Category Archives: IHBC NewsBlog

IHBC’s Council Update: Looking ahead to business on 24 March – first blended Council – with new (& past) Presidents & Vice Presidents, and looking back, on Irish structural engineering CPD ‘across borders’

IHBC’s Council held its 9th online meeting on 21 January, covering Council business – including early notice on our first blended Council on 24 March and an early call for Vice President nominations for up to four posts – alongside … Continue reading

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Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ service helps diverse disciplines, levels and sectors, from St Paul’s Cathedral estate to Cadw works supervision, & inter-governmental heritage care to historic railway business

To help connect employers’ needs and practitioners’ skills, the IHBC regularly updates NewsBlog readers on the wide-ranging opportunities on our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, so be sure to sign up for free alerts and ‘stay ahead’ with the our unique … Continue reading

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IHBC’s TWO Marsh Awards for 2025: Nominations sought for ‘Successful Learning’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution (Retired Members) – to 31 March 2025

The two IHBC Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Charitable Trust, celebrate ‘Community Contributions’ by retired IHBC members, as well as ‘Successful Learning’ in heritage-related skills, with £500 and free places at IHBC’s 2025 Annual School in Shrewsbury … Continue reading

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IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: FREE CPD at London’s LPOC Listed Property Show, Olympia, 31 Jan/01 Feb 2025

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 31 January-1 February in London’s Olympia (pre-booking essential), with stands still available.

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IHBC’s 2025 AGM is coming soon: To take your membership to a new level, as Trustee, be sure to · Check our guidance · Explore options with us · Sort your CPD · Submit your case

If you are interested in a voluntary role as an Trustee you can explore duties and obligations not only through our extensive online guidance, but also ‘in real life’ by contacting a trustee post-holder – direct or through your Branch … Continue reading

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IHBC’s Finance and Economics Signpost:The AHF is investing in the ‘Future of Heritage’

The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) has announced that three of its loan-funded projects have successfully completed and repaid their investment in the last few months.

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IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £8.2M+ of weekly works: BC seeks multi-disciplinary team for design code, to 17/02 & £200K

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members regular ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick this week is a call from Borough Council (BC) for a … Continue reading

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Blenheim Palace gets annual deep clean before £10.4m roof restoration

image for illustration: Blenheim Palace by DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons A monumental £10.4M undertaking is underway to preserve Britain’s Greatest Palace’s historic architecture and safeguard its heritage for future generations, as Blenheim Palace has announced that its … Continue reading

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Global) doorstep’: Trump on ‘PROMOTING BEAUTIFUL FEDERAL CIVIC ARCHITECTURE’

image for illustration: The White House by DJTechYT, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons A Memorandum for the Administrator of the General Services on ‘Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture’ has been issued as an Executive Order by US President Donald … Continue reading

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IHBC looks back on Context 181 (Part 2): Special Features update, from coal tar to Blue Plaques and climate impacts, for insightful and accessible learning and CPD

With the new issue of IHBC’s members’ journal, Context now out, did you work through all of our earlier number – Issue No. 181 – which boasted feature articles on topics ranging from wood and coal tar to Blue Plaques … Continue reading

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IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: FREE CPD at London’s LPOC Listed Property Show, Olympia, 31 Jan/01 Feb 2025

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 31 January-1 February in London’s Olympia (pre-booking essential), with stands still available.

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IHBC’s TWO Marsh Awards for 2025: Nominations sought for ‘Successful Learning’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution (Retired Members) – to 31 March 2025

The two IHBC Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Charitable Trust, celebrate ‘Community Contributions’ by retired IHBC members, as well as ‘Successful Learning’ in heritage-related skills, with £500 and free places at IHBC’s 2025 Annual School in Shrewsbury … Continue reading

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IHBC ‘Research’ Signpost: Historic England’s Heritage Indicator Data update – Part of Heritage Counts

image for illustration: Peter Badcock Each year, Heritage Counts collates datasets about a range of indicators that provide useful insights into the state of the historic environment with, in most cases, the indicators having been collected since 2002.

