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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: 29/03/2019
Serious about your career? Stay ‘in the know’ with IHBC’s latest ‘Jobs etc.’, as March updates include Scottish trainee opportunities in HES, and QS and PM openings in HRP
Helping conservation careers and heritage employers across the UK, the IHBC updates readers about recent job and trainee openings on its ‘Jobs etc’ service – from HES (Historic Environment Scotland) to HRP (Historic Royal Palaces) – so sign up for … Continue reading
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IHBC’s April Branch Events Update: Explore Branch CPD events across the UK
IHBC Branches have again been busy planning and organising CPD events across the UK, including preparation for this year’s Annual School in Nottingham and next year’s in Brighton. This month’s features include: Scotland Branch – Contemporary Design in Historic Places … Continue reading
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Free travel for IHBC volunteers at the Natural Stone Show 2019, naturally… London Excel, 30 April- 2 May: Just ask!
Volunteers and early career interests can get support to attend Natural Stone Show 2019, naturally in London’s Excel, on 30 April- 2 May: simply contact Carla at support@ihbc.org.uk.
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IHBC’s HESPR top pick from £400k+ costed work this week: NE Lincs seeks appraisal and business planning team for regen, Port of Grimsby 08/04, value £50k
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – the Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition scheme – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s top pick for NewsBlog readers this week features a call led by North East … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Restoration plans for historic Treffry Viaduct
Plans to restore the Treffry Viaduct in Luxulyan Valley have been given a boost, says The Cornish Times, thanks to a grant of £55,968 from Historic England towards investigatory works.
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Tailored Review of Historic England: Closing 9 May
The Department for Digital, Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) is conducting a tailored review of Historic England – ‘to challenge and seek assurance of the continuing need, efficiency and good governance of public bodies’ – so to help inform this … Continue reading
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Degree apprenticeship for town planners gets green light from Government
The first degree-level apprenticeship to train Chartered Town Planners in England has been approved by the Government, with employers in England able to recruit candidates immediately to start the programme this autumn.
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Councils fear Swansea construction giant’s collapse could be ‘Welsh Carillion’
LocalGov new has reported on how the collapse of Dawnus Construction could be a ‘Welsh Carillion’. image: Walesonline website
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Civic Voice provides evidence to the England’s Building Better Commission
Civic Voice has presented evidence to the Government’s Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission. image: Civic Voice
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UKEA: Work starts on fish pass at iconic GII Crumpwood weir
The UK Environment Agency (UKEA) has reported on how building work recently began on a unique fish pass, iconic Grade II (GII) listed Crumpwood weir, which is being built underneath the nearby disused 19th century pump house on the River … Continue reading
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Rabbit Hole in Farmer’s Field Leads to Mysterious Cave Network
In a farmer’s field in Shropshire, a seemingly innocuous rabbit hole has led to a mysterious underground chamber that, according to some locals, used to be a secret meeting place for a medieval religious order? image: BBC News March 2017
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