies ranging from Historic England to the Dublin Civic Trust and more.
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IHBC Signpost: Designing for sustainability – Tools to help you design greener, from CIAT via Designing Buildings
A new feature from Designing Buildings – host platform for the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki – via CIAT explores ‘Designing for sustainability: Tools to help you design greener’.
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £90K+ works this week: Welsh Council seeks Lottery project input, closing 28/03
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 Director’s pick this week features the call from a Welsh council for a Lottery project needing architectural, management and maintenance input, closing 28 March.
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Centre for the History of People, Place and Community offers 3 paid early-career research internships, closing 4 April
The Centre is seeking to recruit to three paid early-career research internships, for a project on ‘Creative Repurposing’ and Levelling Up’, closing 4 April.
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Research: Carbon reduction measures should be led locally
New research published by PwC has found that ‘place-based’ carbon reduction measures led by UK cities and towns would produce far better environmental, economic and social results, and will have a lower cost compared to a national ‘one size fits all’ approach.
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Welsh church collapse: Four sentenced over death
Four men have received suspended prison sentences after a worker died following a partial church collapse in Wales.
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Tarmac shows concrete can be more than 90% slag
Tarmac has demonstrated that concrete can be made with more than 90% ground granulated blast furnace slag.
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Keighley mill fire: Five arson arrests over Peaky Blinders location blaze
Five people have been arrested over a suspected arson attack which gutted a mill used to film scenes for Peaky Blinders and Downton Abbey, the historic Dalton Mills complex in Keighley, West Yorkshire.
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IHBC opens #IHBCAberdeen2022 School Booking; Options for in-person (strictly limited numbers) and virtual delegates (open access) to hear Griff Rhys Jones (on film) and more explore ‘heritage on the edge’ across up to 4 days of IHBC engagement & learning
The IHBC has opened booking for the 2022 Aberdeen School on 15 & 16-18 June, supported by Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Councils and sponsored by MFL Affinity, and including a film featuring Griff Rhys Jones ‘in conversation’ with the IHBC at the ‘blended’ Day School on 17 June.
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Serious about your staffing plans or career? Keep up with ‘IHBC’s Jobs etc.’ as we headline career-defining posts from archaeology (2) & conservation science to placemaking and more
To help marry employers’ needs and practitioners’ skills, the IHBC regularly updates NewsBlog readers on the diverse career opportunities advertised on our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, while this round offers both more and less familiar career routes, so sign up for free alerts and ‘stay ahead’ with the IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ service!
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: AJ features HESPR member Purcell for RIBA regional joint shortlist
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 the Architects’ Journal (AJ) on IHBC HESPR member Purcell jointly leading the shortlist for the RIBA South Regional Awards 2022.
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