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- IHBC’s newest ‘Branch Committee Bulletin, from the IHBC’s Director’: National Office updates for Branch Officers 24/10/2025
- Need a MATE? More free online Accreditation guidance and update sessions offered to guide IHBC applicants 24/10/2025
- 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 24/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ signpost: Historic England & Defra – ‘… helping to preserve rural heritage for the future’ 24/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £960K+ of weekly works: Nationally significant charity seeks design services for ‘transformational heritage project’, to 10/11 24/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (regal) doorstep’: How the King’s vision is shaping next wave of new towns 24/10/2025
- 7 New Sites Listed by DCMS to Celebrate 200 Years of the Railway 24/10/2025
- BEFS 2026 Manifesto: Building Foundations for a Better Scotland 24/10/2025
- RIBA puts high-quality design on Parliament’s agenda 24/10/2025
- Pathway to Planning – Cohort 4 open to 6/01: … fast track career in the built environment as LG planner or surveyor, from £25K pa 24/10/2025
- Expert Taskforce recommends locations for new towns 24/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Major new study to reveal the value of the UK’s UNESCO sites 24/10/2025
- Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, with Law & Policy Update – ‘A village is not a historic town’ 21/10/2025
- IHBC Research Signpost: Impacts of changes to local authority funding on small to medium heritage organisations 21/10/2025
- 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 21/10/2025
- IHBC launches FREE ‘Events Calendar’ submission form – with potential for inclusion in our celebrated monthly CPD Circular 21/10/2025
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: LocalGov on ‘Planning recruitment’ threats as 33 bodies (inc. IHBC) call for funds 21/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Welsh council to appeal High Court quashing of Article 4s over ‘misleading’ officers’ report 21/10/2025
- TCPA seeks support in Campaign for Healthy Homes: Joining health and PD rights advocacy in Planning Bill changes 21/10/2025
- Licensing builders must happen following ECO debacle, says FMB 21/10/2025
- Honouring the legacy of the Sycamore Gap tree: a new creative commission 21/10/2025
- Built Environment Committee responds to New Towns Taskforce Report 21/10/2025
- £10Mn+ Water company fines fund local restoration projects 21/10/2025
- Elle Cass next Chair Royal Town Planning Institute Board 21/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: UNESCO launches the first global Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects at MONDIACULT 2025 21/10/2025
Daily Archives: 26/09/2023
IHBC’s Director featured in Designing Building’s pilot ‘Guest Editor’ feature
Designing Building the construction wiki and host partner of the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki is ‘Guest Editor’ in a pilot initiative across its Newsletter and Wiki service, including spotlights on the London Branch Conference on 3/10, IHBC’s Heritage MarketPlace, and a … Continue reading
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Calling IHBC’s newer members: You’re invited to our welcome! On Zoom, 12-1PM, 27/09
The IHBC is delighted to have been joined by many new members over the past few months, and now seems like a great opportunity to extend a warm welcome to all of you online, and share a little more about … Continue reading
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IHBC thanks Ash Sakula Architects, London Branch Day Conference sponsors: On ‘Heritage and Gentrification… ’ 3 October – BOOK YOUR PLACE!
IHBC’s London Branch asks ‘Is ‘gentrification’ an inevitable consequence of regeneration…’ in its wide-ranging 2023 Day Conference at the Grade I listed Royal College of Physicians on 3 October, with grateful thanks to Ash Sakula Architects as event sponsors.
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IHBC’s new CPD Circular now out: Easy access to training, awards and more, with reminder of new online research access to Context
IHBC’s CPD Circular for September is now out, with low-cost training and upskilling opportunities to help guide on all IHBC-networked and noted Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and more.
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IHBC’s Research spotlight: AHRC on Horizon Cluster 2 (Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society) – Calls to open 18/10
Horizon Cluster 2 (Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society) is to launch a suite of calls across AHRC-remit disciplines and themes, including climate, design, cultural and creative industries, digital transition, cultural heritage, arts, and linguistics.
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Create Streets on building ‘on Britain’s Roadbelt’
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 the Create Streets on ‘why it’s time to build on … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Demolition of Kirkcaldy’s Category B former Kitty’s nightclub
Fife Council has reported that, following a fire, engineers confirmed that the former Kitty’s nightclub in Kirkaldy, a Category B listed building in a Conservation Area, faced complete demolition, despite an MSP’s call for the frontage to be saved. image: … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Plymouth City Council loses bid to end legal action over Armada Way trees
Plymouth City Council applied to have the review into the felling of the Armada Way trees thrown out – but the judge refused, reports PlymouthLive. image of Civic Centre, Plymouth for illustration only by Seán O’Reilly
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Europa Nostra’s ‘7 Most Endangered Programme 2024’: Deadline extended to 30 September
Europa Nostra has extended the deadline for submitting nominations for the 7 Most Endangered Heritage Sites Programme 2024 to 30 September.
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Pub closures rose sharply in first half of 2023
The number of pubs closing in England and Wales rose sharply in the first half of 2023, prompting warnings that looming tax rises could force more venues to shut for good. image for illustration
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (global) doorstep’: Indian lawmakers bid farewell to British-era parliament building
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and lawmakers paid tribute on Monday to India’s parliament on the eve of its shift from a British colonial-era building to a brand new complex, reports Reuters. image for illustration: Old Parliament New Delhi by A.Savin, … Continue reading
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