The IHBC is delighted to announce that our 2025 Shrewsbury Day School has added a new learning thread, as now specialist exhibitors will add even more CPD learning, engagement and networking opportunities for in-person delegates, with a call for Virtual School delegates to make contact too, but booking options are closing fast!
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Judges in the tenth year of the IHBC Marsh Charitable Trust Awards are delighted to announce the 2025 Awards, as Carole Ryan secures the ‘Community Contribution by a Retired Member of the IHBC’ award, while the ‘Successful Learning in Heritage Skills’ goes to William Johnson of Stonewest and the Building Crafts College.
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The IHBC is delighted to thank all contributors for the strong response to our Heritage Staff Wellbeing at Work survey, helping us understand the current state of wellbeing among those working and volunteering in the heritage sector, while announcing that the survey is now closed so that analysis, plans and actions can advance.
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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 Centre for Economic and Business Research (Cebr) has found that public funding in the arts and culture sector generates indirect economic impact – or ‘spillovers’ – that support the continued growth of the creative industries and wider economic development.
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St Mary’s Banbury is the biggest arts venue in a town with more than 50,000 residents, but now struggles to fund a £1M renovation with a new claims cap in the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme (LPWGS), reports The Church of England (CoE).
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The Countryside Alliance’s latest investigation has revealed that from 2022 to 2024 over 9,000 crimes have been committed on church property as well as other religious premises.
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DCMS commissioned the University of Warwick (Warwick Business School) to undertake an evidence review of the impact of the UK Cities of Culture programme, with the report now issued.
Continue readingThe Impact Assessment for the Planning and Infrastructure Bill has been issued by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).
Continue readingAn independent review of the Arts Council England (ACE) for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) – covering strategic objectives, working relationships and partnerships, and the relationship between ACE and government – has had its call for evidence date extended to 30 June 2025.
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The Heritage Alliance (THA) has submitted evidence to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) on its consultation on improving the energy performance of privately rented homes.
Continue readingThe 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale has opened its doors to November 23rd, transforming the city into a global stage for architectural innovation, critical discourse, and creative exchange with the title ‘Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective.’, reports Designboom in conversation with Carlo Ratti curator, Italian architect and MIT professor.
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Last week the IHBC’s Angharad Hart and Michael Netter (also STBA Director) hosted our stand in the Heritage Hub at London’s UK Construction Week (UKCW) – which includes The Stone Show – alongside SPAB, ICON, and host partners, Historic England led by Clara Willet IHBC.
Continue readingThe IHBC is delighted to thank all for your strong response to our Heritage Staff Wellbeing at Work survey, helping us understand the current state of wellbeing among those working and volunteering in the heritage sector, and to ensure we capture a full and representative picture, we’re extending the deadline to Wednesday 22 May, 11.59pm.
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The IHBC’s 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM) saw new (and old) trustees appointed; confirmation of the IHBC’s Charter Memorandum submission on May 13@14:15, and other business, all bookended by Griff Rhys Jones on our 2025 Annual School, #IHBCShrewsbury2025, and Tim Greensmith on ‘Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings…’.
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The Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) Committee has published the written evidence submissions for its inquiry into how land value capture policies – which seek to capture the value uplift on land when it is granted planning permission – can contribute to Government’s house building plans.
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Timed to mark the 100-year anniversary of the Paris exposition that introduced art deco to the world, Dezeen Agenda Special Edition explores the style’s origins, key moments, major figures and legacy.
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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 DB features IHBC President Rebecca Thompson’s heritage focus at UKREiiF 2025.
Continue readingSouthend Council has pledged to use ‘every tool in the toolbox’ to take legal action against the owners of the Kursaal’s lease if urgent repairs are not carried out, reports The Echo.
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Nominations will open this summer for traditions like Notting Hill Carnival, Hogmanay and artisanal crafts to be officially recognised.
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The 20th Century Society (C20society)says its risk list of outstanding 20 and 21 century buildings at risk from demolition, dereliction or neglect is dominated by cases from the north of England.
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Icon has partnered with the Chartered Institute for Architectural Technologists, the Chartered Institute of Building, and the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists to develop ‘The Arc’.
Continue readingTo gather the perspectives of CABE members and professionals working within building control, CABE has sought member and professional views on the building control system in England and Wales.
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The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and The King’s Foundation have announced the launch of a new initiative to champion retrofit, promote the reuse of existing buildings, and spotlight the local skills and expertise needed to make it happen.
Continue readingIn 2018, The Heritage Alliance (THA) published a report highlighting the international work of our members – spanning all seven continents, and now, with support from Europa Nostra UK, it is are now updating our report, seeking fresh insight, case studies and recommendations by members.
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