IHBC Chair David McDonald OBE has welcomed the Government response to the recent Parliamentary Committee’s inquiry into protecting built heritage but, on behalf of the IHBC, raised concerns about the lack of ‘detailed proposals for change’.
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The IHBC has opened nominations for the next IHBC-MARSH Awards, under its new schedule, from 30 September to 15 December for 2026, offering awards that celebrate ‘Learning in Heritage Skills’ and ‘Community Contributions by Retired members’.
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Applications are now open for Bursaries for the IHBC Annual School 2027, hosted in Bristol & Bath from 10 to 12 June, exploring the theme ‘Climate Change & Significance’, as we bring together conservation professionals from across the UK and beyond for three days of learning, discussion and networking, to 1 February 2027.
Applications close 1 February 2027. Find out more here.
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Now open: ‘RICHeS Access Fund Second Call’, with Applicant Webinar, 21 October & further information and next steps (guidance being refreshed).
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Our Past, Our Future is Scotland’s strategy for the historic environment 2023-2028 with an accompanying infographic providing a visual summary of achievements outcomes and future priorities
Continue readingA RICS AI can process the data, but the professional judgement and the accountability for it stays with the chartered surveyor
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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 IHBC’s own ‘Save the Date for #IHBCBristolBath2027 – 10-12 June 2027 – as website opens’.
JOIN HESPR, FROM £145PA (TO 2 EMPLOYEES)
Continue readingEryri National Park Authority in Wales has agreed to withdraw planning approval for a proposed hydropower scheme near Llan Ffestiniog following a legal challenge by Cymdeithas Eryri (Snowdonia Society).
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image: Shirley Grant, Shapinsay Gas House, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Shapinsay has won a national public vote to transform the land around its historic Gas House into a community garden, reports The Orkney News.
Continue readingThe Local Government Associations highlights how Councils are calling for a ‘national reset’ of how culture is delivered in England through a new cultural framework.
Continue readingNow in its 17th year, The Heritage Alliance’s annual Heritage Debate shares cross-sector insights, connections and solutions to the key challenges facing heritage, Wednesday 18 November, online and free.
Continue readingSeven new Commissioners have been appointed to Historic England, including Charles Donald, Dominic Field, Anna Keay, Georgina Lynch, Claire McColgan, Lukman Patel, and Moira Sinclair, with all appointed for a term of four years.
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image: Kingsway Arcade, Dewsbury by Bobby Clegg, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
With the help of £4.5million from the Heritage Fund, customers are back under the restored glass and cast-iron roof of Grade II listed Dewsbury Arcade for the first time in a decade, saved through dedicated community action and The Heritage Fund.
Continue readingA new Chief Construction and Scientific Adviser has been appointed to provide expert, independent advice on building safety and regulatory reform.
Continue readingThe Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society (CRM Society) has noted its concerns over a new vape shop to open on Sauchiehall Street next to the world-renowned Mackintosh Tearooms.
Continue readingApplications are now open for Bursaries for the IHBC Annual School 2027, hosted in Bristol & Bath from 10 to 12 June, exploring the theme ‘Climate Change & Significance’, as we bring together conservation professionals from across the UK and beyond for three days of learning, discussion and networking, to 1 February 2027.
Applications close 1 February 2027. Find out more here.
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Public Practice is recruiting talented, motivated and experienced planners from England and Wales to join place-shaping work in the public sector, while an IHBC trustee’s recent focus on the programme at our last members-only Council, and open to 10AM, 16/11.
Continue readingThe IHBC has opened nominations for the next IHBC-MARSH Awards, under its new schedule, from 30 September to 15 December for 2026, offering awards that celebrate ‘Learning in Heritage Skills’ and ‘Community Contributions by Retired members’.
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image: IHBC Marsh Awards
The IHBC has launched its call to register ‘Interest’ in our new ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’, for service leads in built and historic environment conservation-led learning & training programmes & courses, with resources allocated, advocacy a priority, and plans to be shaped by Network members.
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The IHBC’s first joint Branch event is a National-Branch CPD Partnership event organised by IHBC London Branch, IHBC South East and IHBC South Branch, supported by London Branch Consultant Claire Hegarty, exploring Enforcement and taking place on 27 October in person in London and Online, with IHBC members and non-members welcome, from £15!
Continue readingThe Design Council’s ‘Design Economy’ offers ‘the UK’s most comprehensive exploration of the value of design: economic, social, and environmental.’
Continue readingYork Minster’s new ‘Centre of Excellence’ is a first-of-its-kind project, and is crucial for helping us to secure the environmental, financial and heritage sustainability of York Minster for many years to come.
Continue readingThe IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – sends members exclusive ‘News and Tender Alerts’, with the Director’s double-up taster this week a Council call for a Conservation Structural Engineer for Church work, to 13/11 and £15K, with a heritage estate trust seeking a creative learning specialist for a project-linked School resource, to 26/10 & £3.8K.
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image: Bill Boaden, All Souls, Every Street, Ancoats, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
As yellow diggers crush the 186-year-old Grade II listed All Souls Church on Every Street, heritage campaigners and heartbroken Ancoats residents demand answers over how the historic 1840 landmark was left to crumble into rubble, reports the Manchester Evening News.
Continue readingThe National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) is currently recruiting new members to our Memorial Fund Panel with expertise in areas including architecture, archaeology, natural & designed landscapes and more, closing 5/11.
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