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- IHBC updates members on Charter progress… IHBC Council review of draft texts due in coming weeks, details TBC 13/11/2026
- IHBC is planning for growth, with CP30 and more, so grow with us on Board, Committee, Branches, Panels or Groups and more as suits – just let us know! 13/11/2026
- IHBC Marsh Awards NOW OPEN: Nominate your ‘Successful learner’ (in Heritage Skills) or ‘Retired member’ (Community Contributions), to close 15 December 2026 13/11/2026
- IHBC Bursaries now open for IHBC Annual School 2027: Accessible, certified CPD on Climate Change & Significance 13/11/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ CPD signpost: Home insulation schemes could be underestimating heat loss, new research finds 13/11/2026
- IHBC Director’s top pick from HESPR’s £68M+ works: BID seeks multidisciplinary team to study local retail areas, to 20/11 and £40K 13/11/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (maritime) doorstep’: Heritage Group explores cultural heritage and the historic environment within estuarine and coastal habitat restoration activities 13/11/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Grand Designs showcases London’s extraordinary Cloud House 13/11/2026
- ‘True scale of heritage’s role in Welsh jobs, economy and communities’ – 18000 Jobs + £738Mn 13/11/2026
- Historic England Reveals its Heritage at Risk Register 2026 13/11/2026
- The Reuse Policy Playbook: A Retrofit-First Guide for Local Authorities 13/11/2026
- HBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: The roles of heritage when the world changes, from ICOMOS GA2026, Malaysia 13/11/2026
- 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
English Housing Survey 2019 to 2020: headline report published
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New computer system in Venice is watching tourists’ every move
In Venice they’re tracking your phone, so they can tell exactly how many people from your country or region are in which area, at which time.
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IHBC/FOE etc. ‘Joint Statement’ on PDR features in Telegraph letters
The cross-sector partnership of lead national and international bodies – including the IHBC and the Friends of the Earth (FoE) – that signed a Joint Statement to ‘express our deep concern about the latest proposals for the expansion of Permitted Development Rights (PDR) in England’ has been featured in the letters to the Telegraph.
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IHBC launches new CPD Recognised Service Provider feedback form
The IHBC has launched a feedback form for users of our CPD Recognised Service Provider network.
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IHBC research signpost: Ecclesiastical Heritage Risk Barometer 2020
The Ecclesiastical Heritage Risk Barometer 2020 offers research to help answer the question: ‘How can the heritage sector adapt and thrive in the digital age’?
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’ pick of the week: SCN on Edinburgh’s Royal High School – ‘… back on the market’
The 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’, with news from across the development sector, and this week features Scottish Construction Now (SCN) how Edinburgh’s Royal High School is ’back on the market’.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (construction) doorstep’: Historic Paisley buildings being restored to former glory
A £4.5m project to restore some of Paisley town centre’s historic architecture to its former glory has now completed work at several prominent sites on and around the town’s High Street, Scottish Construction Now reports.
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Ireland-Scotland ‘Joint Bilateral Review Report’: Construction among ‘most promising’ sectors for closer business ties
A joint ‘bilateral review report’ into enhanced cooperation and collaboration between Scotland and Ireland has earmarked construction and renewable energy as two of the most promising sectors in the economic relations between the two countries.
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New Build Back Better Business Council launched
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has launched the Build Back Better Council which hopes to unlock investment, boost job creation and level up the whole of the UK.
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HES announces £104,888 boost for Scottish heritage projects
Brisbane Observatory, Govanhill Baths and The Ridge Foundations CIC are among the latest round of Historic Environment Support Fund recipients.
image: HES – Traditional Lochalsh single storey, 3-bay cottage
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Captivating Sites Across England Listed During 2020
Over 400 historic places have been added to the National Heritage List for England during 2020 and as the year draws to a close, Historic England celebrates the sites that have gained protection.
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APPG Parliamentary Inquiry ‘21st Century Places: Values and benefits’ – Closing 29/01, calls for extensions open!
