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- Lodge your IHBC proxy vote (accredited members only) ASAP & book your online place (members only) for IHBC’s 2026 AGM, 7 January 2026, featuring HE’s co-CEO, from 5.30pm, with 6pm AGM 30/12/2025
- IHBC welcomes latest engineers’ CARE guidance for assessing proposed heritage demolition/partial demolition in UK & Ireland 30/12/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Save the Date’ notice for all Branch Committees: Have your say at our next online Branch Connection Event, 22 January 2025, 2pm – 4pm 30/12/2025
- IHBC issues formal notice for 2026 AGM, online on 7 January 2026, from 5.30pm (with special presentation!) for 6pm start 30/12/2025
- IHBC’s Context 185 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, with ‘A carbon case for indigenous slate’ 30/12/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ Signpost: Scotland’s APRS – Full Report on ‘Battery Energy Storage Systems and Planning’ 30/12/2025
- IHBC’s Practice Signpost: HE’s Guide, Toolkit & Case Studies for cultural & heritage bodies… ‘Developing a Decarbonisation Plan’ 30/12/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: Historic Houses on ‘Understanding the impact of the COVID-19 Culture Recovery Fund’ 30/12/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Evaluation’ Signpost: Community Support Hub for the new Living Heritage in the UK inventory, 14/01, 12/02 & more 30/12/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Management’ Signpost: Scotland’s ‘Properties and Collections Strategy…’ consultation draft out, open to 23/01 30/12/2025
- IHBC’s (Global) ‘Management’ Signpost: ‘Welcome to the Irish Walled Towns Network’ 30/12/2025
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £86K+ of weekly works (23/12): Scottish contractor seeks project Conservation Architect, to 19/01 30/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Vic Soc) doorstep’: Griff Rhys Jones urges public to nominate historic buildings to save 30/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (HE) doorstep’: 19 Remarkable Historic Places Listed by Historic England in 2025 30/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: NTHP sues to stop White House Ballroom works for violating Constitutional property clause & absent Congress authorisation 30/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: House Europe needs 1 million signatures for laws to protect affordable housing and the climate, ‘and make renovation the new norm’ 30/12/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Save the Date’ notice for all Branch Committees: Have your say at our next online Branch Connection Event, 22 January 2025, 2pm – 4pm 23/12/2025
- Lodge your IHBC proxy vote (accredited members only) ASAP & book your online place (members only) for IHBC’s 2026 AGM, 7 January 2026, featuring HE’s co-CEO, from 5.30pm, with 6pm AGM 23/12/2025
- IHBC’s Context 185 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, featuring Chris Wood on ‘A code of practice for slate and stone roofing’ 23/12/2025
- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ spans disciplines, levels & sectors as interdisciplinary conservation practice standards deliver public benefit 23/12/2025
- IHBC’s 2025 Parliamentary Briefing launches research-led ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’… From Crafts in Crisis to Rubbish in Retrofit 23/12/2025
- IHBC’s Research signpost: ‘… synergy… of historic building retrofit and the heritage of traditional building craft practices…’ 23/12/2025
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’ No.1: DB with its ‘Designing Buildings Christmas verse’ 23/12/2025
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’ No.2: NCE on ‘The dilemma of industrial heritage’… 23/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (pub) doorstep’: The 12 Pubs of Christmas – a seasonal Blog from Historic England 23/12/2025
IHBC’s Research spotlight: Heritage Fund research – ‘Kick the Dust programme evaluation: empowering young people in heritage’
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Designing Buildings features free pre-School CPD webinars for #IHBCReading2024
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 features Designing Buildings features IHBC’s free-to-all pre-School CPD webinars for #IHBCReading2024.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Hemsby man who lost home due to erosion suing government
A man who lost his Norfolk home to the sea will appear in court this summer where he is suing the government for failing to protect him from climate change, reports the Great Yarmouth Mercury.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Activists occupy London house set for demolition by ‘not-for-profit’ housing association
Housing and climate campaigners are occupying a house in south-east London in protest against its planned demolition and the ‘crime’ of leaving empty homes boarded up amid a housing crisis, reports the Morning Star.
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CIC: Government must make up for lost time with an improved plan for healthier, climate resilient homes and buildings
The Construction Industry Council (CIC) has responded to the ‘Future Homes and Buildings Standards’ consultations, calling on government to accelerate the futureproofing and decarbonisation of our homes.
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Creative UK has published it’s Manifesto ‘Our Creative Future’
The Cultural and Creative Industries are key to social and economic prosperity in the United Kingdom. Now is the time for radical new thinking. Now is the time to secure Our Creative Future.
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CLC sets out ambitious delivery plan for 2024
Preparing industry for the Building Safety Act, improving productivity, reducing carbon emissions and supporting biodiversity will be the priorities for the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) in 2024.
