-
Search the archive
-
IHBC’S NewsBlogs usually only summarise third party reports. Links to other sites may not be active so you may need to contact the host site for the original text.
Unless made explicit, IHBC NewsBlogs are not IHBC endorsements.
Categories
Monthly archive
Links
-
Recent posts
- IHBC’s December ‘CPD Circular’ now out: Accessible, cost-conscious learning, events & resources, with Branch & National AGMs, Surgeries, CPD Partnerships & more 28/11/2025
- IHBC Supporter Surgery for aspiring Affiliates: Have you registered yet? 11 December, 1pm (IHBC CPD too!) 28/11/2025
- IHBC’s 2025 Parliamentary Briefing launches research-led ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’… From Crafts in Crisis to Rubbish in Retrofit 28/11/2025
- IHBC welcomes new joint CEOs at Historic England to post 28/11/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ & ‘Management ‘ Signpost: DB’s ‘brief outline of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill’, with terms, and amendments 28/11/2025
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £2.4M+ of weekly works: BC seeks review of Conservation Areas, to £50K 28/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Two companies fined total of £190k for unauthorised Grade I listed building works following BNES council prosecution 28/11/2025
- Government consultation: ‘Reforms to the statutory consultee system’, to 13/01/2026 28/11/2025
- Gardens Trust on ‘Government Consultation on Removal of the Gardens Trust as a Statutory Consultee’ 28/11/2025
- NLHF launches Future Heritage Leadership Programme, open to 10/12, starting March 2026 28/11/2025
- As UK City of Culture 2029 opens, new ‘UK Town of Culture’ competition – to shine a spotlight on towns – opens soon too 28/11/2025
- UK Parliamentary Cttee. launches International Climate Policy Inquiry, ‘on UK climate policy and finance’, seeking evidence, to 7/01/2026 28/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: European Heritage Excellence Day 2025 spotlights innovation, creativity and community engagement 28/11/2025
- PAS 28/11/2025
- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ services spans disciplines, levels & sectors, linked by interdisciplinary conservation practice standards delivering public benefit 25/11/2025
- IHBC’s 2025 Parliamentary Briefing launches research-led ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’… From Crafts in Crisis to Rubbish in Retrofit 25/11/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Evaluation’ Signpost from Sheehan Quirke via Open Culture: ‘How did the world get so ugly?’ 25/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (duplicate) doorstep’: Plans for first Iron Age broch ‘in 2000 years’ approved for Highlands 25/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Lottery) doorstep’: Historic Birnbeck pier saved as surprise funding announced from NLHF 25/11/2025
- ‘Natural England’s Strategy: Recovering Nature for Growth, Health and Security’ – with ‘nature as essential to sustaining growth and a healthy society’ 25/11/2025
- HE & ACE issue first parts of suite of guidance, templates and factsheets etc. 25/11/2025
- Government’s Pride in Place: Strategy update 25/11/2025
- Winners of the Georgian Group Architectural Awards announced! 25/11/2025
- Joining the dots: A single EDI portal for the sector 25/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Worker dies after partial collapse of medieval tower in Rome 25/11/2025
Tag Archives: heritage
HE’s Chief Executive Duncan Wilson offers online welcome & Q&A at IHBC’s 2025 Day School, 13/06: #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – Schools… ‘one of the pre-eminent regular events in… heritage’
The IHBC is delighted to announce that Duncan Wilson CBE, Chief Executive at Historic England, will offer an online welcome and take questions at the IHBC’s Shrewsbury Day School on 13 June – #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – opening a unique day of … Continue reading
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged building, climate change, conservation, cpd, environment, expertise, government, heritage, networking, planning, skills
Comments Off on HE’s Chief Executive Duncan Wilson offers online welcome & Q&A at IHBC’s 2025 Day School, 13/06: #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – Schools… ‘one of the pre-eminent regular events in… heritage’
IHBC’s ‘Finance and Economics’ Signpost, from HE: Understanding the value of England’s Historic Attractions sites
image for illustration: View of Syon House from Syon Park by Robert Lamb, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Historic England (HE) has explored how to measure the value of heritage attractions in a way that captures the additional benefits people … Continue reading
IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £157K+ of weekly works: Council seeks heritage project reports, designs etc, for accessibility, enhancement etc. from £120K and to 07/05
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 Council for consultant reports, … Continue reading
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged advice, building, conservation, consultants, environment, expertise, heritage, planning, skills
Comments Off on IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £157K+ of weekly works: Council seeks heritage project reports, designs etc, for accessibility, enhancement etc. from £120K and to 07/05
IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Church) doorstep’: National Churches Trust’s blueprint on how to save churches from closure
image for illustration: Peter Badcock The National Churches Trust is drawing up blueprint to show how to save churches from closure, reports Church Times.
