Know any emerging practitioners who’ve shown accomplishment in learning new conservation trades or skills, AND/OR Retired conservation professionals giving back to their local communities: Nominate them NOW for an IHBC-MARSH Award to celebrate their contributions!
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The IHBC has submitted its response to the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) consultation on reforms to the statutory consultee system, highlighting their ‘serious threat to heritage conservation’.
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The IHBC is delighted to invite ALL our IHBC Committees to be represented at the next Branch Connection Event, taking place online on 22 January 2026, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm, so if you a Committee member interested in joining in, be sure to let your Branch Committee leads know!
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The IHBC is delighted to offer free entry for our members to the Listed Property Owners Club’s (LPOC) annual London Listed Property Show, on 30-31 January 2026 in London’s Olympia (pre-booking essential), with stands still available.
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IHBC’s newest CPD Circular, which lists accessible and cost-effective ‘Continuing Professional Development’ (CPD) on our networks, has been simplified, with tighter ties to our Events Calendar, colour coding of provider categories.
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The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) has announced the latest recipients of its Research and Publication Grants (Spring 2025). Awardees demonstrate the incredible scope of work celebrated by the Society
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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 Designing Buildings (DB), host platform to the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki, on Wayland Young, 2nd Baron Kennet, ‘the minister who did most for conservation’.
Continue readingWhat used to be one of Calderdale’s best loved venues, the Ritz Ballroom Brighouse has been wrecked by a fire, writes The Yorkshire Post.
image: The Ritz Ballroom, Brighouse by habiloid, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Continue readingAlarm has been raised about the lack of technical expertise in local authorities after severe bearing deterioration was discovered on a strategic road bridge, as findings – linked to a report to the confidential safety reporting site Cross Safety – suggest a potentially critical infrastructure failure that has gone unnoticed for over 15 years.
Continue readingThe Royal incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) reports that the winner of its Doolan Award for 2025 is Union Terrace Gardens, Aberdeen by Stallen Brand.
Continue readingAs a result of a new collaboration both CyArk and World Monuments Fund (WMF) are providing virtual tours to remote cultural heritage.
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The IHBC’s new Branch Committee Bulletin has been issued, updating our Branch committees on strategic developments and current priorities, while if you want to find out more just check the NewsBlogs or contact your Branch Officers or the IHBC’s National Office.
Continue readingThe IHBC has submitted its response to the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) consultation on reforms to the statutory consultee system, highlighting their ‘serious threat to heritage conservation’.
Continue readingThe IHBC is delighted to invite ALL our IHBC Committees to be represented at the next Branch Connection Event, taking place online on 22 January 2026, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm, so if you a Committee member interested in joining in, be sure to let your Branch Committee leads know!
Continue readingThe IHBC is delighted to offer free entry for our members to the Listed Property Owners Club’s (LPOC) annual London Listed Property Show, on 30-31 January 2026 in London’s Olympia (pre-booking essential), with stands still available.
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The IHBC is delighted to celebrate and congratulate the winners of this year’s Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) awards, including the joint SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award, awarded to Dr Victoria Perry and Isabelle Adamthwaite of IHBC HESPR member Donald Insall Associates (DIA).
Continue readingA new Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC) State of the Nations report, building on its previous Arts, Culture and Heritage (ACH) research, finds that exit rates from the sector are higher compared with other sectors.
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The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members our exclusive ‘News and Tender Alerts’, with the Director’s tender taster for NewsBlog readers this week from an English Council, seeking architectural advice on conservation works on a Grade II (GII) building, to 30/01/2026 and valued at £14,400.
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CBBC has reported that one bridge in Newcastle [city host for the IHBC’s 2026 Annual School] has proven such a popular hangout for birds that nine tonnes of poo has had to be removed from the structure.
Continue readingNatural England’s new Strategy ‘Recovering Nature for Growth, Health and Security’ has been issued.
Continue readingThe Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) has issued a new Newsletter on Healthy Homes, including resources, consultations and events.
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image: West Horsley Place by Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
A historic Surrey manor made famous by the BBC sitcom Ghosts has been digitally mapped. Engineers completed a detailed 3D survey of West Horsley Place, reports Digwatch
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The IHBC’s January 2026 Annual General Meeting (AGM) saw trustees appointed; approval for IHBC’s Charter plans, among other business, all bookended by Claudia Kenyatta, Historic England’s New Co-Chief Executive, and post-AGM discussions ranging from housing to congratulations to IHBC’s Chair on his OBE.
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Bob Kindred’s ‘Periodically’, in IHBC’s newest Context issue, No. 185, offers ‘bite sized’ summaries from the best of current conservation and heritage periodicals and handbooks.
Continue readingThe IHBC is delighted to invite ALL our IHBC Committees to be represented at the next Branch Connection Event, taking place online on 22 January 2026, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm, so if you a Committee member interested in joining in, be sure to let your Branch Committee leads know!
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