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- IHBC welcomes COTAC’s new ‘Developing Personal Competences’ volume: Insight 2 – ‘…for those seeking re-accreditation…’ 15/09/2026
- IHBC hosts stall in Belfast’s Assembly Buildings, 28/09: Part of Heritage Network NI Conference: 27-29 September 15/09/2026
- IHBC launches ‘Early Career Network’ with calls to join up, as new Working Group explores plans for support and services 15/09/2026
- Don’t need your paper Context? Do everyone a favour and pass it on, ‘Spreading the Word’ to help the Conservation Professional! 15/09/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ CPD Signpost: HE Guidance on ‘Control of Microorganisms in Historic Buildings’ 15/09/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’….IHBC sponsors Gardens Trust on ‘New Town Landscapes,’ 23-24/09, Milton Keynes 15/09/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Albert Bridge gets fresh paint job during repair closure 15/09/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Historic status ruled out for Edinburgh block earmarked for demolition 15/09/2026
- TownsWeb digitisation grant: SPAB at 150… ‘from Stonehenge to St Mark’s, Venice’ 15/09/2026
- CITB on ‘Why construction skills strategies must become place-based’ 15/09/2026
- UK Heritage Pulse on ‘Skills Exchange Request the skills you need. Offer the ones you have 15/09/2026
- Charity Commission issues ‘Research and analysis Charity Sector Risk Assessment 2026’ 15/09/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Robots could harvest lava from volcanic eruptions to make ‘concrete’ of the future 15/09/2026
- IHBC’s newest ‘Branch Committee Bulletin, from the IHBC’s Director’: IHBC’s national updates for local volunteer leads – Part 1 11/09/2026
- IHBC hosts stall in Belfast’s Assembly Buildings, 28/09: Part of Heritage Network NI Conference: 27-29 September 11/09/2026
- IHBC welcomes RICHeS Access Fund second call, opening 14/09 – ‘access… cutting-edge equipment, collections & expertise’, to £20K, for charities, social enterprises, commercial companies etc. 11/09/2026
- Join IHBC’s Membership Assessors now and ‘Shape our Conservation Professionals of the future’, with CPD, status, compensation, and more as thanks and benefits 11/09/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Management’ CPD Signpost: Some sector takes on the NPPF 11/09/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ CPD Signpost: Dry Stone Walling Association issues Anthology of International Writing, from past and present, for the future’ 11/09/2026
- IHBC Director’ from HESPR’s £5.25m ongoing costed works: Heritage Estate body seeks condition surveys etc, to 09/09 11/09/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Plans to transform South Lanarkshire former mining village 11/09/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Mentmore Towers: Council orders owner to repair ‘exceptional’ grade I mansion 11/09/2026
- HES Chief quits amid deepening governance crisis 11/09/2026
- Heritage Fund & HE: Understanding the impact of climate change on historic parks, gardens and cemeteries 11/09/2026
- HES launches pilot fund to support Scotland’s historic places of worship: Opens Autumn 2026 11/09/2026
Category Archives: IHBC NewsBlog
IHBC’s Professional Signpost: Last chances for ECHOES Consultation, open to mid-July: Help ‘…map cultural heritage communities’ needs & expectations’
The ECHOES Consultation aims to map diverse cultural heritage communities and understand their needs and expectations for the Cultural Heritage Cloud. With their contribution, we will be able to set up the Cultural Heritage Cloud with and for the communities.
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IHBC’s ‘Management’ Signpost: House of Commons Committee Report on ‘Condition of Government Property’
The House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts report on the ‘Condition of Government Property’ has been published, together with minutes relating to the Report on 11 June 2025.
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IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: British Academy on ‘Value of social and cultural infrastructure ‘risks being neglected in decision-making’ without new measurement framework’
A new British Academy report – Measuring Social and Cultural Infrastructure – emphasises the urgent need for policymakers to recognise social and cultural spaces as essential infrastructure contributing directly to economic growth and reducing social inequalities.
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IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £8.4M+ of weekly works: Authority asset valuations, to 04/08 & £173K+
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 from an estate holding authority planning valuations of … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep: ‘It survived two World Wars…’ – Heartbreak as Manchester’s Hotspur Press left a smouldering ruin
image for illustration: Hotspur Press on Fire by Jotaht, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons On 24 June, people woke up with the tragic realisation that one of Manchester’s oldest and most symbolic buildings the Hotspur Press has been destroyed, … Continue reading
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Looking back to Context 183 (Part 1): IHBC’s journal examines ‘Wellbeing and Heritage’, from work and economics to emotions and ageing
Our Spring issue of IHBC’s members’ journal, Context – No. 183 examines ‘Wellbeing and Heritage’, highlighting how historic buildings and places trigger rich evocations, but that’s only part of a complex story being told here.
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IHBC’s ‘Practice’ Signpost: Highland Council focussed on Planning Enforcement with new Charter
Highland Council’s Economy and Infrastructure Committee has agreed to adopt the 2025 Planning Enforcement Charter that captures all planning enforcement policy and procedures, explaining how enforcement works, the Council’s roles and responsibilities and the service standard that have been set.
