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- IHBC’s Director joins RICHeS Programme Board: ‘Honoured, of course, but mostly I’m impressed by the £80M of research opportunities for historic and built environment conservation’ 20/02/2026
- Don’t need your paper Context? Do everyone a favour and pass it on, ‘Spreading the Word’ to help the Conservation Professional! 20/02/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 20/02/2026
- Booking opens for IHBC’s 2026 School, #IHBCNewcastle2026, June 18-20 (Full School only): Accessible, Certified CPD on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ – From £35+VAT (Online Day School), free pre-conference webinars and more… 20/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: Unlock Access to RICHeS Research Infrastructure with Full Access Fund Call now Open with ‘Help’ webinar on 11/03 20/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ Signpost: Designing Buildings & more on Restoration and Renewal at Westminster 20/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: LPA Planning Capacity and Capability Survey 2025 20/02/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s weekly works: Charity seeks PM for heritage regeneration project, to 02/03 20/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Legal bid to protect Scots brutalist landmark from bulldozer 20/02/2026
- Delivering restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster: the costed proposals published 20/02/2026
- Government plans to train next generation of construction workers 20/02/2026
- SAVE’s Buildings at Risk register (BaR) – Call for Entries 2026 20/02/2026
- York Consortium for Craft and Conservation opens applications for Bursaries for 2026, to 16/03 20/02/2026
- Government Consultation on Design and Placemaking Planning Practice Guidance, to 10/03 20/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: National Residential Retrofit Plan 2026 for Ireland’ makes upgrades more affordable and accessible 20/02/2026
- Bursaries for #IHBCNewcastle2026 open to 13/04, 18-20 June: ‘Submit now to be next on the list!’ 17/02/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 17/02/2026
- IHBC President’s ‘Members only’ Invitation to next Virtual Council: Online, 8 April 2026, from 4.30pm – Scoping ‘Investigation’ of conservation in local government, with a call for suggestions etc. 17/02/2026
- Booking opens for IHBC’s 2026 School, #IHBCNewcastle2026, June 18-20 (Full School only): Accessible, Certified CPD on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ – From £35+VAT (Online Day School), free pre-conference webinars and more… 17/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Management’ Signpost: Great Expectations Conference update by the National Churches Trust – Recordings now available 17/02/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: IHBC’s NewsBlog on ‘BOOKING OPEN for IHBC’s Full School (June 18-20): #IHBCNewcastle2026’ 17/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Heritage charity to change name after sale of 20,000-acre estate 17/02/2026
- National Heritage Emergency declared by Stoke-on-Trent – ‘first for a UK City’ – as Potteries needs £325Mn investment over the next decade 17/02/2026
- Nominations open for the Plowden Medal Conservation Award 2026, to 15/05 17/02/2026
- LPOC announces Listed & Modern Architectural Awards 2026 17/02/2026
Daily Archives: 13/01/2023
IHBC welcomes Rebecca Thompson’s EoI for Vice President, as Council re-scheduled to March, AGM set for 3 May, and first call for next trustees issued
IHBC-accredited Rebecca Thompson, Senior Estate Manager at English Heritage, past President of the CIOB, and Yorkshire Branch Committee member, has had her Expression of Interest in the role of IHBC Vice President – and Council Vice Chair – formally welcomed … Continue reading
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#IHBCAberdeen2022’s ninth reprise for #IHBC25: Aberdeen City Heritage Trust – Lecture list for 2023
Aberdeen City Heritage Trust helped lead the IHBC’s remarkably successful 2022 Annual School and their new online lecture series is now open so book now, from £10.
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IHBC signposts BBC on film: ‘Looking after thousands of Northern Ireland’s abandoned mines’
There are more than 2,500 abandoned mines dotted across Northern Ireland, and BBC News NI was granted access to one outside Templepatrick in County Antrim. image: for illustration By National Library of Ireland on The Commons – Square, Coalisland, Co. … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR weekly pick: National Heritage body seeks consultancy for cultural programme review, closing 06/02
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 features call from a National Heritage Agency for … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the… rooftop’: Last Ayr tower block demolition halted due to roof-top masts… till 2025?
The last block of high flats in Ayr is still standing after South Ayrshire Council was forced to stop demolition teams from clearing the site, reports Scottish Construction Now from The Ayrshire Post. image: for illustration
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HE: Heritage could help add £2.7Bn to Northern Economy
Heritage working together with the arts, culture, nature and environment sectors could provide an extra £2.7 billion to the Northern economy, helping to tackle the cost-of-living crisis and regenerate the North. image: HE Archive Grade 1 listed Huddersfield Railway Station
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Net zero: Climate action delay will hurt economy, Tory MP’s review says
The BBC reports that a Conservative MP, Chris Skidmore, in a report commissioned by former prime minister Liz Truss, argues that delaying climate action risks damaging the UK’s economic prospects. image: for illustration – Open Government Licence v3.0
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‘When we invest in our town centres, we also invest in civic pride’: Griff Rhys Jones at the APPG for Civic Societies
Griff Rhys Jones, renowned broadcaster, TV personality, and Civic Voice President, delivered a powerful and passionate speech on the importance of pride in place at the recent All-Party Parliamentary Group for Civic Societies meeting. image: for illustration – Open Government … Continue reading
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HOD events: Applications for New Wave 2023 close 18 January
New Wave is an annual training and development programme that takes a small cohort through a structured programme on working with young adults to develop new, innovative Heritage Open Days (HOD) events, with applications open to 18 January!
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Don’t forget to ‘Reward Your Volunteer Heroes’: England’s nominations close 15/01
Heritage Alliance (THA) is calling for nominations for Heritage Heroes, closing 15/01, with the special category for this year being Ecclesiastical’s Heritage Storyteller Award.
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Museums and Heritage awards deadline: 01/02
The Museums + Heritage Awards welcomes entries from all sector organisations, regardless of size or location with a deadline of 1 February 2023. image: awards.museumsandheritage.com
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Cadw’s new HE Update: Senedd Debate on HE (Wales) Bill (17/01) & Public Commemoration consultation (to 21/02)
Cadw’s Historic Environment Update No 23 highlights the Senedd Debate on the Historic Environment (Wales) Bill on 17/01 and the ‘Public Commemoration..: Guidance for Public Bodies’ consultation closing 21/02. image: Cadw
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Venice Successfully Deployed a Very Low-Tech Measure to Protect Saint Mark’s Basilica From High Tide: Glass Barriers
Saint Mark’s Basilica stayed nice and drying during flooding earlier this month as a result of a very low tech measure to protect it from high tide: glass barriers. image: for illustration only – Fiona Newton
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