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged building, church, conservation, expertise, heritage, maintenance, repairs, skills
Comments Off on IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Church) doorstep’: National Churches Trust’s blueprint on how to save churches from closure
UK Government heritage partnership – Cadw, Historic England and HES – publish retrofit training handbook for Level 3 Award
Cadw, Historic England and Historic Environment Scotland (HES) have been working together to improve the standard of retrofit training delivery in response to known skills and knowledge gaps in the current retrofit workforce and have published a new handbook to … Continue reading
Posted in Sector NewsBlog
Tagged building, climate change, conservation, environment, expertise, government, heritage, nature, planning, retrofit, skills, UK
Comments Off on UK Government heritage partnership – Cadw, Historic England and HES – publish retrofit training handbook for Level 3 Award
UK Parliamentary guidance on VAT and Churches
Construction work to repair buildings, including historic churches, is charged VAT at the 20% standard rate. The Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme provides grants to mitigate the VAT costs for these repairs.
Posted in Sector NewsBlog
Tagged church, conservation, grants, heritage, maintenance, renovation, repairs, taxes, VAT, worship
Comments Off on UK Parliamentary guidance on VAT and Churches
HTVF invites new trustee applications, to 6 May
The Historic Towns and Villages Forum (HTVF) is seeking new trustees to help the Board make the most of a transformative stage in its history.
Posted in Sector NewsBlog
Tagged building, charity, climate change, conservation, environment, expertise, government, heritage, nature, planning, rural, skills, urban, voluntary
Comments Off on HTVF invites new trustee applications, to 6 May
IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Every Hidden Detail of New York’s Classic Skyscrapers – The Chrysler, Empire State & Woolworth Buildings – from Open Culture
image for illustration: Peter Badcock Open Culture features architectural historian Tony Robins in a half-hour video explores the enduring ‘big stars of the New York City skyline’
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged building, city, conservation, environment, heritage, sky scrapers, urban, USA
Comments Off on IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Every Hidden Detail of New York’s Classic Skyscrapers – The Chrysler, Empire State & Woolworth Buildings – from Open Culture
IHBC looks back… at Context 182 – Gus Astley Student Awards, viewed from across the pond – … and ahead, to presentations at #IHBCShrewsbury2025, and 2025 Awards, now open to 31/08
The previous issue of IHBC’s members’ journal, Context – No. 182 – included a special update from our guest Student Awards judge for 2024, John Fidler, responding to the submissions, a sound reminder both of submissions for 2025 and the … Continue reading
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged awards, building, conservation, environment, expertise, heritage, learning, skills, student
Comments Off on IHBC looks back… at Context 182 – Gus Astley Student Awards, viewed from across the pond – … and ahead, to presentations at #IHBCShrewsbury2025, and 2025 Awards, now open to 31/08
IHBC’s Annual School 2025 pre-conference (and free!) webinars: Accessible & engaging learning for all (and special CPD for Conservation Professionals), with Carole Ryan on ‘… changing face of Context in rural areas…’, 01/05
Following on from the launch of the 2025 Annual School and the linked pre-conference CPD in Redruth on 13 March, the IHBC is delighted to announce a series of online lunchtime webinars across a variety of topics that relate to … Continue reading
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged building, conservation, environment, expertise, heritage, planning, skills
Comments Off on IHBC’s Annual School 2025 pre-conference (and free!) webinars: Accessible & engaging learning for all (and special CPD for Conservation Professionals), with Carole Ryan on ‘… changing face of Context in rural areas…’, 01/05
April is ‘Stress Awareness Month’: So help IHBC help you with our ‘Heritage Staff Wellbeing at Work Survey’ – Have your say… before 1 May
The IHBC knows that the wellbeing of those working and volunteering in the heritage sector is vital to its sustainability and success, so to better understand the current state of staff wellbeing, the Institute has launched a new ‘Heritage Staff … Continue reading
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged conservation, expertise, heritage, skills, volunteers, wellbeing, working
Comments Off on April is ‘Stress Awareness Month’: So help IHBC help you with our ‘Heritage Staff Wellbeing at Work Survey’ – Have your say… before 1 May
IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: West Dean’s 10% discount on specialist Conservation courses for IHBC members (all categories)
The IHBC is has agreed a 10% discount for all members on West Dean’s celebrated and specialist Conservation courses (see terms, conditions and code below).