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IHBC’s Professional Signpost: Last chances for ECHOES Consultation, open to mid-July: Help ‘…map cultural heritage communities’ needs & expectations’
The ECHOES Consultation aims to map diverse cultural heritage communities and understand their needs and expectations for the Cultural Heritage Cloud. With their contribution, we will be able to set up the Cultural Heritage Cloud with and for the communities.
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IHBC’s Research Signpost: Input sought from ‘anyone who does, supports or uses’ heritage science
The AHRC has opened a consultation to evaluate the Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science (RICHeS) programme, and seeks input ‘from ‘anyone who does, supports or uses this work’.
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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: South Downs NP on ‘… investing in built heritage skills’
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 South Downs National Park (NP) on investing in built … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Council) doorstep: Council to sell Mackintosh building for use as Scottish Catholic archives
image for illustration: Martyrs’ School by Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons The former Martyrs’ School building in Glasgow’s Townhead – designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh – is to be sold by Glasgow City Council to the Bishops’ Conference … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Cities around the world are sinking at ‘worrying speed’
image for illustration: London by © User:Colin and Kim Hansen / Wikimedia Commons Dozens of coastal regions that are sinking at a worrying speed, according to a study by Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore.
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IHBC’s July ‘CPD Circular’: Accessible, cost-conscious learning, events, awards, calls etc., featuring Schools – in reflection and foresight – Branch CPD partnerships and more
IHBC’s July CPD Circular offers our current listing of accessible, cost-effective ‘Continuing Professional Development’ (CPD) opportunities for historic and built environment conservation professionals and their networks, with the familiar range of Branch and network events, publications, awards and more.
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IHBC’s ‘Finance and Economics’ Signpost: Department for Communities NI on study on ‘Market failure in Heritage’
The Department for Communities Northern Ireland has published a research paper, ‘A study on market failure in the heritage sector in Northern Ireland’.
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IHBC’s Research Signpost: Input sought from ‘anyone who does, supports or uses’ heritage science
The AHRC has opened a consultation to evaluate the Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science (RICHeS) programme, and seeks input ‘from ‘anyone who does, supports or uses this work’.
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IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £837K+ of weekly works: English authority seeks Design Review members & Scottish Trust seeks accredited architect etc.
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 double-up of calls, as an English Council … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Council) doorstep: New council plans reveal extent of damage to collapsed Grade II listed hotel
image for illustration: The Corbett Arms Hotel in Tywyn, Gwynedd by Jeremy Bolwell, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Images from inside a Grade II listed hotel show the scale of its collapse, as a council looks to press ahead with … Continue reading
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IHBC Research for Practice Digest No.6 now out: ‘Connecting conservation research and professional practice’
The IHBC’s sixth IHBC Research for Practice Digest has been issued to networks and subscribers features French public agency for ecological transition alongside our regular updated on Research and Guidance; Calls for Papers, Abstracts & Researchers and our ‘Broader Context’ … Continue reading
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LAST CHANCE: Join our North Branch day on ‘Legislation…’ (Charles Mynors) & ‘Ecclesiastical Exemption’ (Martin Howard), 4 July, Newcastle, and ‘Get in the CPD Groove’ for IHBC’s 2026 Newcastle School on ‘Adaptive Reuse’
Places are still available on IHBC’s next North Branch ‘CPD Branch Partnership’ full-day programme of low-cost, hard-to-access CPD on ‘Listed Building and Conservation Areas Legislation’ (Charles Mynors, on) and ‘Ecclesiastical Exemption…’ (Martin Howard), Newcastle, 4 July, £50 IHBC members, £75 … Continue reading
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IHBC celebrates learning, partnerships, friends and more at #IHBCShrewsbury2025, with thanks to all involved, and looks ahead to 2026, in June, in Newcastle, on ‘Adaptive Reuse’
image: Jonathan Taylor for the IHBC The IHBC is delighted to thank all contributors, participants, sponsors, network partners and School Friends who have helped ensure that our 2025 Annual School in Shrewsbury – #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – was such a success, which … Continue reading
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IHBC seeks ‘Branch Consultants’ with strong interpersonal, IT & comms skills for flexible part-time (typically 4 hours/week) regional support: Help boost locally-led conservation and volunteers, @£25/hour + expenses, closes 18 July
If you want to help the IHBC’s UK-wide built and historic environment conservation practice Branch network, have strong IT, comms & interpersonal skills, and seek flexible home-working with huge potential for engagement, travel and supporting interdisciplinary conservation, please let us … Continue reading
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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: DB’s IHBC post on reviving Jacobs Wells Baths as ‘a multi-use hub’
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 on ‘the Revival of Jacobs Wells Baths as … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Practice’ Signpost: Major changes to Glasgow’s skyline on horizon as new policy on design of tall buildings agreed
image for illustration: Fiona Newton The Tall Buildings Design Guide for Glasgow sets out areas of the city where the council would support the development of skyscrapers, as well as outlining expectations on build quality, design, and aesthetics.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Demolition of abandoned Port Glasgow estate dubbed ‘Scotland’s Chernobyl’
image for illustration: Clune Park Street by Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Inverclyde Council gave advance notice on its work to demolish parts of the Clune Park estate, including the former school and church buildings.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Birmingham joins global cities Kyoto & Jaipur as World Craft City status awarded
image for illustration: Vittoria Street by Gordon Griffiths, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Birmingham has officially been recognised as a World Craft City – making it one of just eight in Europe to receive the prestigious designation from the … Continue reading
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