IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Sean Bean says houses plan for land where he played as a child is a ‘tragedy’

Posted on 31/10/2025 by IHBC

Hollywood star Sean Bean has backed a campaign to save green belt land where he played as child, saying proposed housing developments would be a ‘tragedy’, reports The Times and Star.

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Wales’ Economic mission: Green skills review – Recommendations on how to improve training and support for green jobs in Wales

Posted on 31/10/2025 by IHBC

A new note provides a summary of the findings of the Green Skills Review into improving training and support for green jobs in Wales, one of four short turnaround reviews undertaken across Welsh Government during the first half of 2025.

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CIC announces approval of its joint ‘Competence Framework…’ as basis for new British Standard on ‘Sustainability Competence’

Posted on 31/10/2025 by IHBC

The Construction Industry Council (CIC) is proud to announce the proposal to use The Edge and CIC’s ‘Competence Framework for Sustainability in the Built Environment’ as the foundation for a new British Standard on sustainability competence, formally approved by the BSI Planning and Approval Team on 22 October 2025.

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Preliminary findings from Parliamentary New Towns Programme Inquiry released

Posted on 31/10/2025 by IHBC

The House of Lords Built Environment Committee has released preliminary findings from its inquiry into the Government’s plans for a new generation of new towns.

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Millions of people to benefit from £20 million to keep local museums open and thriving

Posted on 31/10/2025 by IHBC

A £20 million investment in civic museums to protect opening hours and jobs is part of the government’s ongoing commitment to ensure museums can continue to tell our national story at a local level.

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£292m Pride in Place investment for Scottish neighbourhoods

Posted on 31/10/2025 by IHBC

Government reports that 16 Scottish Local Authorities will help revitalise communities as part of the government’s ‘Plan for Change’, with spending decisions in the hands of local people.

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UKRI RICHeS Access Fund addresses costs in supporting users and service providers with first call open to 10/12

Posted on 31/10/2025 by IHBC

The United Kingdom Arts and Humanities Research Council RICHeS (Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science) Access Fund helps researchers, organisations and heritage professionals gain access to cutting-edge equipment, collections and expertise.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: German Woman Returns Ancient Greek Column Fragment after 50+ Years

Posted on 31/10/2025 by IHBC

A fragment from an ancient column in the Leonidaion at Ancient Olympia that had been illegally removed in the 1960s was returned to Greece in a repatriation ceremony as a woman from Münster, Germany, returned the fragment more than 50 years after it was removed.

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Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, with Bob Kindred’s must-read review of heritage periodicals

Posted on 28/10/2025 by IHBC

image: Rob Cowan for IHBC Context

IHBC’s members’ journal Context in June 2025 – No. 184 – focussed on ‘Leaders of conservation thought’, but it also included our must-read update on recent journals, ‘Periodically’, by Bob Kindred MBE.

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Need a MATE? More free online Accreditation guidance and update sessions offered to guide IHBC applicants.

Posted on 28/10/2025 by IHBC

As part of the IHBC’s evolving Membership Accreditation Training Events (MATE ) programme, we’re continuing to offer free webinars for applicants with CPD-certified advice on applying for IHBC accreditation (Full & Associate).

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IHBC’s ‘Practice’ Signpost: Traditional and historic buildings – a new Retrofit British Standard, an update from IHBC’s John Edwards, with joint CPD webinar 14/11

Posted on 28/10/2025 by IHBC

‘BS 40104: 2025: Retrofit Assessment for Domestic Dwellings – Code of Practice’, was officially published at the end of September and here Prof. John Edwards, IHBC’s Technical Panel Secretary and lead on the heritage/traditional buildings workstream, updates NewsBlog readers on key issues, and on how to find out more.

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IHBC’s ‘Management’ signpost: Institute for Governance report  highlights concerns in merger of districts with different service models

Posted on 28/10/2025 by IHBC

Institute for Governance report ‘Reorganising district councils and local public services, challenges and options’ suggests that merger of districts  may well create ‘a postcode lottery for delivering key services’.

