Category Archives: IHBC NewsBlog

IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Built heritage trusts in Glasgow receive new funding from council

image for illustration (edited to remove person): The Glasshouse, Queens Park, Glasgow by Chris Haikney, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Total funding of £290,000 for the Glasgow Building Preservation Trust (GBPT) and the Glasgow City Heritage Trust (GCHT) … Continue reading

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Need a MATE? Next chance 5 August:  IHBC’s free monthly online accreditation guidance… all welcome, including accredited members seeking CPD updates and roles in IHBC training and assessments

As part of the IHBC’s evolving Membership Accreditation Training Events (MATEs) programme, which advises on IHBC accreditation applications, we’re offering free webinars for applicants as we pilot streamlined application forms and expanded resources.

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IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost update to RICHeS Survey: For Heritage Science community and networks, input sought to 1 August

The Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science (RICHeS) programme – the UK’s strategy to unlock access to heritage science facilities – seeks wide-ranging input to a new short survey (15 mins) to shape the future programme.

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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 ‘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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