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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: 15/11/2022
Don’t forget the IHBC’s (FREE) jewels in #IHBC25: No. 3 – New CPD forms linked to Areas of Competence etc; Beta, on Excel
The IHBC is marking our 25th anniversary across the current subscription year, and looking back – and forward – we’re using NewsBlogs to celebrate some of the free ‘jewels’ that help members and colleagues contribute to our charitable objects, with … Continue reading
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IHBC Scotland celebrates #IHBC25 anniversary +AGM: December 1, Edinburgh and online – all welcome and free!
IHBC’s Scotland Branch is meeting in person (in Edinburgh) and online as part of the national IHBC25 programme, ‘with some reflections, wine and nibbles’ and including an AGM, on 1 December, from 4pm.
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IHBC’s Tech Panel (and ?IHBCSwansea2023 School) Chair joins FREE webinar 18/11 – Saving Energy in the Cultural Sector…
The Cultural Sector FM Hub – a volunteer run group which has members representing over 90 cultural institutions across the UK – is hosting a free webinar on 18/11 at noon, on ‘Saving Energy in the Cultural Sector…’ with contributors … Continue reading
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IHBC CIC signpost update: New online route to CSCS Card for Built Environment Professionals (including IHBC)
CIC has a new cutting-edge e-learning Health & Safety Certification course which on passing, has been agreed by CSCS as an acceptable alternative to the CITB Health, Safety and Environment test.
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: DB double-up feature – IHBC HESPR member interview and #IHBC25 online hub
IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and this week features a Designing Buildings (DB) double with an IHBC HESPR member … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (local govt.) doorstep’: Council thanks HE etc. for historic shopfronts’ new life via Lincoln’s HAZ
The Mayor, staff and members of the City of Lincoln Council are celebrating the completion of historic shopfront restorations as part of the High Street Heritage Action Zone (HSHAZ). image: Lincoln City Council
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Irish Seas Environmental Network formed
A new cross-border environmental network has been formed to press for action on Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the Irish Sea. image: for illustration – Fiona Newton
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GoGreen: Developing sustainable strategies for conservation of cultural heritage
A new European consortium of researchers and conservators aims to develop and promote preventive and remedial strategies for cultural heritage. image: for illustration only
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Benefact Group awards 31 UK charities with share of £500,000
As part of its Movement for Good Awards the Benefact Group has donated over £500,000 to charitable causes leading the change in key sectors across the UK. image: for illustration
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Scotland’s new stonemasonry apprentices carve the path to net-zero
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is increasing delivery of vital traditional skills training to support green recovery. image: HES
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National Highways scrutinised over four more historic bridge infills
National Highways is under pressure over four more controversial bridge infills which were carried out to historic structures before the infamous Great Musgrave fallout. image: for illustration – image: By RuthAS – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Thieves steal entire school: Every single piece of the building – from bricks to plumbing – is swiped by crooks in South Africa
Once the school closed, thieves stripped Uitzig Secondary School brick-by-brick over a six-month period, so only the concrete floor remains.
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