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 City Council a team for a feasibility review for a major public building, to 07/03.
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On 27 September2025, Railway 200 celebrates the 200th anniversary of the modern railway, and nationwide celebrations are planned!
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The RTPI has seen a 34.7% increase in Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) submissions for first assessment round in 2025, compared to the same assessment round in 2024, with this following strong growth from previous years including a 42.6% increase in entries from 2022 to 2023.
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The Theatres Trust has published its annual register of theatres under threat of permanent closure, redevelopment, or demolition across the UK, with five council-owned theatres added to the list, as pressures on local authority budgets hit home.
Continue readingThe Prime Minister has announced that responsibility for fire will move from the Home Office to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and the change will be effective from 1 April 2025.
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A targeted recruitment campaign that aims to address critical workforce challenges in local authorities. has been launched by Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport (ADEPT) and partners.
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The Call for Applications to Cities in Placemaking(CIP) 2025-2026 programme is open till 31 March.
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Government UK has outlined the next steps to reform Britain’s railways through a recently launched consultation.
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Know any emerging professionals or practitioners who’ve shown eagerness and accomplishment in learning new conservation trades or skills, or retired conservation professionals giving back to their local communities – Nominate them for an IHBC-MARSH Award to celebrate their contributions!
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IHBC’s next free online Council and CPD, exclusive to all IHBC members, opens on 24 March at 1.15pm from London’s Charterhouse, offering: welcomes to our next President Rebecca Thompson; thanks to Mike Brown and others, and Charterhouse case-study insights into heritage estate planning and management, all in our first ‘blended’ Council (NB: ‘In-Person’ attendance exclusively by invitation only).
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IHBC Chair David McDonald has written to all members of the IHBC with the date of and guidance on the 2025 AGM, to take place online on Tuesday 13 May 2024 at 6pm, with the full programme starting at 5.30pm’, so if you have not received your notice, check your email trash first, and contact IHBC Company Secretary Lydia Porter at admin@ihbc.org.uk as needed.
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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 features the IHBC’s own and exclusive ‘Members Only’ Council & CPD, online from 1.15pm to c.3.30pm, 24 March.
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The owner of one of Wales’ most iconic buildings says he is likely to find himself having to commit a criminal offence in order to save it, reports Nation Cymru.
Continue readingThe Construction Industry Council (CIC) and the Edge have jointly published the ‘Competence Framework for Sustainability in the Built Environment’.
Continue readingThe University College of Estate Management (UCEM) and the London School of Architecture (LSA) have announced plans for the LSA to become a key part of UCEM, in support of its vision to become the centre of excellence for built environment education, with Heads of Terms jointly agreed and signed on 19 February 2025.
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The Government recently launched a 12-week consultation on a new approach to Land Use, empowering decision makers with the toolkit to protect the most productive agricultural land and boost food security.
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Wildlife and Countryside Link and other nature groups have welcomed the start of mandatory ‘biodiversity net gain’ in new housing developments.
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Alison Hems has been appointed to the post of General Secretary of ICOMOS-UK, succeeding Susan Denyer, who has stepped down after 20 years in the role.
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The Long Barrow at All Cannings is operated by Tim Daw, a ‘spiritual place where people of any or no faith can come to remember and give thanks, especially for the lives of their loved ones’.
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To connect employers’ needs and practitioners’ skills, the IHBC updates NewsBlog readers on the wide-ranging opportunities on our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, so sign up for free alerts, and telling your boss about our targeted subsidies for adverts, outlined below, helps your prospects too!
Continue readingIHBC’s next free online Council and CPD, exclusive to all IHBC members, opens on 24 March at 1.15pm from London’s Charterhouse, offering: welcomes to our next President Rebecca Thompson; thanks to Mike Brown and others, and Charterhouse case-study insights into heritage estate planning and management, all in our first ‘blended’ Council (NB: ‘In-Person’ attendance exclusively by invitation only).
Continue readingThe two IHBC Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Charitable Trust, celebrate ‘Community Contributions’ by retired IHBC members, as well as ‘Successful Learning’ in heritage-related skills, with £500 and free places at IHBC’s 2025 Annual School in Shrewsbury – #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – with presentations on June 13, and entries closing 31 March.
Continue readingIHBC Chair David McDonald has written to all members of the IHBC with the date of and guidance on the 2025 AGM, to take place online on Tuesday 13 May 2024 at 6pm, with the full programme starting at 5.30pm’, so if you have not received your notice, check your email trash first, and contact IHBC Company Secretary Lydia Porter at admin@ihbc.org.uk as needed.
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The National Trust for Scotland (NTS) is carrying out a pioneering conservation programme for Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Hill House in Helensburgh as the building is ‘dissolving like an aspirin in a glass of water’.
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