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 New Civil Engineer (NCE) on ‘The dilemma of industrial heritage’.
Continue readingThe RTPI and The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) have published the fifth edition of their joint guidance on planning for climate change.
Continue readingThe Welsh Government has published guide for finding out how to bring empty properties back into use.
Continue readingIntroducing the Resilience Review, a new quarterly newsletter by the Historic Environment Forum (HEF)
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image for illustration: HMP Barlinnie from the air by Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Late 19th and early 20th century phases of HMP Barlinnie, the historic Glasgow prison, are now listed at Category A, reports Historic Environment Scotland.
Continue readingJohn Reid will join government’s housing and regeneration agency in March 2026 to lead new national hub, working hand-in-hand with regional teams, as strategic plan comes into action.
Continue readingA unique slice of history – a Roman villa – has been found, which ‘will offer unparalleled information about Wales’s national story’.
Continue readingCanada’s Charlottetown council recently voted against putting a temporary 45-day heritage designation on the property at 1B West St., going against a heritage department request, reports The Guardian.
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The IHBC has welcomed Government’s £15Bn ’Warm Homes Plan’ – to ’help millions of families benefit from solar panels, batteries, heat pumps and insulation…’ – but says it must ‘ensure that retrofit is done properly’.
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The IHBC is delighted to offer free entry for our members to the Listed Property Owners Club’s (LPOC) annual London Listed Property Show, on 30-31 January 2026 in London’s Olympia (pre-booking essential), with stands still available.
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IHBC’s newest CPD Circular, which lists accessible and cost-effective ‘Continuing Professional Development’ (CPD) on our networks, has been simplified, with tighter ties to our Events Calendar, colour coding of provider categories.
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The IHBC’s new Branch Committee Bulletin has been issued, updating our Branch committees on strategic developments and current priorities, while if you want to find out more just check the NewsBlogs or contact your Branch Officers or the IHBC’s National Office.
Continue readingThe Department for Transport(DfT) has launched the first nationally agreed measure of connectivity for any location in England and Wales, a tool combining transport and land use data to generate a ‘connectivity score’.
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The 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 is from a Welsh Council for a mixed development etc. Regeneration Masterplan, to 30/01 and £40K.
Continue readingA petition calling on Canterbury City Council to act has been launched by the Canterbury Society and will be formally presented to Cllr Alan Baldock, Leader of the Council.
Continue readingThe Public Accounts Committee said that the ‘level of non-compliance’ by installers on government-funded external and internal wall insulation schemes should be investigated for fraud, and that the government’s current response was ‘not credible’.
Continue readingThe Landscape Institute (LI) has launched a briefing paper ‘Maximising value from built development: How a landscape-led approach delivers more for people, place and nature’
Continue readingA bursary scheme funded by the Templar Heritage Trust (THT) for up to 50% of course fees for training in the crafts of historic building restoration or conservation, primarily for the benefit of young, unemployed, or disadvantaged persons has been announced by Place Services.
Continue readingThe Government’s first new National River Walk – the 21-kilometre ‘Mersey Valley Way’ – is set to run from Stockport through Manchester to Trafford, to ‘boost for local business and people who will have better access to nature’.
Continue readingOn 6 January, Historic England (HE) was called to give oral evidence to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee as part of their ongoing inquiry into Protecting Built Heritage, with Co-CEO Emma Squire and Director of Policy and Evidence Ian Morrison responding to questions.
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image for illustration: Section of Hadrian’s Wall by quisnovus from Gloucester, England, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The UK National Commission for UNESCO (UKNC) has published the final evaluation of the Climate Change and UNESCO Heritage (CCUH) Project, confirming that UNESCO sites provide place-based ‘living laboratories’ to understand interconnected climate, cultural and natural heritage challenges.
Continue readingCNN has offered a video report on new technology in the restoration of one of Rome’s ancient landmarks.
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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!
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The IHBC has submitted its response to the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) consultation on reforms to the statutory consultee system, highlighting their ‘serious threat to heritage conservation’.
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