Author Archives: IHBC

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’s news features Building on ‘Design changes to Liverpool Street Station following … Continue reading →

Berwickshire is now known worldwide as the home of ‘New Asgard’, but now there’s a bid to bring a little bit of Middle Earth to the region, writes The Southern Reporter. image: for illustration only – by Achromatic – Own … Continue reading →

The IHBC’s ‘Conservation Wiki’, accessible through the our Designing Buildings (DB) partner, targets construction sector users, and the top 20 posts for 2022 range from Hot-mixed mortars, PAS 2035 and building regs to the history of listed buildings.

This NewsBlog kickstarts plans for our new ‘IHBC Research for Practice Digest’ in this anniversary year, #IHBC25, to help connect research and conservation practice, as we seek views, feedback, suggestions and ideas on a first draft for Issue 1.

The prospectus for consultation on revising England’s National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) as part of Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill (LURB) reforms has been published, and closes on 2 March 2023.

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick for this week features a re-issued call from a National Heritage … Continue reading →

More than 7,400 acres in the Lake District have been designated as one of the first ‘super national nature reserves’ in England: Ennerdale Valley, as reported on by LancsLive. image: By John Gibson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Commons Wikimedia

The IHBC’s NewsBlogs resource and linked free email alert service (sign up HERE) form a central part of the institute’s CPD support, guidance and reference for practicing conservation professionals and their sector networks.

Aberdeen’s Category A-listed ‘Tolbooth’ is to get extensive repairs worth a total of £1.36 million. image for illustration – by Aberdeen City Heritage Trust

Transport secretary Mark Harper will ‘take some time to listen to alternative views’ about how to accomplish the intention behind the government’s proposed reform of the UK’s railways under the new public body Great British Railways (GBR). image: for illustration

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick for this week features a Council’s call for archaeological Advice, closing … Continue reading →

A project to digitise more than 130 years of local history immortalised in the pages of the Herald – and make it free to access for the public online – is set to take off in 2023 after a frenzy … Continue reading →

A new BBC analyis  lets you find out how the High Streets and shopping areas near you have changed since the beginning of the pandemic – by just typing in your postcode. image: for illustration – Open Government Licence v3.0