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- IHBC’s December ‘CPD Circular’ now out: Accessible, cost-conscious learning, events & resources, with Branch & National AGMs, Surgeries, CPD Partnerships & more 28/11/2025
- IHBC Supporter Surgery for aspiring Affiliates: Have you registered yet? 11 December, 1pm (IHBC CPD too!) 28/11/2025
- IHBC’s 2025 Parliamentary Briefing launches research-led ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’… From Crafts in Crisis to Rubbish in Retrofit 28/11/2025
- IHBC welcomes new joint CEOs at Historic England to post 28/11/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ & ‘Management ‘ Signpost: DB’s ‘brief outline of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill’, with terms, and amendments 28/11/2025
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £2.4M+ of weekly works: BC seeks review of Conservation Areas, to £50K 28/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Two companies fined total of £190k for unauthorised Grade I listed building works following BNES council prosecution 28/11/2025
- Government consultation: ‘Reforms to the statutory consultee system’, to 13/01/2026 28/11/2025
- Gardens Trust on ‘Government Consultation on Removal of the Gardens Trust as a Statutory Consultee’ 28/11/2025
- NLHF launches Future Heritage Leadership Programme, open to 10/12, starting March 2026 28/11/2025
- As UK City of Culture 2029 opens, new ‘UK Town of Culture’ competition – to shine a spotlight on towns – opens soon too 28/11/2025
- UK Parliamentary Cttee. launches International Climate Policy Inquiry, ‘on UK climate policy and finance’, seeking evidence, to 7/01/2026 28/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: European Heritage Excellence Day 2025 spotlights innovation, creativity and community engagement 28/11/2025
- PAS 28/11/2025
- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ services spans disciplines, levels & sectors, linked by interdisciplinary conservation practice standards delivering public benefit 25/11/2025
- IHBC’s 2025 Parliamentary Briefing launches research-led ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’… From Crafts in Crisis to Rubbish in Retrofit 25/11/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Evaluation’ Signpost from Sheehan Quirke via Open Culture: ‘How did the world get so ugly?’ 25/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (duplicate) doorstep’: Plans for first Iron Age broch ‘in 2000 years’ approved for Highlands 25/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Lottery) doorstep’: Historic Birnbeck pier saved as surprise funding announced from NLHF 25/11/2025
- ‘Natural England’s Strategy: Recovering Nature for Growth, Health and Security’ – with ‘nature as essential to sustaining growth and a healthy society’ 25/11/2025
- HE & ACE issue first parts of suite of guidance, templates and factsheets etc. 25/11/2025
- Government’s Pride in Place: Strategy update 25/11/2025
- Winners of the Georgian Group Architectural Awards announced! 25/11/2025
- Joining the dots: A single EDI portal for the sector 25/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Worker dies after partial collapse of medieval tower in Rome 25/11/2025
Tag Archives: heritage
IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: ‘It should be listed’… Tracey Emin slams alterations to brutalist Arlington House, Margate
image for illustration: Arlington House Margate by Spudgun67, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Opponents of alterations to brutalist building Arlington House in Margate say the modifications will damage the architectural integrity of the block and reduce views of the seafront … Continue reading
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IHBC welcomes Ian Baxter’s ‘Heritage Careers Guide 2024-2025’, from BEFS and THA
The IHBC has welcomed the new ‘Heritage Careers Guide 2024-2025’, compiled by Professor Ian Baxter (Heriot-Watt University) in collaboration with Built Environment Forum Scotland (BEFS) and The Heritage Alliance (THA), which provides a comprehensive resource for heritage sector careers.
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Take ‘A Walk on the Wild Side’ with IHBC London’s essential interdisciplinary CPD on managing buildings & nature for sustainability: Landscapes, biodiversity, place & more, in London, 01/09, from only £100 (NO VAT, inc. lunch etc)
The IHBC’s London Branch 2024 conference on 1 October explores how conservation of the natural and historic environments can be managed to make better places in its next annual Conference, at the Grade I Royal College of Physicians, from only … Continue reading
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Tagged building, climate change, conservation, environment, expertise, government, heritage, nature, planning, skills
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IHBC 2024 Student Award UPDATE – New closing date, 30 September: Seeks relevant coursework ‘written, designed or made’… to win £500 & free #IHBCShrewsbury2025 School place
The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award closes on 31 September this year, so if you have submitted relevant coursework on a UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, whether ‘written, designed or made’ – over the two years … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Parliament asks what is the ‘Grey Belt’
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’, and this week’s special news features from a House of Lords Committee’s inquiry into … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Modern Aberystwyth University campus buildings listed, II*/II
image for illustration: Ian Capper / Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wikimedia Commons Three 1960s and 1970s buildings on the campus of Aberystwyth University designed by Dale Owen – the Bell Tower and The Hugh Owen Building have been listed at Grade II, with the … Continue reading
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HES ‘Grants Programme Baseline Report 2023-24’ published: How are we spending our money?
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has published its Grants Programme Baseline Report for 2023-24 indicating how grant aid money is being spent.
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Crystal Palace Subway, for 160th anniversary
image for illustration: Crystal Palace Subway by Doyle of London, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The remarkable Grade II* listed Crystal Palace Subway in South London begins a new era following major restoration, in time for its 160th anniversary in 2025.
