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- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ spans disciplines, levels & sectors as interdisciplinary conservation practice standards deliver public benefit 19/12/2025
- Lodge your IHBC proxy vote (accredited members only) ASAP & book your online place (members only) for IHBC’s 2026 AGM, 7 January 2026, featuring HE’s co-CEO, from 5.30pm, with 6.00pm AGM 19/12/2025
- IHBC’s new Context, No185, ‘lifts the lid on roofing’, from craft to carbon, with essential, accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals & colleagues 19/12/2025
- IHBC’s Research Signpost from HE & EH: ‘Pathways Into Heritage Construction: A Strategic View/Models and Case Studies’ 19/12/2025
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £101K+ of weekly works: Trust seeks fire engineer for GII* project to 15/01 19/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (riverside) doorstep’: Historic rail bridge collapses into River Spey 19/12/2025
- UK Government urged to step up maintenance to safeguard ageing infrastructure: Royal Academy of Engineering 19/12/2025
- Landmark Planning and Infrastructure Bill becomes law 19/12/2025
- England’s NPPF update: New consultation on proposed reforms and other changes to the planning system, to 10/03 19/12/2025
- AHRC PhD studentships on ‘barriers to creating healthier places’ 19/12/2025
- £2.9m heritage investment for Waterfront regeneration 19/12/2025
- Trowel and Error: A Public User Needs Survey for Archaeology 19/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Costa Carras European Citizens Awards for the Safeguard of Endangered Heritage 2026, entries open to 16/01/2026 19/12/2025
- IHBC welcome SAHGB’s new Colvin Special Award 2025, celebrating editors of The Pevsner Architectural Guides 16/12/2025
- IHBC issues formal notice for 2026 AGM, online on 7 January 2026, from 5.30pm (with special presentation!) for 6pm start 16/12/2025
- IHBC updates on ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’: Check out our web hub, with video & feedback, and help reduce damage to both health and heritage 16/12/2025
- IHBC warmly welcomes PCO approval to Petition for Charter 16/12/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ Signpost: How to get started in sharing knowledge and expertise on Designing Buildings 16/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Hotspur Press will rise from the ashes as developers issue promise for fire-ravaged mill 16/12/2025
- Videogame to help protect Nottingham Cathedral and other heritage buildings: ‘Pugin’s Revival’ despite ‘structural ‘monsters’’ 16/12/2025
- UK Heritage Pulse Spotlight: Operational use of Artificial Intelligence 16/12/2025
- Public appointment: Members appointed to Historic Environment Scotland 16/12/2025
- HHBT to continue its work in the Highlands as part of SHBT 16/12/2025
- RIBA responds to Environmental Audit Committee report on sustainable housing growth 16/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’– WMF & EH receive grant for next phase of Coastal Connections Programme 16/12/2025
Daily Archives: 25/11/2015
IHBC at LABC sold out!
The IHBC is delighted to announce that the forthcoming Local Authority Building Control (LABC) conference on the ‘Conservation of Historic Buildings’, with IHBC officers speaking, has been sold out. The event is organised by the LABC – a not-for-profit membership … Continue reading
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HE asks IHBC: ‘Any conservation cases on Georgian conservatories?’
Historic England is publishing a book on the subject of Georgian and Regency conservatories in collaboration with the Georgian Group, and is looking for conservation projects to use as case studies. Dr Melissa Thompson, Designation Adviser at Historic England, writes: … Continue reading
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City Deals Update- Liverpool and West Midlands
Liverpool City Region and The West Midlands have become the latest areas to form devolved regions. Liverpool City Deal- DCLG writes: Liverpool has become the latest city region to sign up to George Osborne’s devolution revolution, with local authority leaders … Continue reading
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Welsh Wellbeing Indicators: include heritage, culture, museums
The National Museum Directors’ Council (NMDC) has reported on the inclusion of the right to visit museums in the Welsh Government proposals for indicators of wellbeing; engagement with heritage (under the Wales of vibrant culture goal) can be seen to … Continue reading
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PLACE Alliance highlights importance of art and artists in placemaking
PLACE Alliance – England’s link group for ‘place-related’ interests, of which IHBC is a member – has released a new manifesto called ‘Artists & the Arts in Placemaking’, calling for the importance of culture in placemaking to be recognised and … Continue reading
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Local Authority reserves stats, including planning: disputed by LGA
Statistics issued by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) indicate that 444 local authorities hold £22.5 billion in non-ringfenced reserves – figures disputed ‘misleading’ by the Local Government Association (LGA) – while from 2000-01 to 2014-15 local authority … Continue reading
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Promote your Historic Environment event via HE
As part of Historic England’s (HE) role to encourage people to get more involved with their heritage, it is creating a new section on its website that will list events with wide public appeal. If you have a national or … Continue reading
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NI Planning Stats show reduction in decisions issued
The Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland (DOENI) ‘Planning Statistics – 2015/16 First Quarterly Bulletin’ has been published and shows a reduction in decisions which have been issued since the transfer of planning powers to Councils. DOENI writes: The … Continue reading
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NT Coastal Action
The National Trust has issued a call to action to government and agencies across England, Wales and Northern Ireland to ensure climate change is addressed appropriately. The National Trust writes: We’re calling for the Government and agencies in England, Wales … Continue reading
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