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- Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, featuring Past President Mike Brown’s Vox Pop 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s Communications and Outreach Strategy 2025-28 now online 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s Annual School ‘Save the Date’ notice & Home Page launch: IHBC’s 2026 Newcastle School, 18-20 June, on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ & up to 20 hours CPD – accessible, interdisciplinary, cost-effective 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: GII Coventry Baths demolition approved by Historic England 14/10/2025
- Government responds to Parliamentary Report on Home Retrofitting with £13.2bn programme 14/10/2025
- HH: Lack of support from Scottish Government threatening heritage tourism sector 14/10/2025
- People across the country set to benefit from £4M boost to improve accessibility to arts and culture: Open to 14/11 14/10/2025
- THA’s Heritage and Placemaking Survey and Call for Case Studies – they want to hear from you… by 17 October 14/10/2025
- BSRIA: Wellbeing in Buildings (TG 10/2025) 14/10/2025
- ‘Remaking the relationship between citizens and the built environment’, a blog via Demos 14/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Heritage home in Canada demolished despite Heritage Act 14/10/2025
- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ reaches across disciplines, levels & sectors, from charities – led here by Scotland & CEOs – to Officers (LG) Inspectors (HE) & more 10/10/2025
- Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, offers insights into ‘The world of generative AI’ 10/10/2025
- IHBC welcomes Gardens Trust report into the role of historic parks and gardens in the 21st century 10/10/2025
- IHBC joins 33 leading organisations calling for £6.8M in urgent funding to support Planning Schools 10/10/2025
- IHBC launches FREE ‘Events Calendar’ submission form – with potential for inclusion in our celebrated monthly CPD Circular 10/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’ (& ‘Management’ signpost): AJ on legal challenge to Barbican demolition… which ‘can proceed’ 10/10/2025
- Chancellor appoints infrastructure and planning adviser to clear path for new investments… to ‘do what it takes to get Britain building’ 10/10/2025
- Scotland’s ‘Properties and Collections Strategy: Towards Sustainable Stewardship’ consultation draft out, open to 23/01 10/10/2025
- £214m new funding for Welsh communities to improve neighbourhoods and restore pride 10/10/2025
- RICS calls for expressions of interest for pilot programmes of new professional pathways 10/10/2025
- RTPI launches five-year strategy to elevate planning: Empower 2030 10/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Donovan Rypkema & Heritage Strategies International seek input on ‘measuring in Arts, Culture, and Heritage’ 10/10/2025
- Presidential invite to IHBC’s ‘members-only’ online Council Wednesday 8 October, 4.30pm, on ‘Heritage Skills & the Conservation Professional’, Charter explorations & more 07/10/2025
- IHBC’s CPD Blog from #IHBCShrewsbury2025: Some ‘Academic Reflections on the IHBC Annual School… and participation’ from Dr Alison McCandlish IHBC, University of Glasgow 07/10/2025
New arrangements for National Amenity Society statutory consultations in England: IHBC’s ToolBox Guidance Note now out
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IHBC Scotland Branch AGM follows SCT’s IHBC-supported Conference on ‘Conservation Areas’: 27 November, Glasgow
The IHBC Scotland Branch AGM will follow on from The Scottish Civic Trust (SCT) 2017 Annual Conference in Glasgow on 27 November – hosted in partnership with the IHBC – with reduced conference rates for IHBC members, while the AGM is free and open to all.
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IHBC members: Can you help? ‘Bats in Churches’ survey closes 30 Nov
The HLF Bats in Churches (BiC) 2017 project partners – HLF, Natural England, Bat Conservation Trust, Historic England and Churches Conservation Trust – seek insights from anyone working or volunteering with historic buildings, including churches, who also has experience dealing with bats or natural heritage related issues, with the survey closing 30 November.
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IHBC HESPR’s weekly top weekly pick from c.£3.8M+ costed work: HE seeks research on ‘the Roman London Riverside Wall’, up to £9000, closing 30/11
The IHBC’s heritage business list, HESPR – the Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition scheme – offers its members weekly ‘News and Tender Alert’ emails, with costed opportunities worth more than £3.8M this week, while the IHBC Director’s current top pick for NewsBlog readers features a call Historic England (HE) for ‘Research into the Roman London Riverside Wall’, closing 30 November and valued at up to £9,000.
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IHBC Rural Panel offers CPD boost on ‘Vulnerability Brown’: The Gardens Trust on Capability Brown landscapes at risk
The IHBC’s Rural Panel of volunteers is a key player in advising public and private sector interests on rural policies and heritage landscapes, and here Panel Secretary, IHBC member Carole Ryan, offers thoughts on a new publication by the Gardens Trust: ‘Vulnerability Brown’.
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IHBC welcomes VAG bursaries for winter conference, closing 4 December: Theme ‘Vernacular survival’, 6-7 Jan, Leicester
The Vernacular Architecture Group (VAG) is offering three bursaries (closing 4 December) to assist registered students or professionals in the early years of their career to attend its 2018 Winter Conference – with no age limit, and both full-time and part-time students are welcome to apply – which will take place at the College Court Conference Centre, Leicester University on 6-7 January 2018 and take as its theme ‘Vernacular survival: the vernacular architecture of the ‘long eighteenth century’.’
