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- Check out IHBC’s new-style ‘CPD Circular’ & feed back: With ‘at-a-glance colour coding’, Director’s CPD Spotlight (ICOMOS-CIF 2026, Granada, 11-13/03), simpler format & more 09/01/2026
- IHBC celebrates SAHGB 2025 Annual Awards, including SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award success at HESPR member Donald Insall Associates 09/01/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: FREE CPD at London’s LPOC Listed Property Show, Olympia, 30-31 Jan 09/01/2026
- 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 09/01/2026
- Designing Building enhances access to 20K+ articles, for all users as graphic links to ‘Construction Knowledge Hubs’ now aid navigation 09/01/2026
- IHBC’s Research Signpost: Heritage Open Days Festival Impact Review 2025 09/01/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Private Eye) doorstep’: Nooks & Corners on the ‘nation’s worsening shortage of heritage skills’ 09/01/2026
- Architectural Heritage Fund publishes Annual Review 2024/25 09/01/2026
- Scotland’s ‘Properties and Collections Strategy: Towards Sustainable Stewardship’ consultation draft out, open to 23/01 09/01/2026
- CITB announces changes to funding and grants 09/01/2026
- Scottish Government scheme launched: Finding new owners for empty homes 09/01/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: CyArk’s Heritage Amplified Grant (Engaging New Audiences …) and Heritage Documentation Training Grant (Empowering Cultural Preservation) to 23/01 & 30/01 09/01/2026
- IHBC welcomes award of OBE to IHBC Chair David McDonald: An ‘extraordinary’ person… 02/01/2026
- IHBC Chair updates on 2026 AGM, calls for proxy vote (accredited members only) ASAP & booking – 7 January 2026, featuring HE’s co-CEO Claudia Kenyatta CBE, from 5.30pm, with 6pm AGM 02/01/2026
- 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 02/01/2026
- REMINDER: 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 02/01/2026
- IHBC’s Annual School ‘Save the Date’ notice & Home Page launch: IHBC’s 2026 Newcastle School, 18-20 June, on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ & up to 20 hours CPD – accessible, interdisciplinary, cost-effective 02/01/2026
- IHBC’s 2025 Parliamentary Briefing launches research-led ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’… From Crafts in Crisis to Rubbish in Retrofit 02/01/2026
- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ spans disciplines, levels & sectors as interdisciplinary conservation practice standards deliver public benefit 02/01/2026
- 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
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Europa Nostra and EIB Institute announce ‘7 Most Endangered 2024’ shortlist
The monuments and heritage sites in Europe shortlisted for this year’s edition of the 7 Most Endangered Programme were announced today by Europa Nostra, the European Voice of Civil Society Committed to Cultural and Natural Heritage, and the European Investment Bank (EIB) Institute.
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All IHBC members invited to virtual Council, Tuesday 27/02, 4pm: Free CPD on heritage and political engagement with BEFS, plus the chance inform the 2024 AGM Petition for Charter exploration
All categories of IHBC members are invited to join the IHBC’s next free online Council, which will explore both heritage political engagement in Scotland and beyond plus, in a special pre-AGM Council consultation review of next steps in exploring a Petition for Charter, IHBC’s ties to government. Continue reading
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Interested in serving as an IHBC trustee? As IHBC’s 2024 AGM approaches, check our guidance and see if you want to take your IHBC membership to a new level
As a date for the IHBC’s 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM) is being finalised, this is a good time for members of all categories to review our guidance, support and advice encouraging prospective trustees to join our board.
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IHBC seeks nominations for Marsh Awards 2024: ‘Retired IHBC Members’ and/or ‘Successful Learners’ – Closing 31 March 2024
Two IHBC Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Charitable Trust celebrate, respectively, civic contributions by retired IHBC members and successful learning in heritage skills, offer awards of £500 and free places at IHBC’s 2024 Annual School in Reading for presentations on June 14, with Award entries closing 31 March 2024.
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IHBC’s free webinar, co-hosted by Fit for the Future, for #IHBCReading2024 School: IHBC’s Technical Panel lead John Edwards on ‘Applying BSI’s PAS 2038’, 15/03, 10am
IHBC’s Technical Panel lead John Edwards explores ‘Applying BSI’s PAS 2038 in Retrofitting non-domestic Heritage and Traditional Buildings’ in a free & open webinar on 15 March, co-hosted by Fit for the Future, another free CPD ‘pre-school’ event for IHBC’s Reading School 2024 – ‘Place & Building Care…’, 12-15 June.
