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- IHBC’s October CPD Circular: Your user-friendly ‘What’s on’ guide to heritage learning, networking and experiences, from Branches to ‘CPD Providers’ & beyond… 26/09/2026
- IHBC Chair echoes Victorian Society’s ‘Tribute’ to Peter Howell who ‘…fearlessly stood up for our Victorian heritage back in the 1960s…’ 26/09/2026
- IHBC hosts stall in Belfast’s Assembly Buildings, 28/09: Now SOLD OUT Heritage Network NI Conference: 27-29 September 26/09/2026
- Note to all IHBC Members: Our MARSH AWARD call dates are changing… opening end September and closing December, so get ready now! 26/09/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ CPD Signpost: HE & partners on ‘Industrial Heritage in England – Resilience and Sustainability of Sites’, with 10 recommendations 26/09/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ CPD Signpost: Design Economy – Evidencing the value of the UK’s design sector across nations and regions 26/09/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £10K weekly costed works: Consultant sought for studies to guide new technologies in old buildings, to 12/10/2026 26/09/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Irish) doorstep’: Inside ‘Tiny Cork’ – The man recreating the city in miniature 26/09/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: MP hits out after fifth fire in 5 years at mill used in Peaky Blinders 26/09/2026
- New foundation launched to bring regional character back to British housebuilding: The Regional Building Foundation (RBF) 26/09/2026
- Heritage Fund’s CE Eilish McGuinness: ‘We’ll invest £1.4 billion in heritage and communities over the next three years’ 26/09/2026
- Civic Voice members approve updated Articles of Association: ‘… a clear statement of what Civic Voice exists to do’ 26/09/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep: World Ventilation Day takes on overheating 26/09/2026
- IHBC’s 2026 ‘Yearbook’ update No.1 –RTPI President on ‘IHBC & RTPI.. a great example of planning across the divide’ 22/09/2026
- IHBC’s first thoughts from the new NPPF: On ‘…what the NPPF means for Conservation in England and what remains unanswered’, with an early push on Planning Resource 22/09/2026
- IHBC hosts stall in Belfast’s Assembly Buildings, 28/09: Part of Heritage Network NI Conference: 27-29 September 22/09/2026
- Note to all IHBC Members: Our MARSH AWARD call dates are changing… opening end September and closing December, so get ready now! 22/09/2026
- IHBC sponsors SAHGB’s 3rd Mark Girouard symposium : ‘Untold Tales: Women Pioneers in British and Irish Architectural History’, 14 November 22/09/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ CPD Signpost: New Scottish Government ‘Guide to Conversion of Traditional Buildings’ 22/09/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’….IHBC welcomes COTAC’s new ‘Developing Personal Competences’… ‘for those seeking re-accreditation…’ 22/09/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Council & IHBC) doorstep’ 1: Council takes over Newcastle’s Neville Hall (IHBC’s 2026 Day School venue) to safeguard city heritage 22/09/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Council) doorstep’ 2: Tunstall landlord ordered to pay over £8,000 as heritage crackdown reaches 100th building 22/09/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Council) doorstep’ 3: Proud and exciting moment as Custom House conservation set to start in King’s Lynn 22/09/2026
- Government steps in to protect families from cowboy builders and aggressive bailiffs 22/09/2026
- World Heritage in the UK 2025-26 Review 22/09/2026
Tag Archives: industrial heritage
IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: MP hits out after fifth fire in 5 years at mill used in Peaky Blinders
image: Dalton Mills, Sept 2026, SgtBreadStick, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons The MP for Keighley has demanded action after yet another major fire at Dalton Mills, warning ‘the situation cannot continue’ following the fifth significant blaze at the historic site in … Continue reading
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Tagged fire, industrial heritage, textile mill, victorian, Yorkshire
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World Heritage in the UK 2025-26 Review
World Heritage UK has issued its regular annual review capturing highlights from across the UK’s World Heritage sector, including significant national highlights.
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Tagged climate change, industrial heritage, UK, world heritage
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Fight underway to prevent Hertfordshire bridge ‘vandalism’
image for illustration: Road bridge over dismantled railway by Philip Jeffrey, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Campaigners have taken a first step towards securing the future of a historic Hertfordshire railway bridge, with hundreds signing a petition against an infilling … Continue reading
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Tagged bridge, conservation, Hertfordshire, industrial heritage, rail, railway
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Scotland’s oldest working woolmill partners with Octopus Energy to bring its 19th-century waterwheel back to life
image for illustration: Knockando Woolmill, Julian Paren via Wikimedia Commons Knockando Woolmill, Scotland’s oldest working woolmill, has partnered Octopus Energy to bring its 19th-century waterwheel back to life, as the mill will use Octopus’ Shape Shifter Agile platform to help manage … Continue reading
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Tagged conservation, funding, heritage, industrial heritage, mill, Scotland
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IHBC’s ‘Practice’ CPD Signpost: Fight Fire with Fire, from the Vic Soc – ‘These are no longer isolated incidents’
image for illustration: Gkbediako, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Victorian Society (Vic Soc) has responded to fire at The Big Mill in Leek – William Sugden’s Grade II-listed silk mill.
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Tagged buildings at risk, conservation, cpd, industrial heritage, victorian
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IHBC’s Context 186 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, with Bob Kindred’s ‘Periodically’… bite-sized & from the best
Bob Kindred’s ‘Periodically’, in IHBC’s new issue of its members’ journal Context – No. 186, themed on Infrastructure & Industry – offers ‘bite sized’ summaries from the best of current conservation and heritage periodicals and handbooks.
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Tagged archive, context, industrial heritage, industry, journal, periodical
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Call to Tyneside authorities to restore historic swing bridge (closed since 2019!)
image for illustration: High Level Bridge and Swing Bridge, Tagishsimon (talk) (Uploads), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Earlier this week a local tour guide urged Tyneside authorities to urgently crack on with the restoration of the broken Swing Bridge, … Continue reading
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National Heritage Emergency declared by Stoke-on-Trent – ‘first for a UK City’ – as Potteries needs £325Mn investment over the next decade
image for illustration: Chris Allen / Dolby Flint Mill, Lytton Street, Stoke on Trent / CC BY-SA 2.0 Stoke-on-Trent has become the first city in the UK to declare a heritage emergency, calling for urgent investment to protect its most significant heritage sites as … Continue reading
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Tagged funding, heritage at risk, industrial heritage, UK
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Iconic canals to be better protected with £6.5 million investment- Funding to support repair, maintenance & long-term projects
Image for illustration: Heritage Street Bridge on the Digbeth Canal by Phillip Jeffrey, CC-BY-SA-2.0 via Wikimedia Commons The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has announced that an additional £6.5 million government funding to help build long-term resilience across … Continue reading
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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: IHBC’s NewsBlog on Marsh Awards – Successful Learning & Community contributions
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’.
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Tagged awards, business, HESPR, industrial heritage
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