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IHBC’s 2025 AGM is coming soon: To take your membership to a new level, as Trustee, be sure to · Check our guidance · Explore options with us · Sort your CPD · Submit your case

If you are interested in a voluntary role as an Trustee you can explore duties and obligations not only through our extensive online guidance, but also ‘in real life’ by contacting a trustee post-holder – direct or through your Branch … Continue reading

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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: Dezeen signposts the 25 most significant 21st century buildings… so far, starting with the Tate Modern

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 Dezeen on’The 25 most significant buildings of the 21st century … Continue reading

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Former St Joseph’s Orphanage site had ‘community protection notice’ served on it

image for illustration: Alexander P Kapp / The former Mount Street Hospital The Grade 11 listed former St Joseph’s Orphanage Mount Street, Preston, which had a community protection notice served on it, was vandalised and sustained a recent arson attack reports Blog … Continue reading

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Membership of new Creative Industries Taskforce announced

A new taskforce, led by Baroness Shriti Vadera and Sir Peter Bazalgette, to help deliver a plan to grow the creative industries met for the first time on 18 December 2024.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global (UK Research) doorstep 2’: UKRI developing new research data policy framework

A new pan-United Kingdom Research and Innovation(UKRI) research data policy framework will maximise the value of data arising from UKRI funding and support an open research and innovation culture.

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LA conservation jobs in England: ‘Market Intelligence’ Research Note from IHBC’s 2024 ‘Jobs etc.’ posts,via our ToolBox

The IHBC’s first Research Note (RN) for 2025 (RN2025/1) has been posted on the IHBC’s ToolBox, offering our annual update on ‘Market Intelligence’ on England’s local authority (LA) conservation-related posts from our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service.

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IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: FREE CPD at London’s LPOC Listed Property Show, Olympia, 31 Jan/01 Feb 2025

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 31 January-1 February in London’s Olympia (pre-booking essential), with stands still available.

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IHBC’s TWO Marsh Awards for 2025: Nominations sought for ‘Successful Learning’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution (Retired Members) – to 31 March 2025

The two IHBC Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Charitable Trust, celebrate ‘Community Contributions’ by retired IHBC members, as well as ‘Successful Learning’ in heritage-related skills, with £500 and free places at IHBC’s 2025 Annual School in Shrewsbury … Continue reading

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IHBC’s first Councils for 2025, with targeted CPD for all members: · 21 January – virtual, with Conall Doherty on ‘… Structural engineering in Ireland’ · 24 March, blended Council, London Charterhouse, welcoming new President Rebecca Thompson

IHBC’s next free online Council CPD, exclusive to all IHBC member categories, includes ‘A Wonderful Barn, a Fort and a Gaol: Structural engineering in Ireland’ with Conall Doherty, while the following Council, on 24 March, will be blended, from London’s … Continue reading

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IHBC’s ‘Design & Presentation’ signpost: SPAB CE & IHBC member Matthew Slocombe on Clandon Park controversy, BBC (44.32-51.20; and 22/01)

Matthew Slocombe SPAB Chief Executive (CE) and IHBC member helps explore the Clandon House options, from ‘a Country House laid bare’ to restoration, on the BBC (from 44.32-51.20, available to 22 January.

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IHBC’s 2025 AGM is coming soon: To take your membership to a new level, as Trustee, be sure to · Check our guidance · Explore options with us · Sort your CPD · Submit your case

If you are interested in a voluntary role as an Trustee you can explore duties and obligations not only through our extensive online guidance, but also ‘in real life’ by contacting a trustee post-holder – direct or through your Branch … Continue reading

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IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £50K+ of weekly works: National heritage body seeks research linked to regeneration, to 23/01 & £20K

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members regular ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick this week is a call from a national heritage body for … Continue reading

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