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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: 20/04/2018
New IHBC Context out: ‘Isle of Man’ themed in a 64 page ‘bumper’ issue with lots more for your CPD
The latest issue of the IHBC’s membership journal Context is themed around the Isle of Man, combining distinctive national histories and resources with heritage and conservation challenges while offering the usual regular sector updates and takes from the IHBC and … Continue reading
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IHBC’s NEW 2018 School CPD special offer, with Yale University Press: Pevsner Architectural Guides to Ulster – £15 off the pair, free post.. and more!
The IHBC is delighted to a announce a special deal to support CPD for IHBC’s 2018 School delegates: £15 price reduction for the two Pevsner guides to Ulster when purchased together from the YaleBooks website, www.yalebooks.co.uk: North West Ulster: The … Continue reading
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IHBC’s 2018 School bursaries still available: ‘Money’s not the barrier’ to the 2018 Belfast School on ‘Our Shared Heritage’
Bursary places are still available for the IHBC’s 2018 School in Belfast on 21-23 June, themed on ‘Shared Heritage’ – offering some of the best heritage learning and CPD around – up to 24 hours over the 3-day Full School, including … Continue reading
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IHBC HESPR’s top pick from up to c.£30K+ of costed work this week: Burnley BC seeks specialist for TH programme, closing 27/04, £20-30,000 contract
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – the Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition scheme – offers members weekly ‘News and Tender Alert’ emails, with costed opportunities worth some £30K+ this week, with the IHBC Director’s top pick for NewsBlog readers … Continue reading
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IHBC’s CPD boost: Historic England’s ‘Heritage Planning Case Database’
Historic England (HE) maintains a searchable online database of appeal and call-in decisions relating to planning permissions affecting heritage assets and listed building consent with cases summarised using a standard list of search terms, for ease of use so searches … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: ‘Kooky’ development backed by heritage groups but fears over tower height
‘The ‘crazy and kooky’ redevelopment of a college and school has been backed by heritage groups but has sparked concerns over buildings breaching the city’s height limits’, according to a report in the Oxford Mail.
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‘The Old House Show’: The SPAB’s ‘first ever grand exhibition’: Greenwich – 7-8 September, includes free CPD
The Society for the Protection for Ancient Buildings (SPAB) has launched its first ever grand exhibition and tied to the ‘SPAB approach’, which will take place at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich on 7-8 September, while offering free Continuing … Continue reading
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Design Council and Social Change UK launch ‘Healthy Placemaking’ report: How do we create places that deliver healthier lives?
Design Council and Social Change UK launched their Healthy Placemaking report which highlighted the outcomes from their survey of over 600 built environment practitioners across the UK including architects, town planners and urban designers, offering insight and understanding on healthy … Continue reading
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New plan unveiled for Edinburgh’s UNESCO World Heritage Site
A new plan for Edinburgh’s Old and New Towns World Heritage Site has been launched which includes commitments to improve the quality of new development, better manage tourism growth, and deepen residents’ awareness and understanding of the site among other … Continue reading
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Wales publishes report on recent inquiry into the historic environment
The Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee of the National Assembly for Wales has published its report on its recent inquiry into the historic environment, entitled ‘Past and Present: Inquiry into the Historic Environment’.
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HE tweets and responds on picture of Nelson’s Column being bulldozed
The government heritage body Historic England (HE) has apologised after posting a message online interpreted by some as suggesting that Nelson’s Column should be bulldozed. image Wikimedia Commons
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