The IHBC is delighted to announce the launch of its new Annual School website, featuring exciting updates on our 2027 School, across Bristol & Bath from 10–12 June, exploring ‘Climate Change & Significance’, with conservation professionals from across the UK and beyond enjoying up to three days and more of learning, discussion, exhibits and networking.
School Bookings open February 2027. Register for updates here.
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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!
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image: Worcester Cathedral interior by Steve McLeish for IHBC Annual School 2016
This IHBC and our West Midlands Branch will join the next West Midlands Heritage Trust (WMHT) Careers Fair, which will come to Worcester Cathedral on 21 October 2026.
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David McDonald OBE, IHBC Chair, and IHBC President Rebecca Thompson, have written to members and prospective members asking for input to the consultation around our next Corporate Plan, for 2026-30, (‘CP30’), with responses sought by 30 October 2026.
IHBC Members: If you have not received your email on the consultation contact Lydia at admin@ihbc.org.uk with your membership number
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A mini-series of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) podcasts is available, funded by the RIBA and hosted by Jess Kelly and Claire Jamieson.
Continue readingThe City of London Corporation has welcomed a major decision for City Plan 2040 after the independent Planning Inspectorate concluded that its approach to managing tall buildings around the Tower of London World Heritage Site, strikes a better balance between heritage protection and economic growth, than the alternative proposed by Historic England (HE).
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The 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 top taster for NewsBlog readers this week a Council call for an accredited architectural team for repairs to a Grade I listed and Scheduled Monument, to 29/10 and valued £120K.
Continue readingBath could temporarily give up being a UNESCO world heritage site in order to build new suburbs, reports Somerset Live.
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image for illustration: Tony Atkin, Hayle Parish Church, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
74 heritage and faith buildings including churches, synagogues, town halls and castles will receive support from the Places of Worship Renewal Fund and the Heritage at Risk Capital Fund.
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image: Heritage Street Bridge on the Digbeth Canal by Phillip Jeffrey, CC-BY-SA-2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The Canal & River Trust is launching an innovation prospectus inviting researchers, businesses and investors to help tackle climate change and unlock new value from the country’s largest interconnected freshwater network.
Continue readingScotland’s Centre of Excellence for Canals and Traditional Skills is to house national facility for the retrofit of traditional buildings, with £1m from UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) via Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science (RICHeS).
Continue readingThe Heritage Railway Association Annual Awards 2027 are now open for entries, with a brand-new category that recognises life-long achievement in the sector, all closing 9/11.
Continue readingThe World Monuments Fund (WMF) has released insights from its 2027 World Monuments Watch nomination analysis, identifying funding shortages, the intensifying impact of climate change, and a loss of specialized skills as some of the most urgent threats facing heritage sites worldwide.
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image: Sir Donald Insall at the IHBC Annual School 2010
The IHBC has offered its sympathies on the passing of ‘a pioneering architect, conservationist, town planner, author, teacher…’ and much more, as we mark his death in his centenary year.
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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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Now open: ‘RICHeS Access Fund Second Call’, with Applicant Webinar, 21 October & further information and next steps (guidance being refreshed).
Continue readingThe third symposium hosted by The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) in memory of Mark Girouard looks at women’s contributions to architectural history in Britain and Ireland, with sponsors that include the IHBC, will take place on 14 November 2026.
Continue readingNew reports have been published on government’s progress to improve building safety and deliver the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 report recommendations, including underpinning that allocation of ‘£13 million… for UK higher education institutions to help build the next generation of fire engineering professionals’.
Continue readingJo Watson Head of Corporate Partnerships at The Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (formerly the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment: IEMA) and outlines her thoughts on how Carbon Literacy helps underpin organisational sustainably .
Continue readingIHBC’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 partners on ‘St Andrew’s Chapel wins Architects’ Journal Retrofit Award’.
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image: Keith D, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Hull’s Grade II listed National Picture Theatre is opening its doors following a huge project to restore an internationally significant piece of wartime heritage, the first time the building has been used since the wartime bombing raid, reports HullLive.
Continue readingScotland’s Centre of Excellence for Canals and Traditional Skills is to house national facility for the retrofit of traditional buildings, supported by £1m from the Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science (RICHeS) programme funded by the UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council.
Continue readingSkills England has launched its Skills for Work Consultation, seeking views on how occupational standards, qualifications and apprenticeships can better meet the needs of employers, learners, local economies and future workforce growth.
Continue readingGovernment support to strengthen local building control capacity, capability and financial sustainability through funding, reform and digital work is outlined in a letter to Local Authority (LA) Chief Executives (CEs) in England (District/Borough, Metropolitan Borough and Unitary Authorities).
Continue readingHeritage Crafts has announced the award of 35 new bursaries for trainees from across the UK to learn heritage craft skills, supported by the Capri Holdings Corporate Foundation and others.
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