Category Archives: IHBC NewsBlog

An iconic building that was a key part of the industry that helped build one Merseyside town is now ‘at risk’, reports The Echo. image: for illustration – By The World of Glass, St Helens, Entrance by Alexander P Kapp, … Continue reading →

Targeted cuts in the VAT rate on listed building (LB) refurbishments and a presumption against demolition of existing properties are amongst the recommendations in the first report of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) heritage group on Conservation, Places and People … Continue reading →

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 2-3 February in London’s Olympia (pre-booking essential).

On 14 November, Mick Antoniw MS, Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution, made a second appearance before Committee to give evidence on the Historic Environment (Wales) Bill.

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 the call from a national heritage body … Continue reading →

Planners have rejected a request to allow a number of new homes in the Keswick area to keep their Welsh slate roofs, following a requirement to use local materials instead. image: for illustration – Braithwaite by By Andrew Smith, CC … Continue reading →

The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) House of Commons Parliamentary Committee has published its report on ‘Promoting Britain abroad’, including recommendations to government. image: for ilustration – Open Government Licence v3.0

The Heritage Open Days Festival feedback highlights how visitors continue to praise the local volunteers and staff who helped them connect with their places and learn new things.

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 the Guardian’s featured response by M&S to Simon Jenkins on … Continue reading →

A former fruit orchard in the Isle of Wight’s Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), could be turned into a tourism development as four two-bedroom timber cabins are proposed in a ‘niche, high-quality’ small-scale tourism business, the Isle of Wight … Continue reading →

The heritage body responsible for Edinburgh Castle has not recorded any rockfalls from the landmark for four years, reports The Edinburgh Evening News. image: for illustration – Fiona Newton

Targeted cuts in VAT on listed building refurbishments and a presumption against demolition of existing properties are among recommendations in a UK-wide All-Party Parliamentary Group’s (APPG) first report, on ‘The Value of Heritage’, supported by the IHBC, launched in Westminster … Continue reading →

Plans to resurrect Aberdeen’s historic Bon Accord Baths – the spectacular ‘work in progress’ venue for our 2022 Annual School‘s Thursday launching reception in June – have been given a considerable boost after Aberdeen City Council agreed to lend its … Continue reading →

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 town Council’s call for cost consultant … Continue reading →

Churches must improve the way that their buildings are used by the community, a new report published on Tuesday says, reports the Church Times. image: for illustration only

To mark the IHBC’s 25th anniversary our NewsBlog service is looking back – and forward – to celebrate some of the free ‘jewels’ that help members and colleagues contribute to our charitable objects, here featuring ‘HESPR’, our ‘Historic Environment Service … Continue reading →

IHBC’s Scotland Branch is meeting in person (in Edinburgh) and online as part of the national IHBC25 programme, ‘with some reflections, wine and nibbles’ and including an AGM, on 1 December, from 4pm.

The IHBC’s Branch and Volunteer Support Officer Jude Wheeler has written to IHBC Branch Committee representatives across the UK to update all on new developments and opportunities.

The Climate Heritage Network (CHN) has welcomed what it calls ‘landmark Culture Outcomes at COP27’, including ‘the first time parties… have acknowledged the critical linkages between cultural heritage and climate change’.

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 new glass lift viewpoint in Battersea Power … Continue reading →

Sellar, the developer of the Shard, wants to build a 16-storey tower block on top of the historic mainline Liverpool Street station. image: By Amakuru – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0,

The IHBC’s Recognised CPD Provider service counts some 65 members, and is growing monthly, with the latest to join this accessible and free resource including INTBAU, the Vernacular Architecture Group, The Institute of Conservation, and the Heritage Alliance.

IHBC’s Scotland Branch is meeting in person (in Edinburgh) and online as part of the national IHBC25 programme, ‘with some reflections, wine and nibbles’ and including an AGM, on 1 December, from 4pm.

On 1 December, Gregor Harvie, director of the Designing Buildings wiki resource – host for the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki – will explain how to create, write and optimise articles for the wiki service.

The Carbon Trust Director Simon Retallack offers his own take on prospects for Net Zero.