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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: 24/11/2017
IHBC’s ‘5 minute member survey’ launched – Win a free BS 7913 worth up to £190 retail! Closing 8 January
Our ‘IHBC+’ programme helps put volunteer needs and members’ services first, so to shape our future with you, IHBC members of all categories should respond to our quick membership survey by 8 January, and have a chance to win a … Continue reading
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IHBC ‘early notice’: Next Civic Voice Parliamentary reception on ‘Impact of Funding cuts on Conservation Areas’ – 31 January 2018
As Civic Voice Vice-President, Laura Sandys writes to MPs with Conservation Areas ‘At risk’ in their constituencies, inviting them to learn more about their communities’ concerns at the next All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Civic Societies meeting, IHBC members … Continue reading
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IHBC’s member benefit pre-Christmas alert from Yale: 25% off ‘Pevsners for presents’ in December only!
The IHBC is giving early notice of a pre-Christmas offer for December only, as Yale will offer IHBC members new copies of its celebrated ‘Pevsner Architectural Guides’ with a special 25% reduced rate for online purchases.
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IHBC congratulates HE’s Angel Awards 2017 winners as ‘Best Rescue of a Historic Building’ takes the top place
The IHBC congratulates the 2017 Historic England (HE) Angel Awards winners, who were presented with their awards at a glittering ceremony at the Palace Theatre in London on 20 November, especially Claire Slattery, as joint ‘Best Rescue of a Historic … Continue reading
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IHBC’s new ‘HESPR Alert of the month’ NewsBlog: £216K+ of costed calls ranging from WHS concept development and social reach to quinquennials and park regeneration
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – the Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition scheme – offers its members weekly ‘News and Tender Alert’ emails, with costed opportunities worth more than £216k this week. The IHBC Director’s new top ‘HESPR Alert … Continue reading
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IHBC CPD boost: ‘Leveraging Social Media for Advocacy’ blog from the Preservation Leadership Forum
America’s ‘Preservation Leadership Forum’ offers blog posts in a series about social media in preservation, and can help conservation professionals in the UK dig deeper into community management, storytelling, advocacy, and more.
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BEFS’ update on Scottish Parliamentary questions: Energy & the historic BE, from EPCs to accredited assessors and rural building costs
The Scottish Parliament recorded the following questions and answers concerning energy efficiency and the historic Built Environment (BE), reported by BEFS, that cover matters such as Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) for stone built properties, to accredited assessors and construction costs … Continue reading
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CPRE: Government failing to protect England’s celebrated landscapes from mass housing
Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) research shows that almost 15,500 houses have been approved in Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty(AONB) in the past five years despite their ‘protected’ status indicating government failure to protect special landscapes.
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Government response to The Mendoza Review: Independent review of museums in England
Government has published its response to ‘The Mendoza Review: an independent review of museums in England’, the first in over a decade to examine public funding into the museums sector. Parliamentary copyright images are reproduced with the permission of Parliament
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NTS survey says Scots do not feel they influence planning
A survey of more than 1,000 people by the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) found that most feel they have no influence on planning decisions.
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Closing date approaches for applications for SPAB Scholarship and Fellowship: December 1
Closing date approaches as applications for SPAB Scholarships or the William Morris Fellowships for 2018 are due by December 1.
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THA response to the MAC’s Call for Evidence on likely economic and social impact of Brexit
The Heritage Alliance (THA) has responded to The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC)’s call for evidence to advise the Government on the likely economic and social impacts of the UK’s exit from the European Union, and on how the UK’s immigration system … Continue reading
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HE’s ‘Engines of Prosperity’: ‘North West’ mills report now out
Historic England has published its new Engines of Prosperity’ report for the North West, as it continues its programme to review and develop best practice in the regeneration of textile mills.
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Ecclesiastical insurance @130th anniversary offer: 12 Days of Giving for 130 charities
Ecclesiastical insurance asks you to nominate a charity close to your heart and they could win £1,000 as it shares £130,000 between 130 different charities on its 130th anniversary.
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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Great Yarmouth Art Deco pub saved after campaign to get it listed succeeds
The Iron Duke, an Art Deco pub in Jellicoe Road on Great Yarmouth’s seafront has been designated as a listed building by Historic England, with the local story related by the Great Yarmouth Mercury.
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