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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
Every church region in the country signs up to become an Eco Diocese ahead of 2030 net zero carbon target
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Get involved with the National Lottery Open Week: 19/03-27/03
Say #ThanksToYou to National Lottery players for their support in making the work you do possible, from Saturday 19 March to Sunday 27 March 2022.
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Pandemic has cost some places nearly a years’ worth of high street sales, new Centre for Cities report reveals
Pandemic has cost some places nearly a years’ worth of high street sales, new Centre for Cities report reveals – Covid-19 has ‘levelled down’ prosperous high streets, but poorer areas face bigger problems this year.
image: By © David Illif, User:Colin and Kim Hansen / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=48935922
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What price heritage? [Are] Scotland’s ancient buildings to be left to the elements
Scotland’s castles and ancient structures which have stood for hundreds of years could be left to crumble and ‘gracefully die’ rather than undergo work to repair their crumbling masonry.
image: for illustration purposes only – Fiona Newton
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IHBC’s latest Membership Matters now out: Catch up and bring queries to the 2022 AGM and Council on 24/02 – with AGM voting proxies still open for eligible members
The IHBC’s latest Membership Matters offers new updates from the Board, so members can bring thoughts to – and get CPD hours from – the virtual 2022 AGM (and Council) on 24/02, while eligible members can still submit long and, for convenience, short proxy votes till 21 February.
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PASS THE WORD: IHBC Marsh Awards 2022 launched: ‘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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REMINDER: IHBC’s AGM Papers issued: All members welcome, so book places and/or register proxies (as eligible), and contact IHBC if papers still needed
The IHBC has issued members of ALL categories the papers for the ‘virtual’ 2022 AGM on 24 February 2022 at 6.00pm, so if you have not received yours, please let us know at admin@ihbc.org.uk – while proxy voting is open to eligible members and strongly encouraged. Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’: ArchDaily on ‘THE RUINS – Architecture Photography Competition’
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 ArchDaily on ‘THE RUINS – Architecture Photography Competition’.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Work starts on new Lidl inside historic former Liverpool cinema saved from demolition
Work appears to have started on a former cinema in Wavertree which was branded an ‘increasingly rare survivor’, according to The Liverpool Echo.
image: Former Abbey Cinema Wavertree – By Phil Nash from Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 & GFDLViews, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Major overhaul of Middleham racing yard overcomes heritage concerns
A major redevelopment of the racing yard responsible for last northern-trained Derby winner, which could see 35 jobs created in a small rural market town, has been recommended for approval after overcoming heritage concerns.
image: Middleham Marketplace – By Joe Regan, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4089306
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (church) doorstep’: Edinburgh’s St Giles Cathedral could be handed to HES in radical Church shake-up
The Church of Scotland could hand over St Giles Cathedral to Historic Environment Scotland (HES) as part of a massive shake-up which will also see the number of Kirk ministers in Edinburgh slashed by 40 per cent.
image: St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh – Carlos Delgado, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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£44 million Dormant Assets funding unlocked for charities and social enterprises
An additional £44 million allocated to ‘Communities and good causes across England’ through the Dormant Assets Scheme takes the total to almost £850 million over the past decade.
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Heritage Fund’s 2nd DASH report 2021: from pandemic to future planning
The second Digital Attitudes and Skills for Heritage (DASH) survey report offers a unique insight into how the UK heritage sector’s use of digital has evolved during the pandemic.
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Local Green Spaces: new research proves their value to people and nature
New CPRE research has found that a total of 6,515 Local Green Spaces have been designated in the decade since their introduction, which combined totals 30,000 acres of protected green space – an area greater than the city of Manchester.
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Task Force announces further 68 local authorities to receive expert support
The High Streets Task Force has announced that 68 further local authorities will receive a package of expert advice and support, helping to deliver long-term transformation to towns and cities in England.
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Overnight demolition of early Marcel Breuer house described as ‘the most significant loss in recent memory’
Modernist architect Marcel Breuer’s Geller I house in Long Island, which was one of his first homes in the US, has been ‘demolished in the dead of night’ to make way for a tennis court.
image: Marcel Breuer by Polygoon Hollands Nieuws, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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IHBC ‘Council’, 24/02, open to all member categories: CPD discussions on England’s LBC advice, with AGM too (Proxy voting open)
All IHBC members are invited to a virtual practice-led CPD Council special session before the 2022 AGM (also open to all member categories) on 24/02, on listed building consent (LBC), with eligible AGM voters asked to submit proxies by 21/02 (Short Proxy form HERE).
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New IHBC LA conservation jobs update for England! Toolbox ‘Market Intelligence’ Research Note on IHBC’s 2021 ‘Jobs etc.’
The IHBC’s first Research Note (RN) for 2022 has been posted on the IHBC’s ToolBox, with our regular update of ‘Market Intelligence’ on England’s local authority (LA) conservation-related jobs from our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service (RN2022/1).
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PASS THE WORD: IHBC Marsh Awards 2022 launched: ‘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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REMINDER: IHBC’s AGM Papers issued: All members welcome, so book places and/or register proxies (as eligible), and contact IHBC if papers still needed
The IHBC has issued members of ALL categories the papers for the ‘virtual’ 2022 AGM on 24 February 2022 at 6.00pm, so if you have not received yours, please let us know at admin@ihbc.org.uk – while proxy voting is open to eligible members and strongly encouraged. Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £377K+ works this week: Council seeks team for Town Centre Plan, closing 18/02, valued £15K
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 by a council to deliver a Design and Maintenance Guide for a Conservation Area (CA), closing 18/02 and valued at £15K.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (antiquarian’s) doorstep’: Historic gas lamps win temporary reprieve after campaign led by antiques dealers
Two antiques dealers and their supporters campaigning for Westminster Council to stop removing historic gas lamps have won a temporary reprieve, reports Antiques Gazette.
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RTPI Cymru Discussion Paper: ‘Living Locally in Rural Wales’, and the ‘15 minute neighbourhood’ model
The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Cymru discussion paper explores the concept of living locally in rural areas in Wales and whether the 15 minute neighbourhood model can be applied.
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HES: ‘New approach to the inspection of historic properties’ responds to climate change impacts
Historic Environment Scotland(HES) is implementing measures reflecting a new approach to the inspection of historic properties in response to the effects of climate change.
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Council spending on the arts has halved since 2010
Local authority expenditure on cultural services has fallen by 50% across England since 2009-2010, according to new research from The Public Campaign for the Arts.
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