The IHBC is delighted to announce that Duncan Wilson CBE, Chief Executive at Historic England, will offer an online welcome and take questions at the IHBC’s Shrewsbury Day School on 13 June – #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – opening a unique day of insights, learning, discussion and investigation into how context and conservation combine.
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The previous issue of IHBC’s members’ journal, Context – No. 182 – included a special update from our guest Student Awards judge for 2024, John Fidler, responding to the submissions, a sound reminder both of submissions for 2025 and the awards presentations at our 2025 School, #IHBCShrewsbury2025, on 13 June.
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New non-statutory national guidance has been developed by Transport Scotland to support the design of town centres and busy streets that are inclusive for all.
Continue readingIHBC’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 plans for the UK’s plans for a new inventory of traditions, with nominations to be accepted under seven categories.
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Farnborough College of Technology’s construction campus in Aldershot has unveiled the Half-house, a cutting-edge facility designed to teach sustainable building practices.
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New training will help deliver 1.5 million homes which will transform communities and drive growth through the Plan for Change.
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Tony Juniper CBE reappointed to continue protecting nature and boosting growth as Natural England Chair. His reappointment comes as Environment Secretary, Steve Reed, is rewiring and reforming Defra and its arm’s-length bodies to unlock growth under the Plan for Change.
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Historic England (HE) has awarded a grant of £550,000 for the repair and restoration of the Jumbo Municipal Water Tower in Colchester, continuing its commitment to saving this significant local landmark.
Continue readingThe Statistical Bulletin has been produced by Jisc in collaboration with statisticians from the Department for Education, the Office for Students, the Welsh Government, the Scottish Government and the Department for the Economy Northern Ireland and been released according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
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URBACT’s Call for Transfer Networks, is running from 1 April until 30 June 2025. Discover the Good Practices that will be transferred, note the dates of the information sessions in your agenda, and get ready to hop on the transfer train!
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With just a couple of weeks until London’s UK Construction Week (UKCW) – this year co-located with The Stone Show & Hard Surfaces – the event is set to be the biggest and best yet, so the IHBC will be there, with partners from the SPAB, ICON, and our host partners, Historic England.
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Following on from the launch of the 2025 Annual School and the linked pre-conference CPD in Redruth on 13 March, the IHBC is delighted to announce a series of online lunchtime webinars across a variety of topics that relate to the school theme of ‘Heritage in Context’, all open to everyone and free to attend, and all supporting #IHBCShrewsbury2025.
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The IHBC knows that the wellbeing of those working and volunteering in the heritage sector is vital to its sustainability and success, so to better understand the current state of staff wellbeing, the Institute has launched a new ‘Heritage Staff Wellbeing at Work’ survey for professionals and volunteers across the sector (closing 1 May).
Continue readingThe IHBC is delighted to announce that Duncan Wilson CBE, Chief Executive at Historic England, will offer an online welcome and take questions at the IHBC’s Shrewsbury Day School on 13 June – #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – opening a unique day of insights, learning, discussion and investigation into how context and conservation combine.
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Historic England (HE) has explored how to measure the value of heritage attractions in a way that captures the additional benefits people receive beyond just the ticketed experience.
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The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members regular ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick this week is a call from a Council for consultant reports, including designs, for heritage project enhancement, accessibility and preservation, from £120K and to 07/05.
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The National Churches Trust is drawing up blueprint to show how to save churches from closure, reports Church Times.
Continue readingCadw, Historic England and Historic Environment Scotland (HES) have been working together to improve the standard of retrofit training delivery in response to known skills and knowledge gaps in the current retrofit workforce and have published a new handbook to support learners undertaking retrofit qualifications.
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The Scottish Government has issued new guidance to assist with engagement activities in the preparation of local development plans, and is part of measures introduced by the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 to ‘put community voices at the heart of the planning system in Scotland’.
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Construction work to repair buildings, including historic churches, is charged VAT at the 20% standard rate. The Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme provides grants to mitigate the VAT costs for these repairs.
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The Historic Towns and Villages Forum (HTVF) is seeking new trustees to help the Board make the most of a transformative stage in its history.
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Open Culture features architectural historian Tony Robins in a half-hour video explores the enduring ‘big stars of the New York City skyline’
Continue readingThe previous issue of IHBC’s members’ journal, Context – No. 182 – included a special update from our guest Student Awards judge for 2024, John Fidler, responding to the submissions, a sound reminder both of submissions for 2025 and the awards presentations at our 2025 School, #IHBCShrewsbury2025, on 13 June.
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Following on from the launch of the 2025 Annual School and the linked pre-conference CPD in Redruth on 13 March, the IHBC is delighted to announce a series of online lunchtime webinars across a variety of topics that relate to the school theme of ‘Heritage in Context’, all open to everyone and free to attend, and all supporting #IHBCShrewsbury2025.
Continue readingThe IHBC knows that the wellbeing of those working and volunteering in the heritage sector is vital to its sustainability and success, so to better understand the current state of staff wellbeing, the Institute has launched a new ‘Heritage Staff Wellbeing at Work’ survey for professionals and volunteers across the sector (closing 1 May).
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