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- 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
- IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: Free entry to Listed Property Show, Malvern, 10-11/10… just email Charlie, or bring your IHBC business card! 07/10/2025
- IHBC launches FREE ‘Events Calendar’ submission form – with potential for inclusion in our celebrated monthly CPD Circular 07/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost ‘The Big Think’ UK Heritage Pulse update – Sector-wide collaboration and relevance 07/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ Signpost looks back: Why Foxglove and Global Action Plan are opposing the Woodlands data centre 07/10/2025
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: BD on regen in Newcastle – UK Design Capital of the Year & IHBC 2026 School Venue 07/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Victorian engine found in attic of former Scots jail ‘one of three in world’ 07/10/2025
- 2024 ICOMOS Annual Report now available 07/10/2025
- C20 welcomes listing of Sir David Chipperfield’s first UK building (1987-89), 1 Cobham Mews Studios in Camden 07/10/2025
- From the Carbon Trust’s Insight Series: New draft Net Zero Standard version 2.0, and ‘What it means for corporates’ 07/10/2025
- Adults’ People and Nature Survey Results Released 07/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Climate Heritage Network ‘Refresher on the Global Call to Put Culture at the heart of Climate Action’ 07/10/2025
- Presidential invite to IHBC’s ‘members-only’ online Council Wednesday 8 October, 4.30pm, on ‘Heritage Skills & the Conservation Professional’, Charter explorations & more 03/10/2025
- IHBC’s October ‘CPD Circular’: Accessible, cost-conscious learning, events & resources, with Branch events, CPD Partnerships, Lime, Lutyens & more 03/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: Free entry to Listed Property Show, Malvern, 10-11/10… just email Charlie, or bring your IHBC business card! 03/10/2025
- 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 03/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: West Dean’s 10% discount on specialist Conservation courses for IHBC members (all categories) 03/10/2025
- IHBC’s Professional Signpost: Historic Rochester Grade II listed bridge undergoes detailed principal inspection 03/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £87.5K+ weekly works: Social landlord seeks affordable housing services, to 10/10, £84K 03/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Decision on plan for Glasgow’s iconic Barrowlands sign 03/10/2025
- Housing Secretary issues ‘call to arms’ to ‘build, baby, build’ 03/10/2025
- Parliamentary Inquiry: ‘The Environment in Focus’, open to suggestions to 10 Oct 03/10/2025
- Surge in 18–25-year-old new members as National Trust annual report reveals growth of 39% 03/10/2025
- Edinburgh’s Cockburn Association welcomes new Director, Rowan Brown 03/10/2025
England’s Housing White Paper: Amenity concerns on the rise
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Sunderland achieves Heritage Action Zone (HAZ) status from Historic England
The city’s historic Fawcett Street and Old Sunderland is one of only 10 in the country to secure special status from Historic England, which aims to unlock the potential of historic areas to help them achieve economic growth.
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Scotland’s conservation crisis No 3: RICS highlights tenement risk from lack of maintenance
The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in Scotland has issued a policy proposal for a Tenement Health Check that aims to tackle risks from a perceived lack of maintenance.
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Developers fined for removing historic fixtures from every room of Lincoln home
A property development company has been ordered to pay more than £55,000 after ignoring heritage planners and removing historic fabric and fixtures from a listed building without consent, according to the Lincolnite.
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Inquiry launched into £4bn Palace of Westminster renovation plan
The huge costs of proposals have resulted in a Select Committee investigation by Members of Parliament.
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IHBC Gus Astley Student Award 2017 open for submissions: Showcase your course work by 31 July – winners at Belfast School in 2018
The IHBC’s 2017 Gus Astley Student Award is open for entries, so if you have presented coursework on a taught course that you think merits wider recognition by us, be sure to submit it by 31 July, while awardees wil have a chance to receive their prizes at the IHBC’s Annual School in Belfast in June 2018.
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IHBC and international debate: Can Wellington (NZ) save its heritage buildings before it’s too late?
There’s an intense local debate between those who favour knocking down some of Wellington’s historic but unsafe buildings and those who believe that at least some of them can be preserved, according to the Dominion Post in New Zealand, as evidenced by the readers’ comments on the piece.
