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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
URBACT: Get ready for the Innovation Transfer Networks – transferring funding to other EU cities
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Defra report: ‘Delivering 30by30 on land in England’ – 30% protection by 2030
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs(DEFRA) has published a paper indicating it is committed to protecting 30% of the UK’s land by 2030 (30by30). This document sets out the government’s approach to delivering 30by30 on land in England.
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1 in 7 neurodivergent project managers are not telling employers about their condition – APM research reveals
One in seven project managers who consider themselves to be neurodivergent have not informed their employer about their condition, according to a new survey by The Association for Project Management (APM).
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: European Commission welcomes agreement on new rules to boost energy performance of EU buildings
The European Commission has welcomed the provisional agreement in December 2023 between the European Parliament and the Council to reduce the emissions and energy use of buildings across the EU.
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IHBC& ICOMOS-UK launch exciting new collaboration with new MOU
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ICOMOS-UK and the IHBC have agreed to strengthen their working relationship through a formal agreement focussed on establishing ‘closer ties and cooperation between these two organisations in the field of heritage conservation’, with a formal signing to come following on from recent Board-level ratifications.
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Reminder: IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: FREE CPD at London’s LPOC Listed Property Show, Olympia, 2-3 Feb 2024
The IHBC is delighted to offer free entry for our members to the Listed Property Owners Club’s (LPOC) annual London Listed Property Show, on 2-3 February in London’s Olympia (pre-booking essential).
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IHBC’s ‘Professional’ Signpost on EDI: CIC’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee’s vision
The Construction Industry Council’s (CIC) ‘Equity, Diversity and Inclusion’ (EDI) Committee vision is to provide a collaborative and strategic forum and platform for members of all construction and built environment disciplines and professional bodies, to identify and promote a genuine commitment and a consistent approach to EDI in the construction and built environment sector.
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £368K+ works: National body seeks conservation services, closing 16/02, valued £200K
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 features the call from a national heritage body for object conservation services, closing16/02, valued £200K.
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IHBC features Heritage from the doorstep’: Duke of Northumberland loses appeal for flats on London allotment
Campaigners are celebrating victory after the Duke of Northumberland’s property arm lost a planning appeal to build on a patch of London allotments, reports The Northumberland Gazette.
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Consultation on Home Energy Model (replacement for the Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP)) open to 6/03
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero is consulting on the new Home Energy Model which will replace the Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) for the energy rating of homes, and includes engagement events, with the consultation closing 6 March 2024.
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Joint statement from Intangible Cultural Heritage Scotland Partnership
The Intangible Cultural Heritage Scotland Partnership has welcomed the UK Government’s announcement of their intention to ratify the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
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Building Safety Regulator (part of HSE): Enforcement Policy Statement published
This Enforcement Policy Statement describes regulatory functions and enforcement approach of the Building Safety Regulator in England, which is a part of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
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Government issues response to HoL Built Environment Committee Report on Environmental Regulations Impact
The Government’s response to the House of Lords (HoL) Built Environment Committee Report on the ‘Impact of Environmental Regulations on Development’ has been published.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Designing Buildings summarises COPs and the last day of No.28
Designing Buildings (DB) has updated from the COP28 Climate Action Commitment Counter last December.
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IHBC’s ‘HESPR News’ feature update: Director’s occasional selection, from 2/01 (& nearly £800K costed works)
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the Director’s occasional news listing from the service looks back on news and links from 2 January, when opportunities worth nearly £800K were posted.
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Reminder: IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: FREE CPD at London’s LPOC Listed Property Show, Olympia, 2-3 Feb 2024
The IHBC is delighted to offer free entry for our members to the Listed Property Owners Club’s (LPOC) annual London Listed Property Show, on 2-3 February in London’s Olympia (pre-booking essential).
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IHBC ‘Research’ Signpost’: Skills for the Transition to Net Zero: Activity across London Government
‘Skills for the Transition to Net Zero’ provides an overview of green skills activity across London local government, identifying key gaps, duplication and opportunities for better co-ordination, while setting out some of the main skills challenges and opportunities around the green economy.
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IHBC features Heritage from the doorstep’: Firm tearing down former ‘Banksy building’ in Dover say restoration has begun
Work has begun to restore a Banksy artwork after the building it was spray-painted on was torn down.
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New Government Guidance for England issued: Adapting historic homes for energy efficiency – a review of the barriers
The Government has published online a review of the barriers to carrying out adaptations to historic buildings in England to make them more energy efficient, together with a summary of current actions and future commitments that highlight the roles of Government, planning, local authority and construction skills, capacity, and financial incentives to achieve such adaptations.
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St Paul’s ‘Iconic Symbol’ secured in £500k restoration project
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AHF: UK towns and cities get £5M funding to help bring disused historic buildings back to life
The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) has reported that Chatham, Derry/Londonderry and Glasgow are among places where social enterprises and charities are being empowered to take over and transform at-risk high street buildings.
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£80m for council bids to regenerate brownfield land and build thousands of homes
The third round of £180m Brownfield Land Release Fund 2 is now open to councils to deliver thousands of new homes and jobs.
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NCT: 40 churches saved in time
Forty churches across the UK will stay open and in good repair thanks to £496,625 of funding awarded and recommended by the National Churches Trust (NCT) in its latest round of grants.
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IHBC Signpost: Top Construction Management stories from 2023
Crumbling concrete, ‘mutant’ developments, construction’s talent drain… 2023 didn’t run short of eventful news for the industry.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: World Monuments Watch accepting nominations for 2025, closing 15/03/24
World Monuments Fund (WMF) is accepting nominations for the 2025 World Monuments Watch, to 15 March 2024.
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