Category Archives: IHBC NewsBlog

‘Designing Buildings, The construction wiki’, and host platform to the IHBC’s own copy of our 2022 annual report for our sponsors, is celebrating it’s 10th anniversary.

Our new subscription year – April 2022 to March 2023 – will see the IHBC mark a quarter of a century since our incorporation as a professional body supporting and accrediting built and historic environment conservation specialists, so we’re kick-starting … Continue reading →

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 Architects’ Journal (AJ) on ‘toxic culture’ in architectural education.

Two important examples of Leicester’s architectural history have been fully restored thanks to a government grant for expert repair work, Quenby Hall Gates and the boundary wall to the city’s historic Great Meeting Chapel. image: Leicester City Council website

Bringing in-person and virtual delegates together at #IHBCAberdeen2022 meant anyone interested could join in the Day School – and even more at our Heritage MarketPlace –  and here some key players headline its ambitions and achievements.

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 is a call from a Scottish Council for … Continue reading →

If you registered as an in-person or online delegate we are keen to hear your feedback on this year’s IHBC Annual School 2022 – Aberdeen #IHBCAberdeen2022

Thank you to all those who visited our learning-led virtual Heritage #IHBCMarketPlace which launched our Annual School  #IHBCAberdeen2022. If you haven’t had a chance to complete the feedback survey there’s still time.

Bedford Corn Exchange has been listed at Grade II (GII) by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on the advice of Historic England, reports The Bedford Independent. image: Simon Speed, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The IHBC’s 2022 Aberdeen School, in our 25th anniversary year, hosted some 250 delegates across the Day School on 17 June – and even more at our Heritage MarketPlace launch – as early feedback is resoundingly positive.

The landmark regeneration scheme in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire – which helped close IHBC’s 2022 Aberdeen Day School at #IHBCAberdeen2022 – has just been crowned the overall winner at the inaugural RTPI Scotland Awards for Planning Excellence.

The IHBC has welcomed Civic Voice’s new national survey to coincide with National Civic Day, on the last day of our 2022 School #IHBCAberdeen2022, which asks: Are you proud of your local high street?

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 from the HESPR News and Tender Alert email for this week … Continue reading →

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 Bloomberg on John Lewis’s plans for rental properties above grocery … Continue reading →

Proposals to redevelop an entire village in Gwynedd have been submitted to planners, as Penrhos Polish Village in Pwllheli, founded by the Polish Housing Society after WW2, could face demolition. image: Eric Jones / Polish Scouts Hall at Penrhos Wikimedia Commons

Scotland’s Culture Secretary Angus Robertson will welcome in-person and virtual delegates to the IHBC’s blended 2022 School on 17 June, which he says ‘offers a timely opportunity to promote heritage-led regeneration as part of the solution to… economic and social … Continue reading →

Guidance and arrangements for all aspects of the IHBC’s 2022 School have been issued to all booked delegates, so if you are missing anything crucial check your spam first then contact us at contact@ihbc.org.uk

Stall guidance on ‘Making your CPD stall choices’ has been sent to those visiting IHBC’s virtual MarketPlace stalls on 15 June, 4.30-7.30pm (including a ‘Happy Hour’ break) so you can check the live MarketPlace Stallholder List, and still book a … Continue reading →

Our new subscription year – April 2022 to March 2023 – will see the IHBC mark a quarter of a century since our incorporation as a professional body supporting and accrediting built and historic environment conservation specialists, so we’re kick-starting … Continue reading →

The IHBC is delighted to announce that Alice Ullathorne IHBC – our lead for the institute’s own ‘Equality, Diversity and Inclusion’ (EDI) Working Group, as per the IHBC’s Heritage Marketplace Billboard listing – has joined the Board of the Heritage … Continue reading →

Sector lead the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) has recognised the IHBC’s professional accreditation (Full and Associate Members) and support (CPD etc.) in awarding its PQP (Professionally Qualified Person) cards.

Some 5000 copies of the IHBC’s 2022 Yearbook are headlining our #IHBCAberdeen2022 School and resources to members and networks, as Heritage Lottery CE explains ‘why the IHBC focus this year is so important’, and IHBC-supported All Party Parliament Group (APPG) … Continue reading →

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’ Newsletter, circulated to 15,000 registered users, headlining the … Continue reading →

The Church of Scotland is to review its current portfolio of buildings, with a view to closing those little used and now surplus to requirements, reports The Scotsman as it offers more context and resources on the sales. image: for … Continue reading →

Some 5000 copies of the IHBC’s 2022 Yearbook are headlining our #IHBCAberdeen2022 School and resources to members and networks, as Heritage Lottery CE explains ‘why the IHBC focus this year is so important’, and IHBC-supported All Party Parliament Group (APPG) … Continue reading →