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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: 09/09/2022
IHBC Chair and President extend condolences on the passing of Her Majesty the Queen
The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), its members, staff and supporters are deeply saddened at the passing of Her Majesty the Queen, and on their behalf IHBC Chair David McDonald and IHBC President Mike Brown extend their condolences to … Continue reading
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IHBC President & Vice President: Call for nominees to lead members’ new Council – ‘Statements’ due 27/09, Voting in virtual Council, 19/10
Following confirmation by the IHBC Board of interim terms and procedures for the officers of our new Council, the IHBC is calling for suitably qualified nominees to stand for election as IHBC President and IHBC Vice President at the Council … Continue reading
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IHBC’s new CPD Circular: Retrofit, moisture, #IHBC25 and more, from Wales to London launches
The IHBC’s new-styled, easy access CPD Circular for September is out, with Awards and School signposts, alongside events, research, awards (‘Student’ + ‘Research’) and more, all in line with our 25th anniversary ambitions for IHBC25.
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IHBC Signpost: England’s Heritage Open Days opens today, with lots more across Home Countries and beyond in September
England’s wide-ranging Heritage Open Days (HODs) starts today, with 4900+ events registered across England, and lots more across the Home Countries and beyond.
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IHBC signpost: New Conservative government in summary – via THA
The Heritage Alliance has usefully summarised the landscape of the new government under Rt Hon. Liz Truss MP. image: Open Government Licence v3.0
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £15K+ costed works: Council seeks options appraisal for linked GII* properties, closes 12/10
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 Council for an … Continue reading
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Advice to charities during period of national mourning
Charities have been advised to review their fundraising, communications, marketing and campaigning activity during the current period of national mourning following the Queen’s death. image: Buckingham Palace
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WMF: New projects to protect Ukraine’s cultural heritage
World Monuments Fund (WMF) has announced the launch of four new projects to address the immediate, critical needs of heritage professionals in Ukraine and to lay the groundwork for its future rehabilitation. image: St Sophia of Kyiv Cathedral – By … Continue reading
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Pakistan UNESCO site Moenjodaro badly damaged by flooding
One of the world’s oldest preserved human settlements – the World Heritage Site Moenjodaro – has been significantly damaged by torrential rain in Pakistan as the country battles the worst floods in its history. image: Saqib Qayyum, CC BY-SA 3.0 … Continue reading
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Quality Best Practice Self-Assessment tool to reduce project risks
The Chartered Quality Institute has issued a ‘Quality Best Practice Self-Assessment tool’ developed by an international group of leading quality experts to help reduce project risks.
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IHBC Signpost: Behind the scenes at HES – a monumental challenge
Director of Operations, Historic Environment Scotland (HES), Craig Mearns, offers a behind the scenes ‘blog’ look at the biggest conservation challenge facing Scotland’s historic buildings. image: HES
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