-
Search the archive
-
IHBC’S NewsBlogs usually only summarise third party reports. Links to other sites may not be active so you may need to contact the host site for the original text.
Unless made explicit, IHBC NewsBlogs are not IHBC endorsements.
Categories
December 2025 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Monthly archive
Links
-
Recent posts
- IHBC’s December ‘CPD Circular’ now out: Accessible, cost-conscious learning, events & resources, with Branch & National AGMs, Surgeries, CPD Partnerships & more 28/11/2025
- IHBC Supporter Surgery for aspiring Affiliates: Have you registered yet? 11 December, 1pm (IHBC CPD too!) 28/11/2025
- IHBC’s 2025 Parliamentary Briefing launches research-led ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’… From Crafts in Crisis to Rubbish in Retrofit 28/11/2025
- IHBC welcomes new joint CEOs at Historic England to post 28/11/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ & ‘Management ‘ Signpost: DB’s ‘brief outline of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill’, with terms, and amendments 28/11/2025
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £2.4M+ of weekly works: BC seeks review of Conservation Areas, to £50K 28/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Two companies fined total of £190k for unauthorised Grade I listed building works following BNES council prosecution 28/11/2025
- Government consultation: ‘Reforms to the statutory consultee system’, to 13/01/2026 28/11/2025
- Gardens Trust on ‘Government Consultation on Removal of the Gardens Trust as a Statutory Consultee’ 28/11/2025
- NLHF launches Future Heritage Leadership Programme, open to 10/12, starting March 2026 28/11/2025
- As UK City of Culture 2029 opens, new ‘UK Town of Culture’ competition – to shine a spotlight on towns – opens soon too 28/11/2025
- UK Parliamentary Cttee. launches International Climate Policy Inquiry, ‘on UK climate policy and finance’, seeking evidence, to 7/01/2026 28/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: European Heritage Excellence Day 2025 spotlights innovation, creativity and community engagement 28/11/2025
- PAS UPDATES 28/11/2025
- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ services spans disciplines, levels & sectors, linked by interdisciplinary conservation practice standards delivering public benefit 25/11/2025
- IHBC’s 2025 Parliamentary Briefing launches research-led ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’… From Crafts in Crisis to Rubbish in Retrofit 25/11/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Evaluation’ Signpost from Sheehan Quirke via Open Culture: ‘How did the world get so ugly?’ 25/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (duplicate) doorstep’: Plans for first Iron Age broch ‘in 2000 years’ approved for Highlands 25/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Lottery) doorstep’: Historic Birnbeck pier saved as surprise funding announced from NLHF 25/11/2025
- ‘Natural England’s Strategy: Recovering Nature for Growth, Health and Security’ – with ‘nature as essential to sustaining growth and a healthy society’ 25/11/2025
- HE & ACE issue first parts of suite of guidance, templates and factsheets etc. 25/11/2025
- Government’s Pride in Place: Strategy update 25/11/2025
- Winners of the Georgian Group Architectural Awards announced! 25/11/2025
- Joining the dots: A single EDI portal for the sector 25/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Worker dies after partial collapse of medieval tower in Rome 25/11/2025
Author Archives: IHBC
Heritage Alliance’ Heritage Heroes 2024: Nominations Open to 1/12
The Heritage Alliance (THA) Heritage Heroes Awards shine a spotlight on the extraordinary individuals and organisations making an outstanding contribution to our heritage sector.
Posted in Sector NewsBlog
Tagged awards, conservation, expertise, heritage, skills
Comments Off on Heritage Alliance’ Heritage Heroes 2024: Nominations Open to 1/12
Joseph Rykwert (1926-2024): RIBA President Muyiwa Oki pays tribute to renowned authority on architecture and 2014 Royal Gold Medallist
image for illustration: Joseph Rykwert by Pawe? Mazur, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsRIBA President Muyiwa Oki has paid tribute to Joseph Rykwert (1926-2024), renowned authority on architecture, architectural history and the RIBA’s 2014 Royal Gold Medallist.
Posted in Sector NewsBlog
Tagged architecture, building, conservation, expertise, global, heritage, history
Comments Off on Joseph Rykwert (1926-2024): RIBA President Muyiwa Oki pays tribute to renowned authority on architecture and 2014 Royal Gold Medallist
High streets to be revitalised with new legal powers – ‘High Street Rental Auctions’ (HSRAs)
image for illustration: Joanna TheobaldHigh Street Rental Auctions will give businesses and community groups a ‘right to rent’ long-neglected town-centre commercial properties, says government on new initiatives.
