Category Archives: IHBC NewsBlog

The Air Balloon, in Birdlip, has served its final pint ahead of its demolition. It will make way for a £460m road scheme described as the ‘missing link’ on the A417 in Gloucestershire, reports the Worcester News. image: for illustration … Continue reading →

The IHBC is delighted to offer 20% member discounts on the 1-day online course dealing with damp, mould and condensation delivered by IHBC Technical Panel Chair Professor John Edwards and aligned with the recent cross-sector standard supported by the IHBC, … Continue reading →

The IHBC’s NewsBlogs resource and linked free email alert service (sign up HERE) form a central part of the institute’s CPD support, guidance and reference for practicing conservation professionals and their sector networks.

The report of the ‘Expert Group Meeting on Urban Regeneration as a tool for Inclusive and Sustainable Recovery’ has been published by UN-Habitat.

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’s news Dezeen as leading Indian architects pick their favourite Indian buildings.

Plans to make the Grade I (GI)-listed museum wing of London’s National Gallery (NGL) more accessible and sustainable – described by some as ‘ill-judged’ and ‘insensitive’ – have been approved by Westminster planning committee, reports The Art Newspaper. image: for … Continue reading →

Sustainable Traditional Buildings Alliance (STBA) reflects on 2022 events and flags the 2023 programme content.

More than 100 projects have share a £2.1Bn allocation from Round 2 of the government’s Levelling Up Fund ‘to create jobs and boost the economy’, including £545 million allocated to conserve local ‘landmarks’ and £760+M to revitalise towns and cities. … Continue reading →

The IHBC is delighted to offer particular congratulations to IHBC members receiving honours in the most recent awards – Membership Committee member Kate Dickson (Kathleen Elizabeth Maclean, BEM) and Peter Aiers (OBE) – as well as to all recognised in … Continue reading →

Marking the 25th anniversary of the IHBC – #IHBC 25 – our ‘IHBC at 25’ issue of Context looks back at where today’s multidisciplinary institute came from, how it has evolved and where it might go, and this celebratory NewsBlog … Continue reading →

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 features call from a Council seeking a team … Continue reading →

Whether it’s the ruins of a military barracks in Nenagh, a collapsed building in Mitchelstown, a ghost estate in Abbeyfeale or the not so ‘Grand Hotel’ in Tramore, vacant and derelict buildings represent a legacy of neglect for our physical … Continue reading →

The IHBC’s newest CPD Circular is now out, listing low-cost training and upskilling opportunities – and much more – to help guide busy heritage practitioners to the best value in Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

The new issue of the IHBC’s must-read journal, Context No.174, explores just a few key threads in the history of the IHBC in our 25th Anniversary year – #IHBC25 – with extra gems including a local architectural archive that represents … Continue reading →

Culture, heritage and creativity are essential to our future national prosperity, levelling up and recovery from crisis, a new Local Government Association (LGA) report finds. image: for illustration – Open Government Licence v3.0

Guidance and documents about the monitoring and evaluation of the European Regional Development Fund 2014 to 2020 Programme have been issued, reports Government UK.

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’s news features Building’s ‘unearthing’ of an editorial on Parliament’s construction from … Continue reading →

People have been given a first glimpse of plans for a new £5.39 million community centre for a historic Bradford district village, reports The Telegraph and Argus. image for illustration: By Foto43 – Salts Mill and canal, CC BY 2.0

IHBC-accredited Rebecca Thompson, Senior Estate Manager at English Heritage, past President of the CIOB, and Yorkshire Branch Committee member, has had her Expression of Interest in the role of IHBC Vice President – and Council Vice Chair – formally welcomed … Continue reading →

Aberdeen City Heritage Trust helped lead the IHBC’s remarkably successful 2022 Annual School and their new online lecture series is now open so book now, from £10.

There are more than 2,500 abandoned mines dotted across Northern Ireland, and BBC News NI was granted access to one outside Templepatrick in County Antrim. image: for illustration By National Library of Ireland on The Commons – Square, Coalisland, Co. … Continue reading →

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 features call from a National Heritage Agency for … Continue reading →

The last block of high flats in Ayr is still standing after South Ayrshire Council was forced to stop demolition teams from clearing the site, reports Scottish Construction Now from The Ayrshire Post. image: for illustration

The owner of a listed town-centre property has been prosecuted by the Boston Borough Council for failing to carry out proper maintenance of their Grade II building, and fined £4,500.

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’s news features Designing Building (DB) on some of its most popular … Continue reading →