Category Archives: IHBC NewsBlog

IHBC looks ahead to 2025 No.11:National Highways & Natural England sign agreement to strengthen environmental impact

Posted on 30/12/2024 by IHBC

image for illustration: A417 by Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0 National Highways and Natural England have signed a landmark agreement to support the delivery of world-class national infrastructure whilst ensuring better outcomes for the environment.

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IHBC looks ahead to 2025 No.12: Tear down barriers to help diversify the housing market, says FMB via LSE

Posted on 30/12/2024 by IHBC

image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 Small house builders, who account for just 10% of all new homes across the country, won’t be able to increase their market share unless barriers are removed, says a new report commissioned by … Continue reading →

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IHBC looks ahead to 2025 No.13:Awardees of the 2024 King’s Award for Voluntary Service announced

Posted on 30/12/2024 by IHBC

image: Open Government Licence v3.0 A fortunate 281 organisations throughout the United Kingdom are to receive The King’s Award for Voluntary Service in recognition of their outstanding community service.

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IHBC looks ahead to 2025 No.14: Planning proposals get Britain building and turn the tide on nature’s decline

Posted on 30/12/2024 by IHBC

image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 A new approach to development and the environment will boost the number of homes being built, as developers will be able to pay into a new Nature Restoration Fund to meet their environmental … Continue reading →

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IHBC looks ahead to 2025 No.15: New skills hubs launched to get Britain building

Posted on 30/12/2024 by IHBC

image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 Thousands more apprentice construction workers will be hired each year to build homes and kickstart growth, through new skills hubs funded by industry leaders, government writes.

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IHBC looks ahead to 2025 No.16: LGA, on ‘Almost 24,000 affordable houses lost in office-to-residential conversions’

Posted on 30/12/2024 by IHBC

image for illustration The Local Government Association (LGA) states that, in order ‘to deliver more housing of a decent standard, councils need the right powers, skills, resources and funding to act, and want to work with government and the development … Continue reading →

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IHBC looks ahead to 2025 No.17, featuring ‘Heritage from the (BID) doorstep’: From the home of #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – Shrewsbury’s BID High Street award said to boost trade and pride

Posted on 30/12/2024 by IHBC

image for illustration: Shrewsbury by Angharad Hart Shrewsbury’s Business Improvement District (BID) has said being named home of Britain’s best high street will bring in more visitors and create local pride, another reason to join IHBC’s 2025 Annual School – … Continue reading →

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IHBC looks ahead to 2025 No.18, featuring ‘Heritage from the (civic) doorstep’, with Stoke Newington Town Hall officially ‘at risk’ after being vacant ‘for many years’

Posted on 30/12/2024 by IHBC

image for illustration: Stoke Newington Town Hall by Tarquin Binary, CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons A ‘government body’ – Historic England – has declared Hackney’s Stoke Newington Town Hall at risk of loss and in need of protection, reports … Continue reading →

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IHBC looks ahead to 2025 No.19, and ‘Heritage on the global doorstep’: Dry stone wall construction added to UNESCO list of protected cultural heritages

Posted on 30/12/2024 by IHBC

image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 The practice of dry stone wall construction in Ireland has been added to UNESCO’s list of protected cultural heritages around the world.

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IHBC’s Christmas boost to Branch Committees’ infrastructure: Director’s first introductions to new ‘Branch Liaison & Support Consultants’

Posted on 24/12/2024 by IHBC

The IHBC’s Director Seán O’Reilly has written to representative Branch Committee Officers with initial introductions and contacts details for the new Branch Liaison and Support Consultants (BL&SC), our new way to help volunteers.

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IHBC welcomes HB&P’s digital 2024 Centenary issue of ‘Heritage Now’, including Edward Holland IHBC (& HESPR) on the ‘Village Alive Trust’

Posted on 24/12/2024 by IHBC

image: ‘A general view of Llanarth Church’ (top) ‘Croft Barn, Interior after restoration’, (bottom) – photos by Edward Holland Historic Buildings & Places (HB&P, formerly the Ancient Monuments Society) has issued a special digital issue of its Winter 2024 Heritage … Continue reading →

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Join the IHBC’s next virtual Council with free CPD, open to all IHBC members: Tuesday 21 January, 4pm, includes ‘transferable lessons for all practitioners’

Posted on 24/12/2024 by IHBC

All categories of IHBC members – Supporters, Affiliates, Associates and Full Members – are invited to join the IHBC’s next free online Council for more relevant and topical CPD.

