Tag Archives: industrial heritage

IHBC’s Context 186 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, with Bob Kindred’s ‘Periodically’… bite-sized & from the best

Posted on 31/03/2026 by IHBC Admin

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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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Call to Tyneside authorities to restore historic swing bridge (closed since 2019!)

Posted on 03/03/2026 by IHBC Admin

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

Posted on 17/02/2026 by IHBC Admin

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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Iconic canals to be better protected with £6.5 million investment- Funding to support repair, maintenance & long-term projects

Posted on 13/02/2026 by IHBC Admin

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

Posted on 27/01/2026 by IHBC Admin

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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