Category Archives: IHBC NewsBlog

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 features the call from a council for 2 consultants … Continue reading →

A Woking landlord was fined for failing to comply with a planning enforcement notice requiring him to demolish an unlawful extension.

WMF has welcomed GHF to the organization. Global Heritage Fund (GHF) has joined World Monuments Fund (WMF) in a strategic affiliation to further protect cultural heritage while working with communities around the world.

Join in the North Branch Winter Event 2023 on 7 December from 5.30pm, with buffet, festive drinks and more at the Black Gate,  Newcastle, for certificated CPD (Historic and Technology), from £20 (IHBC Retired members & Students free).

A consultation on updating and enhancing the IHBC-HTVF-Civic Voice joint ‘Conservation Professional Practice Principles’ has been launched, as we look at renewing this cross-sector statement on practice principles for specialists working in built and historic environment conservation roles.

Charles O’Brien (Joint Pevsner Series Editor) offers reflections on the history and development of the Pevsner series – the Pevsner Architectural Guides – and considers its importance in the field of architecture over 70 years since the first books were … 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 highlights the BBC on Birmingham Cathedral’s stained glass windows being restored.

A retrofit of one of Scotland’s famous tenements is tackling energy performance, improving health and wellbeing as well as preserving a vital legacy. image for illustration: Glasgow Southside Tenement by GeorgeRob at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Abundant with rich culture, history and fascinating architecture, Winnipeg may be the best Canadian city you have not yet discovered, and purported to have the most heritage buildings in the entire country. image for illustration: Rotundasouth by Public Domain, Commons … Continue reading →

The IHBC is delighted to join signatories to the Climate Heritage Network (CHN) Call to Action to put ‘Culture at the Heart of Climate Action’, asking the UNFCCC to include cultural heritage, the arts and creative sectors in climate policy.

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 →

Ioli Kynigou writing in New Civil Engineer suggests global carbon tax could be an ethical solution to the world’s. image for illustration only – Open Government Licence v3.0

A consultation on updating and enhancing the IHBC-HTVF-Civic Voice joint ‘Conservation Professional Practice Principles’ has been launched, as we look at renewing this cross-sector statement on practice principles for specialists working in built and historic environment conservation roles.

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 features the call from  a Borough council for a … Continue reading →

A campaigner has warned the Scottish Government that proposals to demolish Ayr’s fire-ravaged Station Hotel could have a major environmental impact, reports The Ayr Advertiser. image for illustration only – Ayr Station Hotel By Goodreg3 – Own work, CC BY-SA … Continue reading →

IHBC’s CPD Circular for November is now out, with low-cost training and upskilling opportunities to help guide on all IHBC-networked and notable Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and more.

A consultation on updating and enhancing the IHBC-HTVF-Civic Voice joint ‘Conservation Professional Practice Principles’ has been launched, as we look at renewing this cross-sector statement on practice principles for specialists working in built and historic environment conservation roles.

‘Data for Heritage Places’ is a new analysis using the ‘Heritage Index’ by The Heritage Fund. image NLHF

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 highlights Designing Buildings featuring the IHBC’s NewsBlog welcoming of and notice … Continue reading →

Scotland’s largest social housing association has put on hold one of the nation’s biggest demolition projects in the face of threatened court action, reports The Herald Scotland. image for illustration only –  By Lairich Rig, CC BY-SA 2.0

Running since 2018, Auckland’s Heritage Counts Report programme aims to highlight the extent and benefits of heritage in Auckland through the collection of statistics and research.

The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has conducted a comprehensive analysis of the planning profession in the United Kingdom, issued as its State of the Profession 2023 report, which shows how public sector planners have fallen by a quarter between … Continue reading →

A consultation on updating and enhancing the IHBC-HTVF-Civic Voice joint ‘Conservation Professional Practice Principles’ has been launched, as we look at renewing this cross-sector statement on practice principles for specialists working in built and historic environment conservation roles.

A report detailing the findings and recommendations of Scotland’s Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee was published online, following its inquiry on culture in communities.

IHBC Chair David McDonald said: ‘Our weekly News and Tender Alert offers current tender opportunities to HESPR members, supporting commercial conservation businesses that work to the IHBC’s standards and expectations.  These regular selections offer the wider heritage world regular insights … Continue reading →