Posted in Sector NewsBlog
Tagged environment, government, planning, regeneration, urban
Comments Off on High streets to be revitalised with new legal powers – ‘High Street Rental Auctions’ (HSRAs)
IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Global) doorstep’: Tiny Trevi Fountain stand-in pool…‘The saddest thing I’ve seen in Italy’
image for illustration: Wilfredo Rafael Rodriguez Hernandez, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons When the city of Rome constructed what looks like a backyard swimming pool in front of the famous Trevi Fountain for tourists to toss their coins into while the … Continue reading
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged conservation, global, heritage, planning
Comments Off on IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Global) doorstep’: Tiny Trevi Fountain stand-in pool…‘The saddest thing I’ve seen in Italy’
IHBC’s ‘Special Thanks’ to Student Award entrants for 2024, with record numbers seeking prizes (to £500) & places at #IHBCShrewsbury2025, via guest judge Nathan Baker, CIfA CE
The IHBC has received a record 50+ submissions to our 2024 Student Awards, all hoping guest judge, Nathan Baker – new Chief Executive (CE) at the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIfA) – will choose them for the coveted and certificated … Continue reading
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged awards, conservation, expertise, heritage, learning, research
Comments Off on IHBC’s ‘Special Thanks’ to Student Award entrants for 2024, with record numbers seeking prizes (to £500) & places at #IHBCShrewsbury2025, via guest judge Nathan Baker, CIfA CE
IHBC’s ‘Practice’ Signpost: ICOMOS-UK Heritage Photography Competition, celebrating 60 Years Of ICOMOS, to 30/11
ICOMOS-UK has launched a photography competition as a celebration of built heritage and living heritage traditions around the world, as seen by you through the lens, closing 30 November!
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged building, competition, conservation, environment, global, heritage, nature
Comments Off on IHBC’s ‘Practice’ Signpost: ICOMOS-UK Heritage Photography Competition, celebrating 60 Years Of ICOMOS, to 30/11
IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Scot seeks museum to house big brick collection
image for illustration Mark Cranston started the hobby over a decade ago when he was looking for a brick as a doorstop for his garden shed, and he has a collection of over 4,000 and needs to find them a … Continue reading
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged brick, heritage, museum
Comments Off on IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Scot seeks museum to house big brick collection
Future of theatres unclear amid prolonged RAAC closures
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 Four theatres that closed in 2023 because of RAAC concerns still have no reopening date announced, while four other venues are not expected to open until at least 2025.
Posted in Sector NewsBlog
Tagged building, conservation, culture, funding, heritage
Comments Off on Future of theatres unclear amid prolonged RAAC closures
Help SAVE Britain’s Heritage, with its 4-minute survey to plan for its 50th anniversary
SAVE Britain’s Heritage is conducting a 4-minute survey to assist with the planning of its programme of activities to celebrate turning 50 years old in 2025
Posted in Sector NewsBlog
Tagged conservation, heritage, survey
Comments Off on Help SAVE Britain’s Heritage, with its 4-minute survey to plan for its 50th anniversary
National Trust: Cultural Heritage Magazine (autumn/winter) now out, and seeks feedback
The National Trust has posted Issue 5 of its twice-yearly Cultural Heritage Magazine.
Posted in Sector NewsBlog
Tagged conservation, culture, heritage, nature, publications
Comments Off on National Trust: Cultural Heritage Magazine (autumn/winter) now out, and seeks feedback
Before the Budget: District Councils’ Network warned that ‘Robust local government is critical to the Government’s ambitions’
image for illustration The District Councils’ Network (DCN) has warned that planning departments are facing the worst workforce shortages, with eight out of 10 experiencing recruitment and retention issues.
Posted in Sector NewsBlog
Tagged finance, funding, localgovernment, recruitment, services, work
Comments Off on Before the Budget: District Councils’ Network warned that ‘Robust local government is critical to the Government’s ambitions’
Leeds Beckett University: Insulating solid walled homes has potential to cut energy bills up to 30%
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 Insulating the UK’s eight million solid walled homes has the potential to cut energy bills by 30 per cent in some homes, according to new research led by Leeds Beckett University.
Posted in Sector NewsBlog
Tagged building, climate change, energy, environment, government, planning, retrofit
Comments Off on Leeds Beckett University: Insulating solid walled homes has potential to cut energy bills up to 30%
IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the global Doorstep’: Ireland needs 80,000 more workers to fix roads, homes and power
image for illustration New research on Ireland’s infrastructure demands concludes that almost 80K more construction workers are needed to address significant shortfalls in housing, health, transport and electricity there.
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged building, expertise, government, housing, infrastructure, skills
Comments Off on IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the global Doorstep’: Ireland needs 80,000 more workers to fix roads, homes and power
IHBC’s November ‘CPD Circular’: For cost-conscious learning, sector awards, calls and much more (including a CMP query!), with a simpler format too
IHBC’s new CPD Circular offers our current listing of accessible and cost-effective Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities for historic and built environment conservation professionals and their networks, now with an even simpler format, and including the usual range of Branch … Continue reading
Posted in Sector NewsBlog
Tagged climate change, conservation, cpd, environment, heritage, learning, nature, planning, skills
Comments Off on IHBC’s November ‘CPD Circular’: For cost-conscious learning, sector awards, calls and much more (including a CMP query!), with a simpler format too
IHBC ‘Research, Records & Analysis’ Signpost: The new ‘Arches for HERs’ Demo site, from the Getty Conservation Institute via HE
image for illustration: Peter Badcock A new ‘Demo’ website and resource ‘Arches for HERs’ – sponsored by Getty Conservation Institute via Historic England – shows how organisations responsible for historic environment records (HER) management can benefit from its powerful features … Continue reading
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged conservation, environment, expertise, heritage, resource, skills
Comments Off on IHBC ‘Research, Records & Analysis’ Signpost: The new ‘Arches for HERs’ Demo site, from the Getty Conservation Institute via HE
IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Manchester soccer and government join up for regeneration at Trafford Wharfside
image for illustration: IHBC NW Branch Manchester United, Trafford Council, and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) have entered into a strategic partnership to maximise the growth and regeneration opportunities of the Trafford Wharfside area.