Westminster’s new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on ‘Conservation, Places and People’ (CPP APPG), chaired by Layla Moran MP is today expected to close its first Inquiry – ‘21st Century Places – Values & Benefits‘, but is accepting calls for extension due to sector pressures.
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REMINDER: 2021 #IHBCMarshAwards: ‘Your chance to nominate ‘retired IHBC members’ and/or ‘successful learners’ for our awards’, extended closing date of 31 March
The IHBC’s Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Christian Trust, has launched the two 2021 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 Brighton 2021 Annual School, and with an extended closing date of 31 March 2021.
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IHBC Research signpost: Culture and Heritage Capital portal from DCMS
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has issued a web resource that ‘brings together research, guidance and estimates to help government and private organisations consider the value of culture and heritage capital’, parts of which feature on separate IHBC Newsblogs. Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £50M+ costed works: Design team for Museum upgrade in Ireland, 26/02, valued £25M+
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services working to the IHBC’s standards – emails its members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s second pick features a call from the call from Ireland for a design team for a museum upgrade, closing 26 February and valued at £25M- £32M.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Consultant fights to save ‘monstrosity’ £1M home that replaced bungalow with ‘mini-hotel’
An NHS consultant could have to tear down the two-storey house that replaced a bungalow as he appeals to a planning inquiry to prevent its demolition, reports The Daily Mail.
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DCMS: New research demonstrating the benefit of culture and heritage
An ambitious new programme of research to improve decision making by valuing the benefits of our culture and heritage capital to society has been announced by Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS).
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HES sign new MoU partnership on Cultural Heritage and Climate Action with Irish Government
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Cultural Heritage and Climate Action with the Heritage Division of the Irish Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
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Wales’ Heritage Partnership Agreements: Regulations and Guidance consultation, closes 12/04
The Welsh Government want to introduce agreements for the management of the historic environment and has launched a consultation closing on 12 April.
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Ramblers join group urging the UK Government to rethink damaging planning reforms
The Ramblers have joined a coalition of organisations that are calling on the government to rethink its damaging planning reforms.
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HE Strategy Team survey on HAR seeks evidence on ‘Current Understanding of Heritage Threats and Future Opportunities’, closing 15/02
The Historic England (HE) Environmental Strategy Team is seeking input on threats to the historic environment, and potential opportunities, in a survey that will contribute to HE’s Heritage at Risk (HAR) Framework and the Climate Change Strategy, closing 15 February and supported by linked online events. Continue reading
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Culture Secretary Hyslop urged to look into ‘ridiculous’ A listed status of Aberdeen high rises
Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop has been urged to review the decision to list eight Aberdeen high rises by a member of her own government after Historic Environment Scotland (HES) announced the multi-storeys would be awarded A listed status due to their ‘outstanding architectural and historic interest’.
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REMINDER: Parliamentary Inquiry Open: ‘21st Century Places: Values and benefits’ APPG call for evidence closes 29 January
Westminster’s new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on ‘Conservation, Places and People’ (CPP APPG), chaired by Layla Moran MP and with the IHBC as its Secretariat, has launched its first Inquiry into ‘21st Century Places – Values & Benefits‘, a wide-ranging call for evidence from all stakeholders, closing on 29 January 2021. Continue reading
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IHBC’s latest ‘Membership Matters’ update out now: Looking back from the 2020 AGM, and ahead to 2021
IHBC’s latest issue of Membership Matters update to members on current developments and plans from the IHBC’s Board continues the themes from our last issue as it reports on ‘More AGMs, APPGs, Articles and updates.
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REMINDER: 2021 #IHBCMarshAwards: ‘Your chance to nominate ‘retired IHBC members’ and/or ‘successful learners’ for our awards’, extended closing date of 31 March
The IHBC’s Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Christian Trust, has launched the two 2021 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 Brighton 2021 Annual School, and with an extended closing date of 31 March 2021.
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