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HLF extends crowdfunding programme
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has extended its pilot UK crowdfunding scheme until the end of February.
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‘Local military heritage at risk’ due to MoD cuts
Dozens of small regimental museums are to lose Ministry of Defence (MoD) funding by the end of next decade, according to the Daily Telegraph.
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Are you the next generation of heritage leader?
Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is providing £96,000 to the Clore Leadership Programme (CLP) to foster future leaders in the heritage sector (closing date 13 February).
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£10 million contributed to local economies during England’s 2016 Heritage Open Days festival
The Heritage Open Days (HODs) 2016 Impact Report shows the huge numbers of people that explored England’s heritage for free in September 2016 – with an estimated 3 million visitors attending 5293 events.
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CWGC seeks paid interns for 2017 Centenary programme
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is looking for 18-25 year-olds for paid internships for French and Belgian sites (closing date 20 January 2017).
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International: First round of Cultural Protection Fund projects announced
The British Council has announced the initial projects to be supported by the Cultural Protection Fund, which will protect heritage overseas.
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3D scans of Forth Bridges to power educational games and learning
Incredibly detailed 3D scans of the Forth Bridge will form the basis for interactive games promoting engineering skills for school children, it has been revealed.
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Tilbury Fort stars in new BBC TV series
Essex’s Tilbury Fort was transformed into 19th century streets for BBC One’s mini-series Taboo, which began on 7 January 2017.
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RICS Awards 2017 deadline extended to 27 January
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has extended the awards entry deadline for projects in eight categories, including Building Conservation, that showcase inspirational regional initiatives and developments in land, property, construction and the built environment.
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IHBC seeks perspectives on Brexit planning for conservation – plans Europe ‘Special Interest Group’ following Council+ discussions
With numerous initiatives now beginning to examine ‘Brexit’, also known as Brexit, the IHBC, led by Mike Brown, IHBC Vice President, is asking members for their perspectives on Brexit planning for the conservation sector, and would like to hear from members with ideas on these matters, and/or any interest in joining an IHBC European Special Interest Group.
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IHBC Reminder: Marsh Awards for ‘Retired IHBC members’ and new ‘Heritage learners’, close end March 2017
The IHBC’s new Marsh Awards programme has entered its second year with the recent launch of the 2017 Awards, which celebrate both retired IHBC members working in the community and successful learners in heritage practice, and with prizes that include £500 and a free place at the IHBC’s Annual School (closing date 31 March 2017).
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IHBC’s ‘Top HESPR tender pick of the week’: Blaenau Gwent County BC, Town Centres Strategy, closing 27 Jan
The IHBC’s commercial conservation services listing, HESPR – the Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition scheme – offers its members weekly HESPR Bulletins that bring tender opportunities together into one handy resource, whle the Director’s top pick for IHBC members this week features a call from Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council (BC) for a specialist consultant to develop select Town Centre Strategies, with a closing date of 27 January, and no valuation stated.
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IHBC CPD boost: The impact of Business Improvement Districts on urban regeneration
Peter Williams, CEO of Better Bankside in London, talks about how Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) can influence change on a local level and foster urban regeneration, reports Planning & Building Control Today.
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Scotland’s Conservation Crisis No 2: HES – 53% sites at risk
More than half of heritage sites and monuments managed by Historic Environment Scotland (HES) are at risk, according to a recent report, as analysis of 352 historic sites and monuments found 89 per cent were exposed to ‘damaging’ environmental effects, though mitigation calculations can reduce the count to 53%.
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Scoping for limited VAT review
The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) will carry out a review of a range of aspects of VAT in order to consider whether the VAT system is ‘working appropriately in today’s economy and to identify simplification opportunities’, with an update on its work and call for evidence to appear in the spring of 2017.
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HSE launches new Health and Work Strategy
The Helping Great Britain Work Well strategy from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) sets out how everyone who undertakes or influences workplace activities can contribute to the ambition of improving Great Britain’s health and safety record.
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Apps will allow European online heritage curation via Facebook-like platform
A new Facebook-like social platform and smartphone applications (apps) will be developed by a European consortium to enable people to document Europe’s cultural heritage.
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Lottery boosts coastal tourism with £33 million investment in parks
The National Lottery funds will revitalise 13 public parks across the UK, including five situated in coastal communities.
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