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged building, conservation, cpd event, environment, expertise, heritage, skills
Comments Off on IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: West Dean’s 10% discount on specialist Conservation courses for IHBC members (all categories)
HE’s Chief Executive Duncan Wilson offers online welcome & Q&A at IHBC’s 2025 Day School, 13/06: #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – Schools… ‘one of the pre-eminent regular events in… heritage’
The IHBC is delighted to announce that Duncan Wilson CBE, Chief Executive at Historic England, will offer an online welcome and take questions at the IHBC’s Shrewsbury Day School on 13 June – #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – opening a unique day of … Continue reading
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged building, climate change, conservation, cpd, environment, expertise, heritage, networking, planning, skills
Comments Off on HE’s Chief Executive Duncan Wilson offers online welcome & Q&A at IHBC’s 2025 Day School, 13/06: #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – Schools… ‘one of the pre-eminent regular events in… heritage’
IHBC ‘Practice’ Signpost: New Report – ‘Challenges to Thatch Supply Threaten Vital Rural Industry
image for illustration The majority of growers and producers of cereal straw for England’s traditional thatching industry are currently relying on old, inefficient and unreliable machinery, according to a new Historic England report. A new report published by Historic England … Continue reading
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged building, conservation, environment, expertise, heritage, skills
Comments Off on IHBC ‘Practice’ Signpost: New Report – ‘Challenges to Thatch Supply Threaten Vital Rural Industry
IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: DB’s next double-up, Planning Bill collation & Stress Awareness Month, with IHBC’s ‘Wellbeing at Work’ Survey
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 Designing Buildings’ updateon ‘The Planning and Infrastructure Bill’ and IHBC’s … Continue reading
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged building, climate change, conservation, environment, expertise, heritage, planning, skills, wellbeing, working
Comments Off on IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: DB’s next double-up, Planning Bill collation & Stress Awareness Month, with IHBC’s ‘Wellbeing at Work’ Survey
IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (thatching) doorstep’: Woman ‘lost everything’ in Fortingall thatched cottage fire
A 74-year-old woman’s thatched cottage in Aberfeldy was destroyed in the blaze, reports STV news.
