IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Consultation on ‘City of Bath and Great Spa Towns of Europe WHS…’, to 17/01/2025

Posted on 10/01/2025 by IHBC

Public Consultation launched concerning City of Bath and Great Spa Towns of Europe World Heritage Site (WHS) Management Plan closes on 17 January 2025.

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MHCLG seeks ‘Technical independent advisers’ for College of Experts

Posted on 10/01/2025 by IHBC

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The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is recruiting individuals from a diverse range of science, engineering, and industrial backgrounds for its first ever College of Experts, ‘a list of pre-approved experts from whom MHCLG can commission short pieces of ad hoc work under contract…’.

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CITB: Net Zero industry toolkit

Posted on 10/01/2025 by IHBC

CITB – The Construction Industry Training Board – has created a toolkit for all professionals in the construction industry designed to make information surrounding skills, training, regulations and future requirements surrounding net zero accessible, easy to understand and in a single location.

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HE updates on ‘Heritage and the Environment’ in Heritage Counts

Posted on 10/01/2025 by IHBC

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Historic England (HE) has updated its Heritage Counts resource with new articles on evidence of the impact of the historic environment on the environment, with content including climate change mitigation and adaptation.

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Consultation on ‘Reforms to the Energy Performance of Buildings’ regime, to 26/02

Posted on 10/01/2025 by IHBC

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The Government has issued a consultation on changes to Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs), Display Energy Certificates (DECs), and air conditioning inspection reports (ACIRs), closing 26 February 2025. [applies to England & Wales]

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Photographer Thomas Duke recreates 30 iconic moments made possible by National Lottery funding

Posted on 10/01/2025 by IHBC

To celebrate The National Lottery’s 30th birthday and the impact of £50 billion in good causes funding, photographer Thomas Duke travelled the length and breadth of the UK to rephotograph 30 iconic images within the context of their original location. 30 Game Changing Moments from the last three decades that National Lottery funding has helped make possible

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Pyramid discovered during road construction works in Hidalgo, Mexico

Posted on 10/01/2025 by IHBC

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Archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have conducted a rescue excavation following the discovery of a pyramid during construction works on the Federal Highway 105 in Hidalgo, Mexico.

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IHBC’s TWO Marsh Awards for 2025: Nominations sought for ‘Successful Learning’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution (Retired Members) – to 31 March 2025

Posted on 07/01/2025 by IHBC

The two IHBC Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Charitable Trust, celebrate ‘Community Contributions’ by retired IHBC members, as well as ‘Successful Learning’ in heritage-related skills, with £500 and free places at IHBC’s 2025 Annual School in Shrewsbury – #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – with presentations on June 13, and entries closing 31 March.

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Join the IHBC’s next virtual Council with free CPD, open to all IHBC members: Tuesday 21 January, 4pm, includes ‘transferable lessons for all practitioners’

Posted on 07/01/2025 by IHBC

All categories of IHBC members – Supporters, Affiliates, Associates and Full Members – are invited to join the IHBC’s next free online Council for more relevant and topical CPD.

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IHBC’s HESPR News and Tender Alert listing spotlight: Director’s sample news selection from December 2024

Posted on 07/01/2025 by IHBC

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members ‘News and Tender Alerts’, while after a quiet periods, as now, the IHBC’s Director selects a sample news listing from a recent issue.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’ – Southend Council threatens enforcement over Kursaal repairs

Posted on 07/01/2025 by IHBC

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The owner of Southend’s landmark Grade II Kursaal building was threatened with enforcement action and ordered to carry out urgent repairs, it has been revealed, reports the Basildon Canvey Southend Echo.

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CMS Parliamentary Committee Inquiry call for evidence: ‘Protecting built heritage’… Importance & Barriers, open to 3 February 2025

Posted on 07/01/2025 by IHBC

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Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee is to examine the importance of built heritage in the UK and the barriers to its preservation, and is open to 3 February.

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Winners of the 2024 Heritage Crafts Awards announced

Posted on 07/01/2025 by IHBC

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Traditional boat builder Gail McGarva has won the fifth annual President’s Award for Endangered Crafts at the 2024 Heritage Crafts Awards, supported by headline sponsor The Royal Mint and venue sponsor English Heritage.

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Historic England researches Local Lists in LPAs: Survey open to 31/01/2025

Posted on 07/01/2025 by IHBC

Historic England (HE) has initiated a project to research, review and provide recommendations on the development and revision of local heritage lists, initially with research into the current picture of Local Planning Authorities’ (LPA) local lists, seeking input from only one respondent per LPA, by 31 January 2025.