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IHBC’s ‘Intervention’ Signpost for Christmas: AJ’s top stories for 2024 – the ‘Country house’ clause, SM, salaries & Kevin

Posted on 24/12/2024 by IHBC

The Architects’ Journal (AJ) has looked back at some of its most-read stories from the year, including country houses, in-depth data on architects’ salaries, social media star practices, and taking work (or not) in Saudi Arabia… and Kevin too (NB: … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Aberdeen’s Poundland launches historic move at new store – selling homes to the public

Posted on 24/12/2024 by IHBC

image for illustration: Aberdeen Harbour, Victoria Dock by David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Poundland has spent six years renovating its latest branch which opens this weekend – and it will include two firsts for the discount chain, reports … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Southend Council threatens enforcement over Kursaal repairs

Posted on 24/12/2024 by IHBC

image for illustration: By Jim Linwood – The Kursaal, Southend-On-Sea. Uploaded by oxyman, CC BY 2.0 The owner of Southend’s landmark Grade II Kursaal building was threatened with enforcement action and ordered to carry out urgent repairs, it has been … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage on the global (COP29) doorstep’ 2: International definitions for low-carbon cement and concrete launched to fast-track green procurement

Posted on 24/12/2024 by IHBC

image for illustration: Post of Azerbaijan, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons International definitions for low carbon cement and concrete were launched at COP29, the Global Cement and Concrete Association – GCCA – reports, standards ‘crucial to providing a key reference … Continue reading →

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Join the IHBC’s next virtual Council with free CPD, open to all IHBC members: Tuesday 21 January, 4pm, includes ‘transferable lessons for all practitioners’

Posted on 20/12/2024 by IHBC

All categories of IHBC members – Supporters, Affiliates, Associates and Full Members – are invited to join the IHBC’s next free online Council for more relevant and topical CPD.

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IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: New AXA UK research reveals areas of England most vulnerable to extreme weather

Posted on 20/12/2024 by IHBC

image for illustration: Joanna Theobald New research by AXA UK highlights the areas of England most vulnerable to climate risks posed by extreme weather, with more than half of those polled admitting they would be ill-equipped to deal with flooding … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £3.1M+ of weekly works: Council seeks qualified architect for GI LB works etc., to 27/01/25 & £200K

Posted on 20/12/2024 by IHBC

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 Council for a qualified … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Council) doorstep’: Heritage Strategy to protect, preserve & enhance Stirling’s historic assets

Posted on 20/12/2024 by IHBC

image for illustration: Stirling Castle by Stirling Council from Stirling, UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons A strategy to secure the future of Stirling’s historic assets has been approved by Stirling Council.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage on the global (COP29) doorstep’ 1: CHN, on culture advocates leaving COP29 with pride in efforts, disappointment in outcomes, as hope turns to COP30 in Brazil

Posted on 20/12/2024 by IHBC

COP29 has concluded in Baku, Azerbaijan following two weeks of fraught negotiations, reports Climate Heritage Network (CHN), with tense disagreements over the COP’s signature issue of climate finance and outcomes whose adequacy is hotly disputed.

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IHBC welcomes Free 2 Day Traditional Building Retrofit Course for Wales

Posted on 17/12/2024 by IHBC

Fully funded training in the retrofit of traditional and historic buildings is now available in Wales, achieving the Level 3 award qualification, delivered by the Environment Study Centre and presented by IHBC Technical Panel Chair Professor John Edwards.

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Don’t forget: IHBC’s HESPR-linked service promotion is now even more accessible to clients when using our map-based search

Posted on 17/12/2024 by IHBC

IHBC members, colleagues and client bodies can now find the office locations of HESPR members – IHBC’s Historic Environment Service Provider Recognition (HESPR) scheme – using our new map-based facility. images : HESPR logo and Google Maps

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IHBC’s ‘Research & Finance’ Signposts: British Geological Survey research for HES shows Scotland can re-establish its stone industry

Posted on 17/12/2024 by IHBC

image for illustration: Fiona Newton British Geological Survey research, commissioned by Historic Environment Scotland (HES), reveals an opportunity to re-establish the Scottish building stone market in order to maintain the country’s historic buildings.

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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: IHBC features Building on the ‘lessons… from M&S decision’

Posted on 17/12/2024 by IHBC

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 Building on the ‘What lessons can be learnt from the … Continue reading →

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