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged building, conservation, environment, fire, heritage, insurance, safety
Comments Off on IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (thatching) doorstep’: Woman ‘lost everything’ in Fortingall thatched cottage fire
THA: Planning and Infrastructure Bill Briefing
The Heritage Alliance (THA) has published its Briefing on Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
Posted in Sector NewsBlog
Tagged building, conservation, environment, expertise, government, heritage, planning, skills
Comments Off on THA: Planning and Infrastructure Bill Briefing
IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Discover some of the oldest structures in Canada, with NTC’s Passport Places
image for illustration: Sinclair Inn (know as Farmers Hotel – 1930) Annapolis Heritage Society, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Some of the oldest structures in Canada are part of the National Trust Canada (NTC) Passport Places program, a Trust membership … Continue reading
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged building, charity, conservation, environment, heritage
Comments Off on IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Discover some of the oldest structures in Canada, with NTC’s Passport Places
IHBC issues 2025 AGM notice – online from 5.30pm for 6.00pm, 13/05, exclusive to all member categories – with Alastair Godfrey, on ‘… Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings’, prefacing #IHBCShrewsbury2025
The IHBC has sent all members the 2025 AGM’s formal notice – for 13 May, with online proceedings from 5.30pm for a 6.00pm start – and includes our pre-AGM talk, this year with Alastair Godfrey on ‘The history and restoration … Continue reading
Posted in Sector NewsBlog
Tagged conservation, cpd, events, expertise, heritage, learning, skills
Comments Off on IHBC issues 2025 AGM notice – online from 5.30pm for 6.00pm, 13/05, exclusive to all member categories – with Alastair Godfrey, on ‘… Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings’, prefacing #IHBCShrewsbury2025
IHBC leads in our ‘Legislation and Policy’ Signpost to DB: ‘The Planning and Infrastructure Bill’, and reactions to it…
Designing Buildings (DB) – host and partner to the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki – has summarised the Planning and Infrastructure bill and reactions to it – including concerns expressed by IHBC.
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged building, climate change, conservation, environment, expertise, government, heritage, infrastructure, legislation, nature, planning, policy, skills
Comments Off on IHBC leads in our ‘Legislation and Policy’ Signpost to DB: ‘The Planning and Infrastructure Bill’, and reactions to it…
April is ‘Stress Awareness Month’: So help IHBC help you with our ‘Heritage Staff Wellbeing at Work Survey’ – Have your say… before 1 May
The IHBC knows that the wellbeing of those working and volunteering in the heritage sector is vital to its sustainability and success, so to better understand the current state of staff wellbeing, the Institute has launched a new ‘Heritage Staff … Continue reading
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged conservation, expertise, heritage, professionals, questionnaire, skills, volunteers, wellbeing, working
Comments Off on April is ‘Stress Awareness Month’: So help IHBC help you with our ‘Heritage Staff Wellbeing at Work Survey’ – Have your say… before 1 May
IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: West Dean’s 10% discount on specialist Conservation courses for IHBC members (all categories)
The IHBC is has agreed a 10% discount for all members on West Dean’s celebrated and specialist Conservation courses (see terms, conditions and code below).
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged building, conservation, cpd, environment, events, expertise, heritage, learning, skills
Comments Off on IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: West Dean’s 10% discount on specialist Conservation courses for IHBC members (all categories)
IHBC’s ‘Finance & Economics’ spotlight: HE on ‘The Wellbeing Impact of Cultural Heritage on England’s Economy’
image for illustration: Joanna Theobald Research funded by the Culture Heritage Capital (CHC) programme and conducted by Historic England (HE) has revealed a noteworthy connection between our cultural heritage and personal wellbeing.
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged building, conservation, environment, expertise, heritage, research, wellbeing
Comments Off on IHBC’s ‘Finance & Economics’ spotlight: HE on ‘The Wellbeing Impact of Cultural Heritage on England’s Economy’
IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £1.3M+ of weekly works: Council seeks team to ‘restore and enhance’, in a GII context, to 09/05 and £500K.
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 Council for a team … Continue reading
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged building, climate change, conservation, environment, expertise, government, heritage, planning, skills, tenders
Comments Off on IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £1.3M+ of weekly works: Council seeks team to ‘restore and enhance’, in a GII context, to 09/05 and £500K.
IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (thatching) doorstep’: Thatched cottages in Devon’s Drewsteignton in flames
image for illustration A huge fire tore through three thatched cottages in Drewsteignton in Devon reports DevonLive.
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged building, conservation, fire, heritage
Comments Off on IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (thatching) doorstep’: Thatched cottages in Devon’s Drewsteignton in flames