Category Archives: IHBC NewsBlog

Landmark Glasgow buildings such as the Kelvin Hall, Emirates Arena and Royal Concert Hall have been earmarked for inclusion in a solar panel scheme that could save an estimated £750,000 in energy costs per year. image: Glasgow City Council website

With more than 5000 copies of the IHBC’s 2023 Yearbook in circulation and offering even more dimensions to our #IHBCSwansea2023 School – ‘Climate Change and the Historic environment’ – England’s Minister for Arts and Heritage Lord Parkinson concludes his foreword … Continue reading →

The IHBC-supported, UK-wide All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for ‘Conservation, Places and People’ has offered condolences to the family of the late Lord ‘Bob’ Kerslake, its former vice chair, both in writing and in person at its recent Parliamentary briefing, … Continue reading →

Proctor & Shaw’s plans to knock down a house in south-west London, designed by post-war architect Eric Lyons, have been approved on appeal.

An article in Harvard Magazine explores how financial markets have already begun to price in the probability of climate disasters, making future adaptation efforts more expensive and driving inequity. image: for illustration

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 for this week features is the call from a Welsh Council … Continue reading →

E.W. Pugin’s Grade II* chapel at the former seminary of Ushaw College, near Durham, has been badly damaged by fire in a suspected arson attack, with the Junior House has also suffering damage, reports The Tablet. Photo: The Tablet –  … Continue reading →

IHBC’s July CPD Circular is now out, with low-cost training and upskilling opportunities – including our livestreamed 2023 School #IHBCSwansea2023 – to help guide on all IHBC-networked and noted Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and more.

The Natural Stone Source Book has been published by Crosby Associates Media Ltd.

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 calling for additions to its page on ‘Types … Continue reading →

Cleveland Pools has celebrated it success as a winner of the prestigious European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards, its regeneration being one of just 30 projects to be honoured as an ‘outstanding heritage achievement’, from a wide-ranging field of … Continue reading →

The new issue of the IHBC’s members’ journal, Context No. 176, explores the diverse facets of World Heritage Sites alongside a myriad of other aspects of conservation – designation, Armageddon and more – from across our globe.

The IHBC has welcomed the decision by Local Government Association (LGA) to set up a tribute page following the death of Lord Kerslake, a former vice chair of the IHBC-supported ‘Conservation, Places and People’ All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG).

The National Audit Office (NAO) on 30 June 2023 has published a new report on the Government’s resources and waste reforms for England noting it ‘still lacks effective long-term plans to reduce waste’.

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 for this week features is the call from a UK government … Continue reading →

A number of buildings in Somerset are among nearly 70 new entries added to SAVE Britain’s Heritage online Buildings at Risk Register, reports the Chard and Ilminster News.

The IHBC’s revised pilot format for the ‘All welcome’, open-access and free MarketPlace:LIVE – supporting Swansea 2023 –  was well received by visitors, and with some 25% responding to the feedback and all but one valuing it as Good to … Continue reading →

Innovative project will be an exemplar of reuse and retrofit of an existing building. Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has announced plans for a new state-of-the-art home for its archives. image: HES

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 Construction Enquirer on ‘Firms readied for £750m Parliament repairs deal’.

A landowner and contractor who illegally felled more than 270 protected trees have been ordered to pay more than £255,000, reports the Enfield Independent.

With the IHBC’s 2023 Swansea School now a week past, the IHBC offers an interim review and a final thanks to School Sponsors – notably School Principal Sponsor MFL Insurance Group and Day School host The University of Wales Trinity … Continue reading →

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 →

Fulfilling its duty to advise the White House, Congress, and executive branch agencies pursuant to the National Historic Preservation Act, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation invites public feedback regarding application and interpretation of the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards … Continue reading →

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 for this week features is the call by Historic Towns & … Continue reading →

An English town’s take on rights of nature made it to Al Jazeera’s recent Podcast the Take, when a town in England – Lewes – voted to recognize the rights of its river, the River Ouse. image for illustration only