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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: 13/10/2023
IHBC’s CPD Forms update: Now on Excel, with enhanced functions & graphics to guide you on IHBC’s holistic conservation competences
After piloting new forms for registering CPD (Continuing Professional Development) learning over the past year, the IHBC is delighted to announce the full version of the new Excel based CPD form is now available for download from the IHBC’s CPD … Continue reading
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IHBC welcomes Home Decarbonisation Skills Training Competition Phase 2 update: Successful project bids include IHBC CPD Recognised Provider ESC
The IHBC has welcomed the Government’s listing of successful project bids for Phase 2 of the Home Decarbonisation Skills Training Competition, which includes IHBC CPD Recognised provider ESC among qualifying training courses.
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IHBC’s ‘Professional’ Signpost No. 1: DBW collates industry response to Prime Ministers Net Zero policy announcement
Designing Buildings (DB) has collated some sector responses to the recent speech by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announcing changes to the government’s Net Zero strategy.
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £591K+ costed works: Council seeks Conservation Accredited design team for GII ‘Arcade’, closing 17/11, valued to £375K
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members regular ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick this week features a city council’s call for a Conservation Accredited … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Haunting pictures show aftermath of devastating fire to Ayr Station Hotel
Haunting pictures show the aftermath of a devastating fire to Ayr Station Hotel reports the Daily Record News. Image of Ayr Station Hotel for illustration: by Goodreg3 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0
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DCMS: Guidance on how to deal with contested commemorative heritage assets
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has issued guidance is for use by all custodians of commemorative heritage assets needing advice on how to deal with calls to relocate or remove them from public display, with linked case studies … Continue reading
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National Trust devotes record sum to historic buildings and collections conservation in 2022/23
The National Trust dedicated a record amount of funds to the conservation of historic buildings and collections in the last financial year, the charity’s latest Annual Report reveals.
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Nominations for Vic Soc’s Top 10 Endangered Buildings list 2024 now open
The Victorian Society (Vic Soc) is asking the public to nominate threatened Victorian and Edwardian buildings for their list of Top 10 Endangered Buildings to be announced in 2024. image: VS website The Coach & Horses Hotel, Wallsend. Credit: Graham … Continue reading
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BECD Product Database site currently down due to demand and data quantity
The website of Built Environment Carbon Database (BECD) – the free-to-use accessible repository of whole-life carbon assessments of built assets etc data – is down due to ‘the amount of people trying to access the site… and the quantity of … Continue reading
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