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- 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… 06/02/2026
- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ spans disciplines, levels & sectors as interdisciplinary Conservation Professionals & employers see public & personal benefits 06/02/2026
- IHBC is planning for growth, so grow with us by volunteering, with our Committees, Boards and Branches, or Panels, Groups and more as suits – just let us know! 06/02/2026
- IHBC opens Corporate Plan 2026-30 (‘CP30’) development with CP25 consultation, noting Charter, Parliamentary 5 Commitments, volunteer investment & more – to 28/02 & after 06/02/2026
- IHBC urges ‘risk-based approach to retrofit’ with Government’s ‘Warm Homes Plan’ – ‘biggest home upgrade plan in British history’ 06/02/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 06/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Management’ Signpost: Reusing Historic Cinemas as Places of Worship 06/02/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £1.3Mn of weekly works: UK cultural body seeks Landscape Architect for works in urban setting, to 17/02/2026, from £750K 06/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Westminster Council launches ‘Retrofit First’ policy & more in City Plan Partial Review 06/02/2026
- AHF announces £46m expansion of the heritage revival fund 06/02/2026
- ARB launches consultation on proposed changes to professional practical experience (PPE) 06/02/2026
- Government calls for submissions to UK’s first national inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) – ‘living Heritage – open to 27/03 06/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Durham joins UNESCO’s Global Network of Learning Cities – ‘a significant site of scholarship and learning for over a thousand years’ 06/02/2026
- IHBC on LA conservation jobs in England: ‘Market Intelligence’ Research Note from IHBC’s 2025 ‘Jobs etc.’ posts, via our ToolBox 03/02/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 03/02/2026
- IHBC urges ‘risk-based approach to retrofit’ with Government’s ‘Warm Homes Plan’ – ‘biggest home upgrade plan in British history’ 03/02/2026
- IHBC’s newest ‘Branch Committee Bulletin, from the IHBC’s Director’: National updates for volunteer leads 03/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Management’ Signpost: Planning Appeal fails for Cornhill Walk Shopping Centre, Bury St Edmunds 03/02/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: AJ reports as ‘Architects clash over Liverpool Street station plans’ 03/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Dumfries House to get £6.5m expansion named in honour of King Charles 03/02/2026
- New paper from Creative UK: UK Government asked to recognise how culture is ‘key to sustainable economic growth’ 03/02/2026
- Innovation in Action: RICHeS Access Fund Catalyst Projects Award Five Initiatives 03/02/2026
- HES: Climate Change Adaptation Manual for Heritage Tourism 03/02/2026
- RIBA Architects Salary Report: What are the average salary levels in the architecture industry? 03/02/2026
- How the UK’s leading charities measure report and share their results: The Impact Report 03/02/2026
Daily Archives: 16/08/2024
IHBC adds new ‘Climate Change Adaptation’ category to HESPR practice areas: ‘… responding to climate change issues…’
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for commercial heritage services – now has the new practice area of ‘Climate Change Adaptation’, helping promote accredited members’ specialist skills and roles linked … Continue reading
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IHBC 2024 Student Award UPDATE – New closing date, 30 September: Seeks relevant coursework ‘written, designed or made’… to win £500 & free #IHBCShrewsbury2025 School place
The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award closes on 31 September this year, so if you have submitted relevant coursework on a UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, whether ‘written, designed or made’ – over the two years … Continue reading
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STILL TIME – IHBC Affiliate Fast-Track Pilot for Local Authority conservation staff (with personal guidance too) ends soon: Open to applicants from 15/07 to 30/08/2024, so pass the word!
The IHBC has launched a new Affiliate Fast-Track Pilot – developed from recent pilots – specifically aimed at helping existing Local Authority heritage, planning and conservation staff progress from Supporter to Affiliate membership, and maybe beyond, with applications closing 30 … Continue reading
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REMINDER: IHBC’s Context 180’s BUMPER issue, Part 3: Regular updates from IHBC officers and networks
The new issue of the IHBC’s members’ journal, Context, No. 180, alongside themed features on heritage and nature includes a wide range of regular articles, with the spotlight in this NewsBlog on ‘Notes ‘from our Chair, on White’s … History … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £247K works this week: Museum body seeks feasibility study, to £50K and 30/08
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 is a call from a Museum body seeking a … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Welsh) doorstep’: Gavin & Stacey mural in Welsh village, Dinas Powys
image for illustration: Trinity Street Barry Island by Christopher Ware, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons- (This view was used on BBC3’s ‘Gavin and Stacey’ series as a ‘scene-setter’) An incredible Gavin & Stacey mural has appeared on the side … Continue reading
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New Housing Minister writes to RTPI President supporting profession, ‘… in particular those… in local authorities across England’
image: Matthew Pennycook – Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) licence New Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook has written to Lindsey Richards, President of the Royal Town Planning Institute to convey a clear message on behalf of government to professional planners – … Continue reading
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National Heritage Science Forum ‘Consultation on Strategic Framework for Heritage Science in the UK’, online session 21 August
The National Heritage Science Forum (NHSF) seeks input to the next ‘Strategic Framework for Heritage Science in the UK’, covering 2024-2027, with webinar on 21 August open to all.
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Significant investment in theatre buildings needed for sector to survive and thrive, new survey reveals
image for illustration – RSC Stratford upon Avon The Society of London Theatre (SOLT) & UK Theatre have published the results of a survey demonstrating the urgent need for sustainable and systematic investment in theatre buildings.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Ontario gives cities more time to protect heritage buildings, but there’s a catch
image for illustration: Ottowa Skyline by Óðinn – This image was created with Hugin., CC BY-SA 2.5 ca A new bill has extended the deadline for Canada’s Ontario municipalities to officially designate buildings by two years, but closing a loophole … Continue reading
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