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- New 20 July close for IHBC’s ‘quick query’ to help local government conservation services: ‘… remarkable response already… so still time to shape our high-level advocacy’ 10/07/2026
- IHBC sponsors Gardens Trust on ‘New Town Landscapes: Learning from the Past, Shaping the Future’, 23-24/09, Milton Keynes 10/07/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ CPD Signpost: ‘Help Tackle One of Construction’s Biggest Killers: – Dust’…. a 5-minute survey open to 31 July 10/07/2026
- REGISTER INTEREST NOW: IHBC’s new ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’ seeks ‘interest’ from leads in conservation-led education, training & learning programmes & courses 10/07/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ CPD Signpost: Decarbonizing the Built Environment Through Heritage (DBTH) Toolkit 10/07/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ CPD Signpost: UCL research confirms ‘Engaging with arts linked to slower pace of ageing’ 10/07/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £3M+ costed works this week: Professional body seeks research into structured civic input to planning processes, to 17/07, £15K 10/07/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: ‘The unlikely return of the back-to-back’ from Building 10/07/2026
- UK Government ‘Call for evidence’ (real world and quantitative especially): Strategy for the built environment professions, trades and occupations, to 12/08 10/07/2026
- CITB publishes Construction Workforce Outlook 2026-2030 10/07/2026
- Historic Environment Scotland is looking for your thoughts on volunteering – we need your input, to 19 July! 10/07/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Canada’s National Trust celebrates 50 Years of the World Heritage Convention 10/07/2026
- IHBC’s July CPD Circular now out: Our ‘What’s on’ CPD listing, for IHBC, partners etc. includes ‘Thanks’ to Newcastle & RTPI etc, & ‘Hello’ to Bristol/Bath 2027, on ‘Climate Change & Significance’ 07/07/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ CPD Signpost: ‘Help Tackle One of Construction’s Biggest Killers: – Dust’…. a 5-minute survey open to 31 July 07/07/2026
- Spotlighting IHBC’s recent Council film, ‘Do Drop-in, before they drop out’: Our new, must-see interview on pre-Pre App options, and how talking to applicants can help make things better! 07/07/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ CPD Signpost: DCMS and its refreshed ‘Areas of Research Interest’ (ARIs) 07/07/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: Dezeen on… ‘An ‘alternative New York’, via Gaudi, AI and more. 07/07/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Scotland’s oldest working woolmill partners with Octopus Energy to bring its 19th-century waterwheel back to life 07/07/2026
- ‘Thoughtful’ Fife data centre ‘rethinks the server shed as a temple’ 07/07/2026
- Georgian Group ‘Vanbrugh 300’ competition for young designers – to 30 September 07/07/2026
- Government UK Policy Paper update on ‘Culture Priority Places’ 07/07/2026
- Reflections on the first six months of future lab, from HB&P’s Director 07/07/2026
- HES survey on use of new service trove.scot: to 28 Feb 2027 07/07/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: As one in three fail to collect derelict property levy, Ireland’s Taoiseach says some councils ‘just didn’t bother’… 07/07/2026
- IHBC welcomes ‘SAVE Buildings at Risk’ 2026 launch as data – a record 208 buildings added – highlights ongoing heritage pressures & threats 03/07/2026
Tag Archives: Scotland
Historic Environment Scotland is looking for your thoughts on volunteering – we need your input, to 19 July!
Historic Environment Scotland’s (HES) survey asks if you ‘Want to volunteer with us’, outlines how to get involved, what opportunities are on offer and how to help you ‘find an experience you’ll love’.
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Tagged heritage, research, Scotland, survey, volunteering
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Scotland’s oldest working woolmill partners with Octopus Energy to bring its 19th-century waterwheel back to life
image for illustration: Knockando Woolmill, Julian Paren via Wikimedia Commons Knockando Woolmill, Scotland’s oldest working woolmill, has partnered Octopus Energy to bring its 19th-century waterwheel back to life, as the mill will use Octopus’ Shape Shifter Agile platform to help manage … Continue reading
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Tagged conservation, funding, heritage, industrial heritage, mill, Scotland
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HES survey on use of new service trove.scot: to 28 Feb 2027
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) want to hear views and experiences of using its new service trove.scot and has launched a survey to take feedback, which closes on 28 February 2027
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Tagged digital, heritage, research, Scotland
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IHBC’s ‘Finance & Economics’ CPD Signpost: Revitalisation of Dunfermline’s heritage to support growing visitor economy
image for illustration: Dunfermline, Mcwesty, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Since its establishment in 1997, Fife Historic Buildings Trust (FHBT) has helped deliver over £60 million in historic environment regeneration projects across Fife.
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Tagged cpd, finance, planning, regeneration, Scotland
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Donate Towards Our Crannog Construction!
image for illustration: Scottish Crannog Centre by Euan Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons The Scottish Crannog Centre are currently in the process of building the first of three Crannogs over the loch and we need your help!
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Tagged buildings, funding, heritage, Scotland
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IHBC’s ‘Communication’ CPD Signpost: Scotland’s Engine Shed on ‘Why building conservation is important for the future’
image for illustration: Hansueli Krapf CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Scotland’s The Engine Shed makes the case on ‘Why building conservation is important for the future’.