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IHBC’s ‘Management’ Signpost: Museum of London demolition plans face judicial review challenge

Posted on 28/10/2025 by IHBC

A High Court judge has granted permission for a judicial review of the City of London Corporation’s (CLC) decision to approve plans for the demolition of Bastion House and the former Museum of London, reports Local Government Lawyer.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’:Police warning on dangers of entering fire damaged Woolton Hall

Posted on 28/10/2025 by IHBC

Officers in Woolton are urging parents and guardians to warn their children about the dangers of going into Woolton Hall after it suffered extensive fire damage.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Council welcomes full Government funding for Southport pier restoration

Posted on 28/10/2025 by IHBC

image for illustration: Cafe on Southport Pier by Gary Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sefton Council has welcomed the Government’s announcement confirming full funding for the restoration of Southport Pier — a historic and much-loved landmark that has stood proudly on the town’s coastline since 1860, reports My Sefton News.

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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: BD on the ‘litany of failures’ in external insulation captured by National Audit Office (NAO)

Posted on 28/10/2025 by IHBC

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 Building Design (BD) on the ‘litany of failures’ in external insulation uncovered by the National Audit Office.

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AHF: Full Steam Ahead.. Celebrating the Past, Present and Future of Railway Heritage for Railway 200

Posted on 28/10/2025 by IHBC

The Architectural heritage Fund (AHF) has been celebrating the Past Present and Future of Railway Heritage for Railway 200 marking the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway.

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HES is Talking about Heritage, till December 7

Posted on 28/10/2025 by IHBC

People across Scotland are invited by Historic Environment Scotland (HES) to take part in national conversation about heritage.

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Three new Commissioners appointed to HE Board

Posted on 28/10/2025 by IHBC

The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has appointed Ulrike Knox, Jamie Ritblat and Philip Shepherd as Commissioners to the Historic England (HE) board.

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Interim Chief Construction Adviser appointed, to ‘… provide expert, independent advice to… government on building safety and regulatory reform’

Posted on 28/10/2025 by IHBC

A new interim Chief Construction Adviser has been appointed by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).

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Cultural Enterprises Awards 2026 launched: ‘celebrating success and creativity in cultural income generation’

Posted on 28/10/2025 by IHBC

The Association for Cultural Enterprises has launched the Cultural Enterprises Awards 2026 celebrating success and creativity in cultural income generation.

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IHBC’s newest ‘Branch Committee Bulletin, from the IHBC’s Director’: National Office updates for Branch Officers

Posted on 24/10/2025 by IHBC

The IHBC’s new Branch Committee Bulletin has been issued, updating our Branch committees on strategic developments and current priorities, while if you want to find out more just check the NewsBlogs or contact your Branch Officers or the IHBC’s National Office.

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Need a MATE? More free online Accreditation guidance and update sessions offered to guide IHBC applicants

Posted on 24/10/2025 by IHBC

As part of the IHBC’s evolving Membership Accreditation Training Events (MATE ) programme, we’re continuing to offer free webinars for applicants with CPD-certified advice on applying for IHBC accreditation (Full & Associate).

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IHBC’s ‘Practice’ Signpost: Traditional and historic buildings – a new Retrofit British Standard, an update from IHBC’s John Edwards, with joint CPD webinar 14/11

Posted on 24/10/2025 by IHBC

‘BS 40104: 2025: Retrofit Assessment for Domestic Dwellings – Code of Practice’, was officially published at the end of September and here Prof. John Edwards, IHBC’s Technical Panel Secretary and lead on the heritage/traditional buildings workstream, updates NewsBlog readers on key issues, and on how to find out more.

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IHBC’s ‘Practice’ signpost: Historic England & Defra – ‘… helping to preserve rural heritage for the future’

Posted on 24/10/2025 by IHBC

image for illustration: Epiacum, Whitley Castle, Northumberland by Thomas Sopwith, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The Countryside Stewardship Heritage Service is a partnership between Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and Historic England, that supports sustainable land management to protect our shared heritage for future generations.

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