As part of their lunchtime training seminar series, Historic England is running a session on their updated online fire safety advice for those working with heritage buildings. This will be on Tuesday 8th Decemeber, 1pm to 2pm. The seminar will explore practical approaches to reducing fire risk, while balancing life safety requirements with the need…
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UK Heritage Pulse’s Skills Exchange Returns
UK Heritage Pulse’s Skills Exchange, connecting heritage organisations with people keen to share their time, skills, and expertise has returned. The service, funded by the NHLF, helps organisations find support in areas including conservation, digital projects, leadership, marketing, and other specialist fields. This is a very useful resource for those industrial heritage sites looking for…
SPAB: Current Topics in Building Conservation: Online Training
The Society for the Preservation of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) is offering four online training recordings covering some of the current topics in buildings conservation. Recorded in March 2026, they provide an easy way for professional industrial heritage staff to meet their CPD requirements. They will also help industrial heritage volunteers improve their understanding of some…
Historic England Report on Architectural Measures to Reduce Overheating Within Historic Buildings
Historic England launched in March 2026 a study of passive architectural measures to reduce overheating in historic buildings. They comissioned the Thread consultancy to research how England’s historic buildings can be adapted to the changing climate. The research investigated how passive architectural measures, such as awnings or shutters, have been used in the past to…
Historic England Launches Guide to Developing Creative Industry Hubs
Historic England has launched a new guide, ‘Heritage Works for Creative Businesses’. This new publication is designed to help developers who want to transform empty and underused historic buildings into thriving creative industry hubs. Heritage and the creative industries are major sectors of the UK economy. The former is often inspiration for the latter with,…