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Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) Special Notice: Hon Secretary Neil Baxter stands down
The President of the RIAS, Stewart Henderson, has announced that its Secretary, Neil Baxter Hon FRIAS Hon FRIBA, is ‘standing down as of today.’
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A piece of Leeds heritage – Temple Mill in Holbeck – for (from) £1?
One of Leeds’s oldest and most cherished heritage buildings – a Grade I listed former Flax Mill which is ‘in a state of disrepair’ – is to be auctioned next month, with a starting price of just £1.
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Irresponsible development razes GII Tudno Castle Hotel, Llandudno
The Victorian Society reports that the Grade II-listed Tudno Castle Hotel in Llandudno is set to be completely demolished after botched planning has left it structurally unstable.
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Derry/Londonderry historic core voted RTPI NI’s ‘Best Place’
Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland’s ‘second city’ known for its chequered past and magnificent 17th century city walls, has been crowned the winner of Northern Ireland’s (NI) ‘Best Places’ competition.
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Pressure mounts on Plymouth council to sort crumbling Palace Theatre
Plymouth Council says it is ‘actively investigating’ ways of improving look of Plymouth’s Palace Theatre as a campaigner has pleaded with council chiefs to force the owners of the Palace Theatre to carry out urgent repairs so it finally stops blighting Union Street.
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Nuclear shelter vent turned into R2D2 from Star Wars
A group of unknown graffiti artists in Prague have transformed an unsightly air vent for a nuclear shelter into the Star Wars robot R2D2, it’s reported.
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IHBC welcomes DD Architects to our HESPR register: ‘Companies large and small gain from special HESPR’s service support and benefits’
DD Architects, Conservation Architects, based in East Sussex, has become the latest company to be included under the IHBC’s conservation service HESPR listing (www.ihbc.org.uk/hespr), joining more than 30 heritage businesses in quality assurance, benefits and support services across the IHBC’s commercial conservation network.
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IHBC CPD boost on ‘IPR’ from Design council: What is Intellectual Property? – An expert’s introduction
Design Council Spark has published a post on Intellectual Property (IP) from brand and design expert John Coldham, a director at leading IP law firm Gowling WLG, who is part of the Design Council Spark Community.
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Liverpool takes back £7m parks deal from private firm
Liverpool City Council is set to award its wholly-owned company a major £7m contract for maintenance of parks and green spaces.
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Interactive map of construction activity across UK and Ireland launched
Considerate Constructors Scheme(CCScheme) has launched a pioneering construction map information to offer a single point of reference for construction activity across the UK and Ireland.
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DExEU releases a list of 58 sectors with written impact assessments relating to Brexit
In response to a freedom of Information request, the Department for Exiting the EU (DExEU) has released a list of the 58 sectors for which it has written impact assessments relating to Brexit, and while there are impact assessments looking at the impact of Brexit on Museums, galleries and libraries, and on Tourism, there is no impact assessment listed for the sector as a whole or for those parts of the sector not included in other assessments.
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THA: Heritage and Health Questionnaire for England
Following the positive reception of this year’s debate The Heritage Alliance (THA) is looking to produce a paper on how Heritage supports health. We’d welcome case studies from THA members and comments from debate attendees.
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£5m project to turn Wedgwood Institute into new enterprise centre
Stoke-on-Trent City Council set to invest another £650,000 into the restoration project to turn Wedgwood Institute into new enterprise.
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Thousands of Rome’s historical images digitized
Researchers digitized thousands of pieces from 19th-century archaeologist Rodolfo Lanciani’s collection to help scholars across the world study Rome’s transformation.
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Telegraph on England’s ‘at-risk churches’: Number grows as Historic England warns dwindling congregations are struggling
The Telegraph has alerted readers that churches are in danger of falling into disrepair as diminishing congregations mean they are increasingly being added to the ‘at-risk’ register.
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BBC on conservation conundrums: V&A to display Robin Hood Gardens Brutalist flats
The BBC has featured a decision by the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) – formerly the ‘Museum of Manufactures’ – to preserve the design values of representative flats in London’s famous Brutalist mass housing complex, Robin Hood Gardens, scheduled for demolition.
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IHBC 2018 School, Belfast, 21-23 June – First marker: ‘Heritage Collective’ (HESPR member) welcomed as Principal School Sponsor
The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) is delighted to announce Heritage Collective as the Principal Sponsor for the IHBC’s 2018 Annual School, in Belfast, 21-23rd June 2018, which will take as its title ‘Our Shared Heritage’, reflecting the theme for the 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage.
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LAST CHANCE – IHBC’s Course Connection Day 2017!
Free support & networking for conservation-curious student reps, Brum, 23 Nov – Ask Carla ASAP!
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IHBC, heritage and client bodies partner to warn government of flawed policy in retrofitting older homes
The IHBC is one of several leading heritage organisations and client bodies – including the Church of England and the National Trust – that have written to the Government to highlight the way ‘flawed’ energy efficiency policy is leading to mistreatments in traditional buildings. Continue reading
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