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Too many women don’t see themselves in building crafts & SPAB is trying to change that
When Georjie Adams turned up at our Boxley Working Party last year in her stunning tiny wooden house, Bluebell, the SPAB was intrigued, and when it found out she’d made Bluebell by hand, and that she’d had no prior experience in construction, SPAB needed to find out more…
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IHBC’s new in-person ‘Day School+’ options for #IHBCReading2024, 14/06: Add Thursday Reception (£20+VAT) and/or Friday Annual Dinner (£65+VAT) – limited availability, book now
A new offer, with strictly limited availability, means Day School delegates can include Thursday’s ‘Welcome & Drinks’ Reception (£20+VAT, in the MERL) and/or Friday’s Annual Dinner (£65+VAT, in the university), with Student and Awards presentations.
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Save the date & pass it on: 14 June, IHBC’s Virtual Day School for #IHBCReading2024 – finance, law, people & more, from £30+VAT (IHBC, RTPI, Conservation Courses, Fit for the Future etc.)
Save 14 June for IHBC’s Virtual School and more, with wide-ranging heritage expertise uniquely linking finance (Adala Leeson), law (Charles Mynors), project management (Rebecca Thompson, St Paul’s; Sarah Khan, handover etc.), people (Peter Aiers), technology (Alan Forster), infrastructure (Purcell), & more, including select recordings, all from £30+VAT (IHBC members and School networks).
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IHBC welcomes Purcell’s guidance on RAAC for Listed Buildings in England & Wales
Purcell has launched their publication Guidance on RAAC (Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete) in Listed Buildings.
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IHBC’s Reading 2024 School CPD Circular now out: Still places left on our Day (14/06) & Virtual School, from only £30+VAT
IHBC’s newest 2024 Reading School CPD Circular offers dedicated guidance on Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities and resources, for interdisciplinary conservation professionals especially, in and around #IHBCReading2024 reading2024.ihbc.org.uk.
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IHBC’s ‘Practice’ Competence signpost: AHRC’s Place-Based Research Programme briefs – ‘Collaborative community heritage’
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) policy briefs shares insights and recommendations from the University of Sheffield’s Roots and Futures project.
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £22M+ works this week: Welsh Council seeks design lead to transform urban heritage property, closing 06/06
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 Welsh Council for a designer to help transform and safeguard a city centre heritage property, closing 06/06.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (council) doorstep 1’: South Staffs notified of postponement of Crooked House Enforcement Notice public inquiry
South Staffordshire Council has received notification from the Planning Inspectorate that they have accepted the appellants’ (ATE Farms) request to postpone the Crooked House Enforcement Notice public inquiry which was due to be held this summer.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (council) doorstep 2’: Greenfields recreation land bought back by Shrewsbury Town Council for the community
A piece of land in Shrewsbury formerly earmarked for housing will soon be able to be enjoyed by the community once again after being bought back by the Town Council.
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CLC report: Driving competency in the retrofit sector
The People & Skills workstream of the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has released a report that sets out a framework for defining competence in the retrofit sector: ‘Roadmap skills for net zero: Competencies for domestic retrofit’.
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UK’s biggest infrastructure companies sign pledge to decarbonise the construction sector
The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) and Minister for Industry and Economic Security have brought together leaders from across the construction industry to sign up to ‘Five Client Carbon Commitments’ – pledges which will help the sector to achieve Net Zero.
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A UK-wide campaign celebrating the ‘8 Types of Impact of Culture and Heritage’ to ‘make the case for investment’
‘Culture Makes: the Cultural Philanthropy Foundation’ announces a major UK-wide campaign to celebrate the impact of culture and make the case for investment.
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IHBC’s FREE Pre-Conference CPD webinar series for #IHBCReading2024 School continues: Munstead Wood (16/05) & Reading’s conservation and development (24/05)
The IHBC looks forward to 2 more free #IHBCReading2024 pre-conference CPD webinars in our exploration of ‘Place & Building Care…’, targeting IHBC’s ‘Management’ Area of Competence across conservation practice and historic estate management.
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IHBC’s Technical Panel Chair appointed to STBA Board: ‘… strengthening ties between the two organisations..’
The IHBC is delighted to announce that the Chair of our Technical Panel, Professor John Edwards, has been appointed to the Board of the Sustainable Traditional Buildings Alliance (STBA), strengthening ties between the two organisations.
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IHBC’s Reading 2024 School CPD Circular now out: Still places left on Full School (12/13-15 June), Day (14/06) & Virtual, from only £30+VAT, with free pre-School webinars too
IHBC’s newest 2024 Reading School CPD Circular offers dedicated guidance on Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities and resources, for interdisciplinary conservation professionals especially, in and around #IHBCReading2024 reading2024.ihbc.org.uk.
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: AJ on ‘architects without CSCS ‘skills’ card…’
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 features the Architects’ Journal (AJ) reporting on a call: ‘Don’t ban architects without CSCS ‘skills’ card from site’.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Proposals for ‘bonkers’ Broad Street skyscraper over listed building refused
Proposals for ‘bonkers’ Broad Street skyscraper over listed building refused and one Birmingham councillor described the proposed development as ‘frankly ludicrous’, reports Birmingham Live.
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Policy Exchange: New report shows that building more tall buildings is not the solution to the housing crisis
A new report for Policy Exchange, on ‘Tall Buildings: A Policy Framework for Responsible High-Rise and Better Density’, argues that the unplanned proliferation of tall buildings has not delivered the housing Britain needs and calls for a more responsible approach to urban density.
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