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- IHBC applauds North Branch and RTPI NE partnership ‘Joint Summer CPD event’: 5 June, from only £40, inc. lunch etc. 26/03/2024
- TIME IS RUNNING OUT: But bursaries are still open for CPD on finance to law at #IHBCReading2024 – ‘Submit by 31/03 to be first on the list!’ 26/03/2024
- CLOSING SOON: IHBC seeks nominations for Marsh Awards 2024: ‘Retired IHBC Members’ and/or ‘Successful Learners’ – Closing 31 March 2024 26/03/2024
- IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: HESPR member update for #IHBCReading2024 – FREE webinar ‘Six simple steps to social media’, for IHBC’s 2024 School 26/03/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (skateboard) park’: Livingston Skatepark is now officially a listed structure! 26/03/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Historic Welsh pub to reopen, with urinal, after rebuild 10 miles down the road 26/03/2024
- Lord Parkinson’s speech at Heritage Day, hosted by The Heritage Alliance 26/03/2024
- Changes to various permitted development rights in England: to 09/04 26/03/2024
- An accelerated planning system in England: Consultation on new application route, charges, expanding appeals & more, to 01/05 26/03/2024
- Stonehenge tunnel Campaigners lose High Court challenge 26/03/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global (and local) doorstep’: Immersive exhibition on Notre Dame de Paris at Westminster Abbey to 01/06 26/03/2024
- IHBC welcomes MFL as Principal Sponsor for 2024 Reading Annual School, #IHBCReading2024, 12/13-15 June, from £30+VAT (online Day School & recording) 22/03/2024
- IHBC highlights CMA finding of ‘fundamental concerns in GB housebuilding market’… ‘under-resourced planning depts’ & ‘privatisation of public amenities’ etc. 22/03/2024
- IHBC welcomes South-East Branch Day School and AGM 2024: ‘Levelling Up our World Heritage’ Canterbury, 26/04, from £35 22/03/2024
- TIME IS RUNNING OUT: But bursaries are still open for CPD on finance to law at #IHBCReading2024 – ‘Submit by 31/03 to be first on the list!’ 22/03/2024
- CLOSING SOON: IHBC seeks nominations for Marsh Awards 2024: ‘Retired IHBC Members’ and/or ‘Successful Learners’ – Closing 31 March 2024 22/03/2024
- IHBC’s EDI signpost for Women’s History Month: The women who shaped British modernism… from Context and the ‘People Wiki’ 22/03/2024
- IHBC’s HESPR pick from £900K+ works this week: DC seeks landscape architect/urban designer for street projects, to 16/04 22/03/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Group wants to save ‘fortified brutalism’ on Conwy’s skyline that others call a ‘carbuncle’ 22/03/2024
- Scope and options tabled for delivery of Palace of Westminster restoration: More time needed so next government decides… 22/03/2024
- RICS launches pioneering new standard on retrofitting practices across the UK 22/03/2024
- Scotland’s Climate Change Committee: 2030 climate goals are no longer credible 22/03/2024
- Ecclesiastical’s 2023 Heritage Heroes announced 22/03/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Charter report on ‘…innovative/emerging cultural heritage education & training…’ 22/03/2024
- IHBC’s December CONTEXT now online, on ‘Buildings in the countryside’: Vernacular survivals; Rural buildings at risk; Tithe barn meanings, Urban fringes and even Zen! 19/03/2024
Daily Archives: 27/10/2020
REMINDER: IHBC supports CIOB’s ‘Future Skills for Traditional Buildings’: 05 November, online
The IHBC is co-sponsoring the ‘Future Skills for Traditional Buildings’ virtual conference from the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) on 5 November, with speakers to include IHBC members Rory Cullen and John Edwards, and with IHBC officers hosting a digital … Continue reading
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IHBC’s MATE update & recap for NewsBlog readers, from our Yorkshire Branch
The IHBC’s Professional Development Officer Ramona Usher has notched up another successful MATE with the Yorkshire Branch, again with positive feedback from delegates: friendly, approachable, personable and helpful and also demystifying!
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’ pick of the week: Queen’s birthday honours list includes Purcell (HESPR company) partner and IHBC Member Jane Kennedy
The 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’, with notices from across the development sector’s publications, and this week features Building’s … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: £800K scheme to ‘transform’ Longton’s historic town centre buildings
The regeneration project in Longton, repairing and restoring historic town centre buildings backed by Historic England and Stoke-on-Trent City Council, follows a similar project in Stoke, reports the Stoke on Trent News.
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IHBC’s ‘Out of Context’ CPD boost from the Isle of Wight, via Ireland: Walled kitchen gardens – use and history
If you need to know more about the challenges of researching and understanding historic parks and gardens Issue 163 of Context, the IHBC’s member journal, Helen Thomas writes about the study and use of historic kitchen gardens by following a … Continue reading
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Power to Change report: Community ownership key to revival of high streets’ empty buildings
The Impact of Community Businesses on People is a new report from Power to Change – an independent charitable trust for community businesses in England – that urges Councils to help local communities take ownership of empty buildings in order … Continue reading
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Protecting Scotland’s marine environment
The Scottish Government has announced a new deep sea Marine Protected Area to be established in Scotland. image: for illustration purposes only – Fiona Newton
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Pride in place: RSA Heritage Index 2020 now out –How local heritage can unlock a better future
The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) has published its Heritage Index – ‘Pride in Place’ – for 2020, a unique tool designed to support data-led decision making on heritage at the local level.
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Scotland’s draft Infrastructure Investment Plan, closing 19/11
The Consultation on the Scotland’s Draft Infrastructure Investment Plan closes 19 Nov 2020, as it sets out to offer ‘a clear vision… to support and enable an inclusive net zero emissions economy.
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THA launches free webinars: ‘Heritage Dialogues’
The Heritage Alliance (THA) has announced the launch of a new series of free webinars exploring ‘important, complex and engaging heritage topics… for heritage professionals’.
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IHBC’s IMHO: Solving the town centre regeneration puzzle – ‘take stock and re-establish… USP’ with a new roadmap
The new Use Classes Order has opened the door to the more rapid re-configuration of commercial premises within town centres, but ‘Now more than ever, towns need to take stock and re-establish their USP’ – their Unique ‘Selling’ Point – … Continue reading
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