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IHBC Signpost: Five steps for SMEs bidding for net-zero frameworks
As part of Britain’s net-zero strategy, frameworks will deliver much of the country’s massive retrofit programme, and Jennifer Castle, chief operating officer at LHC Procurement Group, explains the process to Construction Management.
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £1.3M+ works this week: Trust seeks conservation management plan consultant, to 04/03
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 this week is a call is a call from a Gallery Trust for assistance on its conservation management plan (CMP), closing 04/03.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Brum’s Broad Street skyscraper plans approved with unusual rule for residents
Proposals for the skyscraper on Birmingham’s busy and noisy Broad Street will respond to the noise problem with a covenant to require that certain occupiers close their bedroom windows from 11pm until 5am.
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Historic Environment Scotland (HES) seeks new Chief Executive, closing 1 March
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is looking for an exceptional Chief Executive Officer (CEO), with applications closing 01/03.
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Parliament UK’s accessible review of Permitted Development in England: ‘When is planning permission not needed?
The UK Parliament has summarised the position on permitted development rights in England, and why some building works do not need planning permission from the local planning authority.
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New Heritage 2033 National Lottery programme is open for grants from £10,000 to £10million
The Heritage Fund has changed the application guidance and forms to reflect its new strategy, simplified its materials and made its requirements more proportionate to the amount of money being applied for.
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SAVE’s background to ‘crunch court hearing’ for M&S Oxford Street case
As Michael Gove’s landmark ruling has been challenged in the High Court by M&S on procedural grounds, SAVE Britain’s Heritage outlines the background.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Climate Change and UNESCO Heritage Pilot Project – ‘…test models… new approaches and data tools..’
The Climate Change and UNESCO Heritage pilot project will bring public and private bodies and their data together within three UK UNESCO heritage sites to develop and test models of improved joint working plus new approaches and data tools to share and analyse geodata effectively.
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IHBC Welcomes VELUX as Reception Sponsor at our 2024 Reading Annual School: #IHBCReading2024
The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) is delighted to announce VELUX, as the Reception Sponsor at the Institute’s 2024 Annual School , #IHBCReading2024, with the reception to be held on Thursday 13 June to launch the IHBC’s 2024 Reading School.
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IHBC seeks nominations for Marsh Awards 2024: ‘Retired IHBC Members’ and/or ‘Successful Learners’ – Closing 31 March 2024
Two IHBC Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Charitable Trust celebrate, respectively, civic contributions by retired IHBC members and successful learning in heritage skills, offer awards of £500 and free places at IHBC’s 2024 Annual School in Reading for presentations on June 14, with Award entries closing 31 March 2024.
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IHBC’s 2024 AGM: Early notice for your diary – 30 April, online from 5.30pm for 6.00pm AGM – exclusively for ALL IHBC member categories
The IHBC’s Board has agreed the date and time of the online AGM for 2024, on 30 April and at 6.00pm (NB: proceedings start at 5.30pm) – with registration and proxy voting for eligible members (strongly encouraged) to open soon.
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IHBC’s special invitation to all members: Join our virtual Council for unique CPD on heritage political engagement, PLUS updates on our AGM & Charter
All categories of IHBC members – Supporters, Affiliates, Associates and Full Members – are invited to join the IHBC’s next free online Council for topical high-level CPD on political engagement alongside the IHBC’s planned AGM discussions on a Charter.
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IHBC ‘Practice’ Signpost: What barriers are still in place for women in architecture?
In this professional feature, architect, educator and activist Sumita Singha suggests ways to help women thrive in the built environment.
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: AJ on the (retrofit) future of Canary Wharf
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) on Canary Wharf ‘What is its (retrofitting) future?’
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Chichester DC approves demolition of Temple Moore house despite Vic Soc objections
Chichester District Council has approved the demolition of an Edwardian building despite objections from The Victorian Society, reports Sussex World.
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Theatre Green Book UK announces ambitious future plans
The Theatres Trust has shared plans for the Theatre Green Book UK, the grassroots initiative that sets common standards for sustainable theatre.
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ECA and FSA Members voice concern over Wales apprenticeship cuts
Over 60 employers from across Wales including several Electrical Contractors Association (ECA) and Fire and Security Association (FSA) members have joined up to call for funding for the Welsh Government flagship apprenticeship programme to be protected.
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Restart Project seeking petition numbers to send to government to ensure that ‘everyone has the right and the means to repair’
The Restart Project helps people learn how to repair their broken electronics, and rethink how they consume them in the first place, and is now building petition numbers to send to government.
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NEF: Number of homes insulated through Government’s Landmark Schemes drops 40% in a single year
Research by New Economics Foundation (NEF) suggests that government schemes have delivered just 16% of insulation measures needed to meet UK climate commitments.
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