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- IHBC launches ‘Early Career Network’ with calls to join up, as new Working Group explores plans for support and services 01/09/2026
- IHBC ‘Members with benefits’ : Invitation to ‘The Historic Buildings, Parks & Gardens Event’, London, 13/11, with Historic Houses, exhibitors, speakers and more 31/08/2026
- IHBC’s WM Branch to join West Midlands Heritage Careers Fair 2026: ‘Inspiring the Next Generation of Heritage Professionals’, 21/10, Worcester Cathedral 31/08/2026
- IHBC members with benefits 1: ‘Lutyens & Liverpool’, 6-7 Nov, Lutyens Trust member rates for IHBC, with options for Full (£120), Day (£100), Talk, Walk, Student and more 31/08/2026
- REGISTER INTEREST NOW: IHBC’s new ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’ seeks ‘interest’ from leads in conservation-led education, training; learning programmes; courses 31/08/2026
- IHBC NI’s update on hosting a stall in Belfast’s Assembly Buildings, 28/09, at Heritage Network’s Conference 31/08/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ CPD Signpost: HE Research on ‘Effect of the Historic Built Environment on Local Economic Growth in England: An Instrumental Variable Approach’ 31/08/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’! IHBC calls for member assessors & Building on ‘Plymouth – UK Design Capital shortlist’ 31/08/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Parish priest speaks of ‘Blitz spirit’ after fire devastates Leicester church 31/08/2026
- Public Consultation on Historic Environment Policy for NI, to 23/10 31/08/2026
- CITB’s ‘Workforce Mobility & Skills’ research shows that skills strategies must become more localised 31/08/2026
- PM: ‘From today Britain will value the hard hat as much as the graduation cap’ 31/08/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Breathing new life into sacred spaces, in Rotterdam’s innovative approach to religious heritage 31/08/2026
- IHBC talks NPPF… on Tuesday 1 Sept, from 4PM: Join in the online discussion of the new Policy Framework and its implications 28/08/2026
- IHBC reports disappointment with ‘unjustified’ statutory role terminations for Theatres & Gardens Trusts 28/08/2026
- LAST CHANCE FOR IHBC’s 2026 Gus Astley Student Award: Open to 31/08 – Win £500 + free place at #IHBCBristolBath2027, on ‘Climate Change & Significance’ 28/08/2026
- LAST CHANCE – IHBC calls for sign-up to UK-wide survey of heritage workers who ‘use science and technology’: Led by RICHeS & Icon, to 31 August 28/08/2026
- Join IHBC’s Membership Assessors now and ‘Shape our Conservation Professionals of the future’, with CPD, status, compensation, and more as thanks and benefits 28/08/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ CPD Signpost: On Parliamentary engagement, as CMS Committee presents ‘Protecting Built Heritage’ 28/08/2026
- IHBC Director’s choice from HESPR’s £5.25M+ costed works this week: Heritage estate body seeks Conservation architect, to 09/09/2026 28/08/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: National Theatre building is turning 50 28/08/2026
- Welsh Government consults on ‘A vision for culture and sport in Wales…Developing a new culture and sport strategy…’ – to 18/12 28/08/2026
- County Council’s Network (CCN) responds on New National Planning Policy Framework 28/08/2026
- RTPI on NPPF: … puts sustainable communities on the right track.. 28/08/2026
- England’s Mayors given powers to green light developments 28/08/2026
Daily Archives: 15/04/2022
Good news for Good Friday 1, as our #IHBC25 digital hub launches: Marking 25 years of IHBC’s interdisciplinary professional conservation – with calls for input and more
This subscription year the IHBC marks a quarter of a century as a professional body supporting and accrediting interdisciplinary built and historic environment conservation specialists, and now we’ve launched the #IHBC25’s digital hub webpage to tie it all together.
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Good news for Good Friday 2, as 2021 Student Award winners for #IHBC25 now out: India Wright (Cambridge) and Laura Long (York) both win top award, with more for works on mortar joints, tourism and conservation plans
IHBC Gus Astley Student Awards guest judge for 2021 Ian Morrison OBE, Historic England, has chosen two winners in this #IHBC25 anniversary year, with India Wright (Middle Temple) and Laura Long (Hempcrete) entering work from IHBC-Recognised conservation courses in Cambridge … Continue reading
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Good news for Good Friday 3, with first ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ review for #IHBC25: Career-defining posts from Scotland (NTS: PM, EWH (Architect & Climate)) to Brighton Pavilion (manager), surveyors, Inspectors, apprentices and more
To help link employers’ needs and practitioners’ skills, we update IHBC NewsBlogs etc. readers on the diverse opportunities on our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, as this round highlights familiar employment matters, so sign up for free alerts and ‘stay ahead’ … Continue reading
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Good news for Good Friday 4, with our IHBC25 anniversary #IHBCAberdeen2022 Day School SESSION 3: Working with ‘old’ heritage
After morning welcomes and sessions that include Griff Rhys Jones (video) and more, the IHBC’s Aberdeen Day School (17/06) examines ‘old heritage’ that faces new pressures, including ‘Tools and standards’ for sustainable conservation; a ‘Masterplanning’ case study of Aberdeen’s centre, … Continue reading
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Good news for Good Friday 5: IHBC welcomes World Heritage Day, April 18, in #IHBC25, our 25th anniversary year
IHBC welcomes the next ICOMOS International Day for Monuments and Sites, on April 18, and in this #IHBC25 anniversary year themed on Heritage and Climate.
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Good news for Good Friday 6, with IHBC’s HESPR ‘double-up’ pick for #IHBC25: £4.1M+ works with calls for settlement analysis (25/04; £40K) and WHS project support (04/05; £4M)
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the Director’s ‘double up’ pick for #IHBC25 features calls from a Borough Council (BC) for … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Clifford’s Tower reopens to public acclaim after a two-year closure
York’s Clifford’s Tower has reopened to the public for the first time since before the pandemic, reports York Press. image: for illustration purposes only – Clifford’s Tower by DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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UK launches UNESCO World Heritage Sites – UK Tentative List Review Consultation: Seeks expert input with EOIs by 6 May
The UK Government is preparing a new Tentative List of natural, cultural and mixed sites for potential nomination for inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List, to be submitted to UNESCO later this year, with a view to putting forward … Continue reading
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Government publishes green paper to help it achieve nature goals
New, long-term environmental targets have been announced by the government, as a ‘a cornerstone of the government’s Environment Act’. image: Open Government Licence v3.0
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IHBC’s climate signpost: ‘In Austria, the Government Pays to Repair Your Stuff’
Taking the ‘right to repair’ one step further, a Viennese repair bonus is going national — and keeping thousands of items out of the junkyard.
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