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Tagged communication, cpd, historic buildings, IHBC, Scotland
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (footie) doorstep’: Historic site of First Hampden scores scheduled status
image for illustration: The site of the first Hampden Park by Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Remains of the pavilion at site of one of the world’s earliest purpose-built football grounds is added to list of nationally important … Continue reading
IHBC’s ‘Practice’ and ‘Research’ Signpost: Call to help Scottish survey of heritage-related content in construction education
A new survey – by Maryam Forghaniallahabadi – seeks input to inform how heritage-related knowledge, traditional building skills, and historic building materials are currently included within construction-related courses in Further Education and Higher Education institutions across Scotland.
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Tagged heritage, research, Scotland, traditional materials
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IHBC’s ‘Practice’ CPD Signpost: The Engine Shed on Scotland’s ‘Traditional Materials Framework – Supporting Sustainable Supply and Best Practice Use’
The Traditional Materials Framework (TMF) sets out a clear delivery framework to guide work on sustainable supply and best practice use of traditional building materials in Scotland.
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Tagged building materials, Scotland, skills, sustainability, traditional materials
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (island) doorstep’: Lady Grange’s House repaired on St Kilda
image for illustration: Hirta, St Kilda, Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons The National Trust for Scotland has successfully repaired one of the most significant structures on St Kilda, following a major collapse in 2022.
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Tagged heritage, islands, Scotland, UNESCO
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IHBC’s ‘Professional’ CPD Signpost: BEFS, on when Scotland’s party manifestos’ reflect its 2026 BEFS Manifesto
The Built Environment Forum Scotland has collated how any built environment commitments from the main parties in the run-up to the Scottish Parliament elections align with the 2026 BEFS Manifesto.
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Tagged built environment, cpd, manifesto, politics, Scotland
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IHBC’s ‘Design and Presentation’ CPD Signpost: ‘Oliver Barratt MBE (1941–2026): A Life in Service of Edinburgh’, from The Cockburn Association:
Oliver William Barratt MBE was ‘a quiet force behind Edinburgh’s modern conservation movement’ reports The Cockburn Association in the obituary of its former ‘Secretary’.
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Tagged conservation, edinburgh, local, obituary, planning, Scotland
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Highland Council approve funds for Iron Age Roundhouse at Gairloch Museum
image for illustration: Gairloch Heritage Museum by Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Plans to construct a full-scale replica of an Iron Age Roundhouse at Gairloch Museum in Wester Ross have been backed by Highland Council, following a grant … Continue reading
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Tagged council, funding, heritage, museum, prehistoric, Scotland
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Scottish Government supports HES chair amid resignation reports
The Scottish Government has said it will support the chair of Historic Environment Scotland to ‘resolve the leadership and governance issues’ amid reports of his impending resignation, reports Deadline News.
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Tagged culture, government, HES, Scotland
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HES: £19.5m for Scotland’s historic cities
image for illustration: Dunfermline, Mcwesty, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Up to £19.5 million is set to be made available to Scotland’s cities for heritage projects as part of a wider funding package from Historic Environment Scotland (HES).
HES: More heritage funding to tackle rising cost and climate challenge
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has raised the maximum grant available per project by a quarter of a million pounds
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Tagged climate change, funding, grants, heritage, HES, Scotland
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Rare Scottish chain-bar suspension bridge secures £1/4Mn support for heritage restoration
image for illustration: Callum Black / Old bridge at Kalemouth, Commons Wiki Plans for Borders historic bridge, Kalemouth Suspension Bridge, to receive a major restoration have secured support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, reports the Scottish Borders Council.
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Tagged conservation, environment, expertise, funding, heritage, planning, Scotland, skills
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: What can we do about Edinburgh’s ‘soulless’ canalside?
image for illustration: Entrance to Lochrin Basin by David Martin, CC BY-SA, via Wikimedia Commons Edinburgh Quay should be one of the city’s crown jewels, but instead it is pretty vacant, reports The Edinburgh Enquirer.
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Tagged canals, heritage, Scotland
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SCT’s Manifesto for Scotland’s Places: ‘Protect What Matters’
The Scottish Civic Trust has issued a new ‘Manifesto for Scotland’s Places, to ‘Protect What Matters’.
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Tagged communities, conservation, development, planning, Scotland
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RTPI Scotland’s ‘Planifesto’
Our Planifesto vision is a Scotland that is prosperous, resilient and equitable, where everyone has access to safe, well-planned places and a healthy natural environment
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Tagged housing, infrastructure, planning, Scotland
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SHBT unveils new 3-year strategy
The Scottish Historic Buildings Trust (SHBT) has published its three-year strategy, ‘Our Future at Fifty’, setting out its plans to restore more at-risk buildings across Scotland as the charity approaches its 50th anniversary in 2028.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Demolition of fire-hit facade begins as Glasgow Central station partly reopens
image for illustration: First Minister visits Union St after fire, by Scottish Government, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Demolition work has begun on the facade of a fire-damaged building near Glasgow Central as the station partially reopened 10 days … Continue reading
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Tagged demolition, fire, Glasgow, Scotland
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Scottish Civic Trust’s ‘My Place’ Awards now open
The Scottish Civic Trust’s ‘My Place Awards’ celebrate conservation and more across categories from ‘Community-led Regeneration’ to ‘Equalities’.
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