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- IHBC’s ‘Special Thanks’ to 2025’s Student Award entrants, as 49 seek prizes (to £500) & places at #IHBCNewcastle2026 17/10/2025
- IHBC welcomes Campaign for National Parks success as ‘plans to weaken protected landscapes duty quietly dropped’ 17/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ Signpost: Traditional and historic buildings – a new Retrofit British Standard, an update from IHBC’s John Edwards, with joint CPD webinar 14/11 17/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £495K+ of weekly works: Welsh Council seeks team for urban hub, to 31/10 and c.£75K 17/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’ (& ‘Evaluation’ signpost!): ‘History of the Pioneering Stockton and Darlington Railway’ via HE 17/10/2025
- National Audit Office: Weak controls and oversight blamed for faulty home installations under energy efficiency scheme 17/10/2025
- New UK Town of Culture competition to celebrate our national story 17/10/2025
- THA Call for Case Studies for Heritage Debate 2025, to 24/10 17/10/2025
- New Towns Taskforce: Report to government published 17/10/2025
- Communities to ‘seize control over high streets and restore pride’ 17/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Creative Health – UK & Ireland State of the Sector Survey, to 31 October 17/10/2025
- Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, featuring Past President Mike Brown’s Vox Pop 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s Communications and Outreach Strategy 2025-28 now online 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s Annual School ‘Save the Date’ notice & Home Page launch: IHBC’s 2026 Newcastle School, 18-20 June, on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ & up to 20 hours CPD – accessible, interdisciplinary, cost-effective 14/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: GII Coventry Baths demolition approved by Historic England 14/10/2025
- Government responds to Parliamentary Report on Home Retrofitting with £13.2bn programme 14/10/2025
- HH: Lack of support from Scottish Government threatening heritage tourism sector 14/10/2025
- People across the country set to benefit from £4M boost to improve accessibility to arts and culture: Open to 14/11 14/10/2025
- THA’s Heritage and Placemaking Survey and Call for Case Studies – they want to hear from you… by 17 October 14/10/2025
- BSRIA: Wellbeing in Buildings (TG 10/2025) 14/10/2025
- ‘Remaking the relationship between citizens and the built environment’, a blog via Demos 14/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Heritage home in Canada demolished despite Heritage Act 14/10/2025
- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ reaches across disciplines, levels & sectors, from charities – led here by Scotland & CEOs – to Officers (LG) Inspectors (HE) & more 10/10/2025
- Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, offers insights into ‘The world of generative AI’ 10/10/2025
- IHBC welcomes Gardens Trust report into the role of historic parks and gardens in the 21st century 10/10/2025
Daily Archives: 24/06/2022
IHBC’s 2022 School, #IHBCAberdeen2022 – Delving deeper: Culture Secretary’s valuing, and how virtual delegates matter
Bringing in-person and virtual delegates together at #IHBCAberdeen2022 meant anyone interested could join in the Day School – and even more at our Heritage MarketPlace – and here some key players headline its ambitions and achievements.
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IHBC’s HESPR weekly pick from £98K+ works: Scottish council seeks design services for place/community project, closing 14/07
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 IHBC Director’s pick for this week is a call from a Scottish Council for … Continue reading
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Reminder: IHBC’s 2022 School, #IHBCAberdeen2022 – your feedback counts!
If you registered as an in-person or online delegate we are keen to hear your feedback on this year’s IHBC Annual School 2022 – Aberdeen #IHBCAberdeen2022
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Reminder: #IHBCMarketPlace – Delegate Feedback
Thank you to all those who visited our learning-led virtual Heritage #IHBCMarketPlace which launched our Annual School #IHBCAberdeen2022. If you haven’t had a chance to complete the feedback survey there’s still time.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Bedford Corn Exchange listed GII
Bedford Corn Exchange has been listed at Grade II (GII) by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on the advice of Historic England, reports The Bedford Independent. image: Simon Speed, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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M&S blasts Gove after Oxford St rebuild plan called in
Marks and Spencer’s bosses have attacked Michael Gove for ‘political grandstanding’ after the Housing Secretary called-in the retailer’s plans to demolish and rebuild its flagship store. image: for illustration purposes only by Gary Rogers / Marks and Spencer, Wikimedia Commons
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Europa Nostra’s 7 Most Endangered Programme 2023: Call for Nominations (closing 15/09)
The 7 Most Endangered Programme, run by Europa Nostra, campaigns to save Europe’s endangered heritage, and nominations are now open until 15 September.
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HE updates on HAZ: ‘Successful Heritage Regeneration… Revived Historic Towns’
Historic England (HE) has shared successes from the 10 Heritage Action Zone (HAZ) projects, funded since 2016/17, which helped breathe new life into historic places in needing an investment boost.
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DCMS Create Growth Programme: Closing 7/07
DCMS has opened expressions of interest for local partnerships in England (excluding London) to be involved in the Create Growth Programme, calling for applications from only combined or local authorities or local enterprise partnerships., and closing 7 July. image: Open … Continue reading
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NT unveils heritage crafts apprenticeship scheme
The National Trust (NT) has launched an apprenticeship scheme that aims to tackle a shortage of skills in the heritage sector. image: Hamish Ogston Foundation
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Airbnb seeks applications to $10M OMG! Fund to help 100 people build ‘the world’s craziest spaces’
A new OMG! fund from Airbnb will give $100,000 to 100 people with highly unusual design ideas for their properties. image: for illustration purposes only
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