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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: 16/09/2016
IHBC late fee payment reminder: Remember IHBC fees are tax deductible as well as great value, with extra fee support too!
IHBC members are reminded that late fees are now being collected, while failure to pay in the coming weeks will result in removal from our membership listing and loss of benefits and services, including any relevant accreditation, so if you … Continue reading
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IHBC’s Context on ‘re-used railway carriages’ featured in Designing Buildings Wiki
IHBC Director Sean O’Reilly said: ‘This eye-catching feature offers a great profile for some our core concepts – conservation, re-use and low-carbon, sustainable development. It will remind many mainstream practitioners, especially those less familiar with conservation professionals and practice, just … Continue reading
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IHBC NW Branch housing conference reminder – ‘Home is where the heart is…’: Liverpool, 6 October
The North West (NW) Branch of the IHBC 2016 Day Conference is entitled ‘Home is where the heart is: Meeting housing need in historic buildings and areas’, and will take place on 6 October at the Liverpool Medical Institution. For … Continue reading
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IHBC update: co-sponsoring DAC conference, ‘promoting membership and skills in a training partnership’
IHBC Members are reminded that the institute will join in as a sponsor of the 2016 Diocesan Advisory Committee (DAC) conference on 20-22 September in Leicester, and in support of the ongoing training programme with the Cathedral & Church Buildings … Continue reading
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Welcomes for new chief executive at Historic Environment Scotland (HES)
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has announced that the new chief executive is Alex Paterson. Historic Environment Scotland (HES) writes: Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is pleased to announce that Alex Paterson has taken up his new role of Chief Executive Officer … Continue reading
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‘Future of LG Archaeology Services’ report out: HER funding, training support; archives development, and much more
The long-awaited 2014 report on ‘The Future of Local Government ((LG) Archaeology Services Report’, to which IHBC contributed, has been published by the All Party Parliamentary Archaeology Group (APPAG), and includes recommendations to ‘develop a voluntary developer contribution which would … Continue reading
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WG listing decision to be challenged by WCBC
The recent listing of Groves school by the Welsh Government (WG) is to be challenged by Wrexham County Borough Council (WCBC), on the grounds that ‘the building does not meet the criteria for listing’. Wrexham County Borough Council writes: The … Continue reading
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New NI Historic Environment Fund: Closing 10 October
A new historic environment fund has been launched for Northern Ireland (NI), covering Heritage Repair; Heritage Regeneration; Heritage Revival and Heritage Research, with a closing date for first applications of 10 October. Communities Minister Paul Givan, MLA today launched the … Continue reading
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North East England- devolution talks flounder
Several media reports have highlighted the recent developments within government of the North East of England, with BBC news reporting that ‘Devolution for the north-east of England is off the table’. BBC News: Sajid Javid ends North East devolution deal … Continue reading
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SAVE: Port owners bulldoze historic buildings on Grimsby Docks
SAVE Britain’s Heritage writes that Associated British Ports (ABP), the owners of a fine set of Victorian and Edwardian buildings on Grimsby Docks, has begun major demolition today, despite pleas from five national heritage organisations to save and re-use them. … Continue reading
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HLF releases State of Public Parks 2016 report
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) State of Public Parks 2016 report argues that action is needed to avert a crisis after two decades of investment in UK public parks. The organisation’s second annual UK Public Parks report finds 50% of … Continue reading
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Opportunity- Design for UK memorial to the Holocaust
The UK Government has released an international call for entries from appropriately qualified and experienced architects and designers for a UK memorial to the Holocaust, with a closing date of 17 October 2016. Government writes: The UK government is today … Continue reading
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