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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: 26/04/2019
Last chance for free C+ in London, May 2, c.12-4.30, on IHBC membership application support and scrutiny – ‘from accreditation application to CPD’ – for all member categories!
This is your last chance to book on the IHBC’s UK-wide ‘Council+’ forum , which is open to members across all categories, to take place from 12 noon to c.4.30 on 2 May in central London, focussing on how we … Continue reading
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London Branch MATE accreditation support event: 15 May – ‘for free and for you’, so book before 8 May!
The next IHBC London Branch MATE (Membership Application Training Event) session is on 15 May from 5.30 – 8.30 pm at Lichfields, Regent’s Wharf, Kings Cross (approximately 10 mins walk from Kings Cross Station). If you want a little guidance … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £125K+ costed work this week: Watford BC seeks cemetery’s Heritage Assessment, closing 20/05, value £10-25k
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 from Watford Borough Council … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Brechin Cathedral mercy mission for Syria renews calls to save historic building from closing
The Courier has highlighted how a Syrian mercy mission has prompted renewed calls to save Brechin Cathedral – ‘to celebrate its 800th anniversary in 2020 [with] the oldest part… the Pictish round tower which is about 1,000 years old’ – … Continue reading
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RTPI Scotland warns of Planning Bill’s ‘eye-watering’ cost
MSPs should think again about the massive financial implications of the Planning Bill currently making its way through the Scottish Parliament, the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Scotland has warned.
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£3 million village halls regeneration scheme for England launched
A £3 million fund to improve village halls and better connect rural communities across the country has been launched by the government, with funding to support around a hundred local building projects to help rural communities ‘better connect’. image: Open … Continue reading
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Rail stations in line for £300 million funding boost to improve disabled access
Disabled rail passengers across Britain will benefit from better access at stations thanks to a £300 million government investment and newly accessible stations will open up routes across the country. image: Open Government Licence v3.0
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Plans announced for world-leading planetarium in Wales
Plans to develop one of the world’s biggest planetariums in Wales – transforming the site of the iconic former Tower Colliery in the South Wales Valleys – received support from pioneers including The Eden Project’s Sir Tim Smith.
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New deadline for Community Asset Grants: 4 Oct 2019
If you are thinking of applying to National Lottery Community Fund to develop a local building or asset in Scotland then it is time to talk to them as they have set a deadline for closure and final applications of … Continue reading
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APPG for Civic Societies meeting on England’s ‘Building Better’ Review: The community perspective – 7 May, now booking
The Government has set up the ‘Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission’, to improve the quality of new housing design in England, so Civic Voice has set the next All Parliamentary Party Group (APPG) for Civic Societies, to be held on … Continue reading
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PDR for office conversions in England under review as Harlow MP describes office block re-housing as ‘social cleansing’
The government is reviewing its policy of allowing the conversion of offices into homes without planning permission (or permitted development rights: PDR) as Communities Secretary James Brokenshire said he would be looking ‘at where the burden lies’ with regards to … Continue reading
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Archbishop of Canterbury launches Commission on Housing, Church and Community
Britain’s housing crisis is to be the subject of a major new Commission launched by Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby. image: Church of England website
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TrailTale’s smartphone ‘Guided Walks’ for London and other UK towns: Free app
TrailTale is a free exploration app that offers walking guided routes and a repository of many UK attractions, so users can choose a walk route – or ‘Explore Near You’ link – around some of the countries’ most fascinating places.
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