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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
What do Mills and Boon, sticky rice and beer bottles have in common? Civil engineering, of course!
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IHBC-SAHGB Annual ‘Research’ Award 2021 winner announced: Donald Insall Associates on ‘Lord Leycester Hospital’, and OPT commended
The IHBC is delighted to announce the winner of the new joint Award with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) that celebrates the quality of architectural-historical research produced as private consultants or for public bodies etc.,. Donald Insall Associates for its ‘… Architectural History of Lord Leycester Hospital’ with high commendation to The Oxford Preservation Trust.
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IHBC Practice Signpost: UNESCO information on Reducing Disaster Risk at World Heritage Properties
World Heritage properties and heritage sites in general are exposed to the impacts of natural and man-triggered catastrophic events, which threaten their integrity and may compromise their value…
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’: Dezeen on the 2022 RIBA Royal Gold Medal winner Balkrishna Doshi
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 Dezeen on Balkrishna Doshi winning the 2022 RIBA Royal Gold Medal, alongside our regular #IHBC MarketPlace – Aberdeen 2022 notice.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Dunard Edinburgh ‘music hall’ approved following redesign
Edinburgh’s first purpose-built music and performance venue in more than 100 years looks set to be given the green by councillors, reports The Herald.
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Collaborate fund now open for academic researchers: EOI by 22/01
Academic researchers can now apply to the Collaborate fund from the Centre for Cultural Value, for the opportunity to work collaboratively with one of 10 exciting cultural sector research projects, with Expressions of Interest (EOI) for academics are open until 26 January 2022.
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CIC approved as member of United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS)
The Construction Industry Council(CIC) has been made welcome by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) as its newest and twentieth Member following a vote at the UKAS AGM in October.
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Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council launches new placemaking company
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council has launched a new placemaking company to drive forward stewardship-led regeneration.
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Over 100,000 young careers boosted by Kickstart Scheme
Over 100,000 young people across the country have now started jobs through the government’s landmark Kickstart Scheme, it was announced on 16 November. Continue reading
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Eighty flats on the edge of Peckham Rye to go after a decade due to ‘severe damp, mould and safety problems’
Eighty flats near Peckham Rye, built less than a decade ago are set to be demolished due to ‘severe damp, mould and safety problems, despite being only finished between 2009 and 2011…
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CIFA launches 2021 archaeology ‘… guide for clients’
CIfA has launched its 2021 Guide for Clients’.
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IHBC Signpost: How PropTech start-up SearchLand is making property companies more data-driven
SearchLand is a map-based property and planning data tool for developers, planners, architects and investors to make informed property and land decisions, using Ordnance Survey data to make property companies more data-driven.
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Serious about your staffing plans or career? Sign up now to get ahead of the pack with our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service as we headline more career-defining posts
To help employers and practitioners, the IHBC regularly updates NewsBlog readers on the diverse career opportunities advertised in our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, so sign up for free alerts and ‘stay ahead’ with the IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ service!
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IHBC looks to the future with new ‘Affiliate’ arrangements: Improved support for all, and ONLY the name changes for those seeking status quo
IHBC Board’s call to upgrade the Affiliate category to recognise those with an ‘awareness’ of conservation means that from April 2022 anyone not securing or applying for assessment as an Affiliate will join a new ‘supporter’-style category, but see no other change to their status, benefits, fees or opportunities to learn from and contribute to the IHBC.
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IHBC update: CHN seeks COP26 sign up to ‘Manifesto on Keeping 1.5° Alive’
The Climate Heritage Network (CHN) – a voluntary, mutual support network of arts, culture and heritage organisations – seeks signatories to its COP26-linked ‘Manifesto on Keeping 1.5° Alive’, entitled ‘Accelerating Climate Action through the Power of Arts, Culture and Heritage’.
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £500K+ works this week: DC seeks tenders re. conservation skills, closing 04/01, valued to £17K
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 this week is the call from a national heritage body seeking support to develop a community toolkit’ closing 04/01, valued to £17K.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Swindon’s iconic dome gets GII listed status from Historic England
Swindon’s Oasis Leisure Centre has been given Grade II listed status after a year-long campaign to save it after landlord Seven Capital revealed plans to rebuild, but removing the dome and lagoon, reports The Swindon Advertiser.
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Victorian Society’s 2021 Top 10 Endangered Buildings now out
The Victorian Society has issued its ‘Top Ten Endangered Building List for 2021’.
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Don’t forget: England’s Heritage Heroes nominations close 23/01/2022
Insurer Ecclesiastical celebrated the incredible contribution of volunteers across the sector with its yearly Heritage Hero award, which is now open and with nominations closing on 23 January 2022.
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Christmas funding boost for 47 churches: £473K+
The Christmas funding package from the National Churches Trust (The NCT) is our third and final funding round in 2021, with 47 churches across the UK are being helped with grants totalling £473,000.
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Environment Agency: c.1.5M homes in UK at risk of flooding
As many as 1.5 million households in the UK are at risk of flooding but are yet to take any action, the Environment Agency has said.
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Kickstart Scheme: HM Government’s advice on filling vacancies
The Department of Work and Pensions has offered five tips to fill your kickstart vacancy swiftly and successfully.
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Hedgehog highway solves prickly issue at Lanark station
Network Rail Scotland has put hedgehog-friendly solutions in place at Lanark station to allow the little creatures to move freely in and around railway property.
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IHBC’s new ‘HESPR News’ feature update: Director’s selection for this month, from RICS review to Swindon’s ‘Flying Saucer’
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, while the Director’s occasional news listing feature this week offers its members links to updates from a wide range of outlets.
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IHBC’s next ‘Scoop for the School’ for 2022: Councillors approve ‘transformative’ regeneration of Aberdeen city centre, market and beachfront
The pedestrianisation of Union Street Central, the creation of a new city market, and the revitalisation of the beach area, with plans for a pier, new green hub, and a state-of-the-art sports area have been approved by Aberdeen City Council, lead supporter of the IHBC’s 2022 Aberdeen School.
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