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- IHBC updates on ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’: Check out our web hub, with video & feedback, and help reduce damage to both health and heritage 05/12/2025
- IHBC Supporter Surgery for aspiring Affiliates: Have you registered yet? 11 December, 1pm (IHBC CPD too!) 05/12/2025
- IHBC welcomes new joint CEOs at Historic England to post 05/12/2025
- IHBC’s new Context, No185, ‘lifts the lid on roofing’, from craft to carbon, with essential, accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals & colleagues 05/12/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ signpost: HE’s Technical Advice on ‘Historic and Traditional Buildings at Risk of Flooding’ – mitigation & adaptation for flood types & construction to energy efficiency & more 05/12/2025
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £7M+ of weekly works: Town Council seeks team for urban development enhancement project, to 12/12 & £1M 05/12/2025
- Planning Aid bodies across the UK unite in landmark agreement to share expertise and strengthen public engagement 05/12/2025
- The Heritage Alliance on ‘What the Autumn Budget Means for the Heritage Sector’ 05/12/2025
- Heritage Network: Impact Report 2025 issued 05/12/2025
- CIC Responds to the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget 05/12/2025
- RSPB: New ‘More in Common’ report shows people don’t want new homes to be built at nature’s expense 05/12/2025
- New director of careers and education joins RTPI 05/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: European Heritage Hub’s ‘Call for good practices’ – ‘Cultural heritage as an asset for the green, digital and social transformation’, to 19/12 05/12/2025
- IHBC welcomes Budget’s financial boost for planning, supporting RTPI’s call for long-term investment as ‘the key to building capacity’ 02/12/2025
- IHBC Supporter Surgery for aspiring Affiliates: Have you registered yet? 11 December, 1pm (IHBC CPD too!) 02/12/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: Volcanic rocks could store captured CO2, Edinburgh University study finds 02/12/2025
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: BDP on ‘Redeveloping Plymouth Civic Centre’ 02/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: ‘Failings at every level’ resulted in botched insulation scheme, MPs told 02/12/2025
- Government confirms National Covid Memorial Wall will be preserved 02/12/2025
- ICON: Pilgrim Trust supports ‘Conservation Skills at Risk’ with £45,000 grant 02/12/2025
- Government reappoints 3 Trustees to the National Heritage Memorial Fund 02/12/2025
- Parliamentary Committee: Nature not a ‘blocker’ to housing; needed for ‘resilient towns & neighbourhoods’, and calls for housebuilding target changes and reduced VAT (for retrofitting) 02/12/2025
- £2Mn Funding boost to protect war memorials across the UK 02/12/2025
- England to benefit from two new national forests backed by £1 billion investment in tree planting 02/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: A town wants to give away its 100-year-old convent: is it a housing solution? 02/12/2025
Daily Archives: 16/02/2024
IHBC’s 2024 AGM: Early notice for your diary – 30 April, online from 5.30pm for 6.00pm AGM – exclusively for ALL IHBC member categories
The IHBC’s Board has agreed the date and time of the online AGM for 2024, on 30 April and at 6.00pm (NB: proceedings start at 5.30pm) – with registration and proxy voting for eligible members (strongly encouraged) to open soon.
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IHBC’s free webinar, co-hosted by Fit for the Future, for #IHBCReading2024 School: IHBC’s Technical Panel lead John Edwards on ‘Applying BSI’s PAS 2038’, 15/03, 10am
IHBC’s Technical Panel lead John Edwards explores ‘Applying BSI’s PAS 2038 in Retrofitting non-domestic Heritage and Traditional Buildings’ in a free & open webinar on 15 March, co-hosted by Fit for the Future, another free CPD ‘pre-school’ event for IHBC’s … Continue reading
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IHBC’s special invitation to all members: Join our virtual Council for unique CPD on heritage political engagement, PLUS updates on our AGM & Charter
All categories of IHBC members – Supporters, Affiliates, Associates and Full Members – are invited to join the IHBC’s next free online Council for topical high-level CPD on political engagement alongside the IHBC’s planned AGM discussions on a Charter.
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IHBC Marsh Awards 2024: Seeking Nominations for ‘Retired IHBC Members’ and/or ‘Successful Learners’ – Closing 31 March 2024
Two IHBC Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Charitable Trust celebrate, respectively, civic contributions by retired IHBC members and successful learning in heritage skills, offer awards of £500 and free places at IHBC’s 2024 Annual School in Reading … Continue reading
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IHBC ‘Finance’ Signpost: Levelling up projects in Scotland awarded £177 million
A total of 10 projects across Scotland receive grants from round two of the UK Government’s flagship Levelling Up Fund, the .Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland reports. image: Open Government Licence v3.0
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IHBC Signpost: AHRC/DCMS Culture and Heritage Capital Research Call – bid recipients update
Summary details for the 6 projects that have been funded following the AHRC/DCMS Culture and Heritage Capital Research Call have been issued by the UK Government. image for illustration
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £1.3M+ works this week: Research body seeks conservation-related programme assessment, to 18/03, cost £100K
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 this week is a call from a call from a research body … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Grade II* Palace Theatre, Plymouth, for sale
The Plymouth Herald has offered a ‘remarkable last look’ inside the Palace as it is put on the market. ‘In its heyday the scene of many a memorable night out.’ image for illustration: the Palace Theatre by Tony Hisgett from … Continue reading
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Government publishes Lord Parkinson’s response to review of English public libraries
The policy paper on ‘An independent review of English public libraries – Lord Parkinson’s response’ has been published. image for illustration
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RIBA publishes Architects Salary Report 2023
The Architects Salary Business Benchmarking Report for 2023 has been published by the Royal Institute of British Architects. image for illustration
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New research finds four of five tradespeople fear for the future of the industry
Research by radiator specialists BestHeating has found that more than a quarter tradespeople are looking for second jobs to help them survive. image for illustration
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