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Luna Luna: Crates lost for decades unsealed to reveal a fair dreamed up by art legends

Posted on 07/01/2025 by IHBC

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The BBC has reported on newly discovered fairground rides designed by the world’s greatest artists for a single summer, before they disappeared for decades.

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IHBC looks ahead to 2025 No.1: Career conscious, & in conservation? IHBC’s free ‘Jobs etc.’ serves diverse disciplines, specialisms & levels, from charity directors & government regulators to sustainability, estates, and more

Posted on 30/12/2024 by IHBC

To help connect employers’ needs and practitioners’ skills, the IHBC regularly updates NewsBlog readers on the wide-ranging opportunities on our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, so be sure to sign up for free alerts and ‘stay ahead’ with the our unique career support service!

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IHBC looks ahead to 2025 No.2: Congratulations to 2024 ‘SAHGB-IHBC Research Award’ winners ‘double up’ – Dalkeith Palace & Thaxted Market Cross

Posted on 30/12/2024 by IHBC

The SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award for 2024 was announced and presented at the SAHGB Annual Awards ceremony – which took place at the church of St Anne’s, Limehouse, one of Nicholas Hawksmoor’s six London churches – as joint winners’ research ranged from the palace to the market cross.

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IHBC looks ahead to 2025 No.3:IHBC’s Christmas boost to Branch Committees’ infrastructure: Director’s first introductions to new ‘Branch Liaison & Support Consultants’

Posted on 30/12/2024 by IHBC

The IHBC’s Director Seán O’Reilly has written to representative Branch Committee Officers with initial introductions and contacts details for the new Branch Liaison and Support Consultants (BL&SC), our new way to help volunteers.

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IHBC looks ahead to 2025 No.4: Engine Shed & HES on ‘Preserving trades across the pond… top 6 takeaways’

Posted on 30/12/2024 by IHBC

‘What can we learn from building conservation practices in the USA, and what can they learn from our practices in Scotland?’ asks the Engine Shed, as Craft Fellows Cat Hotchkiss and Gordon Muir reported back from the International Preservation Trades Workshop (IPTW).

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IHBC looks ahead to 2025 No.5: Join the IHBC’s next virtual Council with free CPD, open to all IHBC members: Tuesday 21 January, 4pm, includes ‘transferable lessons for all practitioners’

Posted on 30/12/2024 by IHBC

All categories of IHBC members – Supporters, Affiliates, Associates and Full Members – are invited to join the IHBC’s next free online Council for more relevant and topical CPD.

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IHBC looks ahead to 2025 No.6:Look beyond retail to reverse high street decline, says new Lords report

Posted on 30/12/2024 by IHBC

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The Built Environment Committee has published its report, ‘High Streets: Life beyond retail?’, following its inquiry into high streets in towns and small cities.

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IHBC looks ahead to 2025 No.7: Cadw Governance Review advances as Cadw & RCAHMW advance Working Group

Posted on 30/12/2024 by IHBC

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Following a Cadw Governance Review in 2023 recommending a review of the Cadw/RCAHMW relationship, and a 2024 government call ‘to look closely at… functions and responsibilities and identify synergies’, the new Working Group is now advancing its consultation led by Carole Souter, independent member of the Working Group.

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IHBC looks ahead to 2025 No.8: England’s 2024 Heritage Open Day Evaluation, 1Mn+ visitors, 5427 events & 1000s of volunteers

Posted on 30/12/2024 by IHBC

England’s Heritage Open Day Festival for 2024 celebrated three decades of connecting communities and helping them discover the stories on their doorstep as over 1Mn visitors enjoyed the 5,427 events organised by our community of thousands of local volunteers and organisations.

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IHBC looks ahead to 2025 No.9:Search begins for a design team for the national Queen Elizabeth II Memorial

Posted on 30/12/2024 by IHBC

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UK Government has launched an open search today for a team to create a design masterplan to honour The Late Queen.

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IHBC looks ahead to 2025 No.10:England’s church heritage ‘danger zones’ revealed by National Churches Trust

Posted on 30/12/2024 by IHBC

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New data from the National Churches Trust (NCT) reveals England’s church heritage ‘danger zones’ and shows the number of churches at risk in MP’s constituencies. Find out how many churches, chapels, cathedrals and meeting houses are at risk in your constituency and what you can do to save them.

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