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- IHBC’s newest ‘Branch Committee Bulletin, from the IHBC’s Director’, with updates for local volunteer leads: Part 3 – Parliamentary Commitments to conclusions 09/10/2026
- IHBC welcomes new findings from joint Arts Culture & Heritage Project: ‘… to better articulate the economic, social and cultural value of arts, culture and heritage’ 09/10/2026
- IHBC Marsh Awards NOW OPEN: Nominate your ‘Successful learner’ (in Heritage Skills) or ‘Retired member’ (Community Contributions), to close 15 December 2026 09/10/2026
- CLOSING SOON: IHBC’s WM Branch to join West Midlands Heritage Careers Fair 2026: ‘Inspiring the Next Generation of Heritage Professionals’, 21/10, Worcester Cathedral 09/10/2026
- CLOSING SOON: IHBC consults on ‘Corporate Plan 2026-30’ (‘CP30’): Feedback sought by 30 October 09/10/2026
- Join in IHBC-sponsored SAHGB’s 3rd Mark Girouard symposium : ‘Untold Tales: Women Pioneers in British and Irish Architectural History’, 14 November 09/10/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ & ‘Research’ CPD spotlight: Using the AHRC Commercialisation Strategy and impact guidance, from UKRI 09/10/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £2.3Mn new weekly costed works: City BID partnership seeks concept proposals for 3 ‘transformations’ of key locations, to 1/11, @ £500 each 09/10/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Historic Grade II-listed Ugly House in Wales fails to sell at auction 09/10/2026
- In landmark 50th year AHF awards its 1000th loan 09/10/2026
- Skills England launches Skills For Work programme consultation: to 16 October 09/10/2026
- National Heat Risk Commission – call for evidence – to 30/10 09/10/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Frank McDonald obituary – campaigning journalist changed how Ireland thinks about urban planning 09/10/2026
- Heritage Network’s Chair Alice Ullathorne IHBC marks success of first year in post at Network’s 2026 NI Belfast conference, with IHBC as exhibitors & members 06/10/2026
- IHBC opens consultation on ‘Corporate Plan 2026-30’ (‘CP30’): Feedback sought by 30 October 06/10/2026
- IHBC Marsh Awards NOW OPEN: Nominate your ‘Successful learner’ (in Heritage Skills) or ‘Retired member’ (Community Contributions), to close 15 December 2026 06/10/2026
- IHBC welcomes RICHeS Access Fund second call, opening 14/09 – ‘access… cutting-edge equipment, collections & expertise’, to £20K, for charities, social enterprises, commercial companies etc. 06/10/2026
- IHBC’s WM Branch to join West Midlands Heritage Careers Fair 2026: ‘Inspiring the Next Generation of Heritage Professionals’, 21/10, Worcester Cathedral 06/10/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ CPD Signpost: Scotland’s heritage delivers benefits far beyond tourism, new evidence shows 06/10/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ CPD Signpost: New national research sets out what is needed to sustain cathedral craft skills 06/10/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: NCE on ‘Ireland’s infrastructure threatened by climate change’ 06/10/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (trust) doorstep’: A house that changed architecture: Richard +?Su Rogers’s modernist masterpiece given to the nation 06/10/2026
- Community groups invited to apply for funding to bring people together, with next wave of Common Ground Award… ‘up to £2.5m’ 06/10/2026
- New Chair elected by the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee 06/10/2026
- Historic England on ‘The Public Value of Archaeology’ 06/10/2026
Tag Archives: residential
IHBC urges ‘risk-based approach to retrofit’ with Government’s ‘Warm Homes Plan’ – ‘biggest home upgrade plan in British history’
image for illustration: IHBC The IHBC has welcomed Government’s £15Bn ’Warm Homes Plan’ – to ’help millions of families benefit from solar panels, batteries, heat pumps and insulation…’ – but says it must ‘ensure that retrofit is done properly’.
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Tagged government, planning, residential, retrofit
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‘Empty Properties in Wales’ handbook issued by Welsh Government
The Welsh Government has published guide for finding out how to bring empty properties back into use.
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Tagged commercial, government, housing, planning, residential, urban, wales
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Canada’s Charlottetown staff propose 45-day heritage designation for research, but council says ‘no’
Canada’s Charlottetown council recently voted against putting a temporary 45-day heritage designation on the property at 1B West St., going against a heritage department request, reports The Guardian.
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RICS calls for expressions of interest for pilot programmes of new professional pathways
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is calling for expressions of interest from professionals and employers for two new planned pathways to RICS membership
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Tagged analysis, climate change, environment, expertise, residential, retrofit, surveyors, sustainability
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