The IHBC is delighted to announce that booking for in person and online places is now open for the IHBC Annual Day School 2026, in Newcastle, from 19 June, exploring ‘Adaptive Reuse’ with conservation professionals from across the UK and beyond.
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Booking is open for IHBC’s South East Branch (SE Branch) Day School and AGM on ‘Seaside structures of the 20th century’, Bexhill-on-Sea’s De La Warr Pavilion, on 13 March from 9.30am
Continue readingThe Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science (RICHeS) has opened its Full Access Fund – to help heritage science and conservation researchers etc to access RICHeS-funded equipment, with a support webinar on 11 March.
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IHBC’s Council, our inclusive member-only advisory and training body, held its most recent meeting online on 8 October to engage with and update members while also exploring ‘Heritage Skills in Conservation’, and now with new-format response-led First Draft minutes available for review and feedback to us at IHBCCouncil@ihbc.org.uk.
Continue readingThe IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members our exclusive ‘News and Tender Alerts’, with the Director’s tender taster for NewsBlog readers this week a call from a Waterways Authority for a design team for a new ‘urban’ development, to 22/03.
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Historic England has focussed on the Gothic revivalist architect whose 20th century works include Battersea Power Station, Liverpool Cathedral, Waterloo Bridge and the red telephone box.
Continue readingThe DCMS Honours Team has circulated its Honours Information Sessions to support nominations for the New Year 2027 Honours List.
Continue readingNew research from the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) argues that the utopian ambition behind new towns doesn’t need to be abandoned, but rediscovered.
Continue readingThe government has published updated new build design guidance ‘to focus on design quality’.
Continue readingUK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has launched a high-level?UKRI’s research and development (R&D) strategy for the creative and cultural economy will ensure research and innovation drives and sustains growth in the creative industries.
Continue readingThe Architects Registration Board (ARB) has published a new five-year strategy focused on improving safety, strengthening professional competence and improving workplace culture among architects in the UK.
Continue readingThousands more people are being handed the power to ‘decide how millions are spent in their area’ as Government’s Pride in Place programme expands.
Continue readingOn 20 January 2026, the ICOMOS Expert Group on EPBD (Energy Performance of Buildings Directive) Implementation launched the ICOMOS Report on the Implementation of the European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive.
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The IHBC has welcomed the opening of the Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science (RICHeS) ‘Full Access Fund’ – to help heritage science and conservation researchers etc access RICHeS-funded equipment and more, with a support webinar on 11 March and applications closing on 8 April.
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IHBC Director and Chief Executive Dr Sean O’Reilly has been appointed to the Programme Board of the UK’s Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science (RICHeS), helping to oversee the £80m programme of investment in Conservation and Heritage Science infrastructure.
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Know any emerging practitioners who’ve shown accomplishment in learning new conservation trades or skills, AND/OR Retired conservation professionals giving back to their local communities: Nominate them NOW for an IHBC-MARSH Award to celebrate their contributions!
Continue readingThe IHBC is delighted to announce that booking of Full School places is now open for the IHBC Annual School 2026, in Newcastle, from 18–20 June, exploring ‘Adaptive Reuse’ with conservation professionals from across the UK and beyond over three days of learning, discussion, and networking.
Continue readingA new blog from Built Environment Forum Scotland by Dr. Scott McGibbon IHBC – ‘Skills as Strategic Infrastructure’ – unpacks the fragmented skills landscape and proposes concrete actions.
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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 (DB) on ‘Ireland’s… Retrofit Plan’ & IHBC on ‘Sponsorship opportunities for #IHBCNewcastle2026’.
Continue readingHenry Rogers has taken up the torch at Chiddingfold Forge in Surrey as SPAB proudly hosts a working craftsperson to continue two centuries of tradition at this rare surviving example of a village green blacksmiths.
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image for illustration: Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson’s Egyptian Halls in Glasgow, 2005 by Maccoinnich, via Wikimedia Commons
The restoration of Glasgow’s Egyptian Halls has taken another step forward with the selection of a preferred developer to progress plans for the A-listed building.
Continue readingReports for government, prepared by Purcell, into the repair, maintenance and renewal needed in the English cultural sector have been issued, estimating a backlog of £2 billion unfunded repair and maintenance (R&M) in the sector.
Continue readingWhen National Apprenticeship Week kicked off, global skills leader City & Guilds joined forces with Vistry, Travis Perkins, AMEY, and other major players in construction to spotlight a critical solution to one of the industry’s biggest challenges: the skills gap.
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