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IHBC’s ‘CPD Circular’ update: An extra issue for a busy schedule of opportunities, awards, calls & more, from the ‘Wild Side’ in London in person (01/10), to engineering, retrofit, and more
IHBC’s second CPD Circular of September looks to October, offering our regular serving of accessible, cost-effective Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities, including a wide range of local IHBC Branch events from London’s ‘Wild Side’ walk on 1/10 (from only £100) … Continue reading
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Take ‘A Walk on the Wild Side’ with IHBC London’s essential interdisciplinary CPD on conservation, nature and sustainability: Landscapes, biodiversity, place & more, 01/10, from only £100 (NO VAT, with lunch etc)
The IHBC’s London Branch 2024 conference on 1 October explores how conservation of the natural and historic environments can be managed to make better places in its next annual Conference, at the Grade I Royal College of Physicians, from only … Continue reading
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IHBC seeks consultant ‘Support Officer’ service with good IT, comms & personal skills: Help boost capacity & value to Branches, members, partners & more, from £120-£160/day, 2-3 days/week, closes 18/10
If you would like to get involved at the hub of the IHBC’s UK-wide built and historic environment conservation practice network, have strong IT, comms & personal skills, and seek flexible home-working with huge potential for travel and learning, let … Continue reading
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IHBC 2024 Student Award UPDATE – New closing date, 30 September: Seeks relevant coursework ‘written, designed or made’… to win £500 & free #IHBCShrewsbury2025 School place
The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award closes on 31 September this year, so if you have submitted relevant coursework on a UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, whether ‘written, designed or made’ – over the two years … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £50K of works this week: Council seeks guidance note for owners etc. on energy etc, to 27/09 & £10K
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 Borough Council (BC) for … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Residents fears new arts centre could harm Saltaire’s WHS heritage
image for illustration: Saltaire Map – Ordnance Survey UK, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Residents of a UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS) village have raised fears that a new community and arts centre would put its historic character at risk, … Continue reading
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Closing churches cuts worship numbers, National Churches Trust poll finds
image for illustration In person church attendance can fall by almost a third (29%) if a local church closes, a new opinion poll commissioned by the National Churches Trust shows, with 22% of churchgoers who currently attend religious services in … Continue reading
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HEF’s ‘Historic Environment Skills and Careers Action Plan for England’ – HESCAPE, out now
The Historic Environment Forum (HEF) has issued its ‘Historic Environment Skills and Careers Action Plan for England’.
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Review of Creative Scotland announced, for a sustainable culture sector
As part of this year’s ‘Programme for Government’, Scotland’s Culture Secretary Angus Robertson has announced a review of Creative Scotland to ensure its operations and structure are optimal to the needs of the culture sector.
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IHBC seeks consultant ‘Support Officer’ service with good IT, comms & personal skills: Help boost capacity & value to Branches, members, partners & more, from £120-£160/day, 2-3 days/week, closes 18/10
If you would like to get involved at the hub of the IHBC’s UK-wide built and historic environment conservation practice network, have strong IT, comms & personal skills, and seek flexible home-working with huge potential for travel and learning, let … Continue reading
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IHBC welcomes 25% reduction for members at the 2024 RICS ‘Global Building Conservation Conference, online, 25/09
The IHBC is delighted to announce the special offer to members of a 25% reduction at the 2024 RICS ‘Global Building Conservation Conference’, online on Wednesday 25 September, with up to 7 Hours Formal CPD.
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IHBC 2024 Student Award UPDATE – New closing date, 30 September: Seeks relevant coursework ‘written, designed or made’… to win £500 & free #IHBCShrewsbury2025 School place
The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award closes on 31 September this year, so if you have submitted relevant coursework on a UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, whether ‘written, designed or made’ – over the two years … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Dezeen on FLW Skyscraper Hotel closure due to unapproved sales of historic items
IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News & Tender Alerts’, and this week’s news from Dezeen on Frank Lloyd Wright’s (FLW) Skyscraper Hotel temporary … Continue reading
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Applications are open for the SPAB Fellowship 2025: To 14/10
Applications are open for the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) Fellowship 2025 with a deadline for applications of 14 October 2024.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Italy’s construction boom sparks demand for archaeologists
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 Italy is currently witnessing an unprecedented demand for archaeologists, driven by a construction boom funded by the EU’s post-pandemic recovery initiative.
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IHBC seeks ‘Support Officer’ consultant/service with good IT, comms & personal skills: Help boost capacity & value to Branches, members, partners & more, from £120-£160/day, 2-3 days/week, closes 18/10
If you would like to get involved at the hub of the IHBC’s UK-wide built and historic environment conservation practice network, have strong IT, comms & personal skills, and seek flexible home-working with huge potential for travel and learning, let … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: Free entry to The Listed Property Show in Malvern, 23-24/09… just email Charlie!
The Listed Property Owners’ Club (LPOC) is offering free entry for IHBC members to its 2-day exhibition and conference in Malvern, on 23-24 October, with members’ free tickets available by emailing charlie@lpoc.co.uk with your name, postal address, IHBC membership number … Continue reading
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