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged building, environment, government, planning, regeneration
Comments Off on IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Manchester soccer and government join up for regeneration at Trafford Wharfside
New era opens for Welsh historic environment legislation: Cabinet Statement welcomes ‘the most up-to-date historic environment legislation amongst the UK nations’
In a joint written statement Jack Sargeant MS, Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership, and Julie James MS, Counsel General and Minister for Delivery, announced that the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 (‘the 2023 Act’) came into full effect … Continue reading
Posted in Sector NewsBlog
Tagged building, climate change, conservation, environment, expertise, government, heritage, nature, planning, skills, wales
Comments Off on New era opens for Welsh historic environment legislation: Cabinet Statement welcomes ‘the most up-to-date historic environment legislation amongst the UK nations’
Lottery: £30M awarded to 15 heritage projects ahead of our 30th birthday
In the latest round of funding decisions from the Heritage Fund, it has given grants to transform a historic port, boost the habitat of freshwater pearl mussels, save a pub, revitalise a park and more, to celebrate a new batch … Continue reading
Posted in Sector NewsBlog
Tagged community, conservation, environment, expertise, funding, heritage
Comments Off on Lottery: £30M awarded to 15 heritage projects ahead of our 30th birthday
RTPI proposes ‘Interim route map to strategic planning’
The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has proposed a clear ‘route map’ to government to help Local Authorities take full advantage of strategic plans as soon as possible and to keep making local plans while they are introduced.
Posted in Sector NewsBlog
Tagged government, localgovernment, planning, policy
Comments Off on RTPI proposes ‘Interim route map to strategic planning’
Cultural organisations pledge commitment to change after major study into workforce dynamics
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 Clore Leadership spearheads drive for transformation as it publishes a new report after 87% of cultural leaders felt that demands on them had become worse.
Posted in Sector NewsBlog
Tagged culture, people, skills, work
Comments Off on Cultural organisations pledge commitment to change after major study into workforce dynamics
CIRIA and RSK Geosciences aim to produce first construction sector climate change guide
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 The Construction Industry Research and Information Association (CIRIA) and RSK Geosciences are to produce a first-of-its-kind good practice guide designed to help manage climate change geo-related impacts and liabilities for land development.
Posted in Sector NewsBlog
Tagged building, climate change, environment, research
Comments Off on CIRIA and RSK Geosciences aim to produce first construction sector climate change guide
IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the global Doorstep’: City Competitiveness Redefined, from ARUP – the cities to thrive in the era of climate change
image for illustration: Fiona Newton A new report form ARUP argues that traditional economic and infrastructure indicators are no longer sufficient to gauge a city’s long-term competitiveness, as cities must build resilience into every aspect of planning and operations – … Continue reading
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged city, climate change, conservation, environment, government, heritage, planning
Comments Off on IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the global Doorstep’: City Competitiveness Redefined, from ARUP – the cities to thrive in the era of climate change
IHBC’s new ‘Board insight’ for members & readers: IHBC NewsBlogs etc as prompts & reminders to Trustees on recent achievements
IHBC’s National Office reports to the Board of Trustees include our NewsBlog posts as prompts and reminders of recent achievements, as our free and accessible NewsBlogs etc. outreach servicealso serves as a critical and cost-effective resource in our governance.
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged building, climate change, conservation, environment, expertise, government, heritage, information, nature, news, planning, skills, trustees
Comments Off on IHBC’s new ‘Board insight’ for members & readers: IHBC NewsBlogs etc as prompts & reminders to Trustees on recent achievements
Don’t forget IHBC’s free ‘Publications by Members’ webpage posting: Just send us the details, for all member categories
The IHBC is delighted to remind members of the IHBC who have published books still in print that they can promote these for free on our ‘Members Publications’ web page: Just send the details to Peter Badcock at it@ihbc.org.uk.
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged building, climate change, conservation, culture, education, environment, expertise, government, heritage, nature, planning, skills
Comments Off on Don’t forget IHBC’s free ‘Publications by Members’ webpage posting: Just send us the details, for all member categories
IHBC’s Finance & Economics Signpost: British Land on ‘Brownfield’ – how to deliver more growth, homes & jobs, with communities’
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 British Land’s report on ‘Brownfield urban regeneration: how to deliver more growth, homes and jobs with the support of communities’ has been published.
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged building, economics, environment, finance, government, nature, planning
Comments Off on IHBC’s Finance & Economics Signpost: British Land on ‘Brownfield’ – how to deliver more growth, homes & jobs, with communities’