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- IHBC’s new in-person ‘Day School+’ options for #IHBCReading2024, 14/06: Add Thursday Reception (£20+VAT) and/or Friday Annual Dinner (£65+VAT) – limited availability, book now 17/05/2024
- Save the date & pass it on: 14 June, IHBC’s Virtual Day School for #IHBCReading2024 – finance, law, people & more, from £30+VAT (IHBC, RTPI, Conservation Courses, Fit for the Future etc.) 17/05/2024
- IHBC welcomes Purcell’s guidance on RAAC for Listed Buildings in England & Wales 17/05/2024
- IHBC’s Reading 2024 School CPD Circular now out: Still places left on our Day (14/06) & Virtual School, from only £30+VAT 17/05/2024
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ Competence signpost: AHRC’s Place-Based Research Programme briefs – ‘Collaborative community heritage’ 17/05/2024
- IHBC’s HESPR pick from £22M+ works this week: Welsh Council seeks design lead to transform urban heritage property, closing 06/06 17/05/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (council) doorstep 1’: South Staffs notified of postponement of Crooked House Enforcement Notice public inquiry 17/05/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (council) doorstep 2’: Greenfields recreation land bought back by Shrewsbury Town Council for the community 17/05/2024
- CLC report: Driving competency in the retrofit sector 17/05/2024
- UK’s biggest infrastructure companies sign pledge to decarbonise the construction sector 17/05/2024
- A UK-wide campaign celebrating the ‘8 Types of Impact of Culture and Heritage’ to ‘make the case for investment’ 17/05/2024
- IHBC’s FREE Pre-Conference CPD webinar series for #IHBCReading2024 School continues: Munstead Wood (16/05) & Reading’s conservation and development (24/05) 14/05/2024
- IHBC’s Technical Panel Chair appointed to STBA Board: ‘… strengthening ties between the two organisations..’ 14/05/2024
- IHBC’s Reading 2024 School CPD Circular now out: Still places left on Full School (12/13-15 June), Day (14/06) & Virtual, from only £30+VAT, with free pre-School webinars too 14/05/2024
- IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: AJ on ‘architects without CSCS ‘skills’ card…’ 14/05/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Proposals for ‘bonkers’ Broad Street skyscraper over listed building refused 14/05/2024
- Policy Exchange: New report shows that building more tall buildings is not the solution to the housing crisis 14/05/2024
- New guide on how to create 20-minute neighbourhood launched in Dundee 14/05/2024
- Trinity research on Valentia Slate results in its designation as a Heritage Stone 14/05/2024
- England’s new policy paper on ‘Apprenticeship Funding’ 14/05/2024
- Investing in Planning: A consultation on resourcing Scotland’s planning system, to 31/05 14/05/2024
- Clarice Cliff, 20th century ceramicist known for colourful designs, honoured in Blue Plaque Scheme, Design category 14/05/2024
- IHBC’s Reading 2024 School CPD Circular out: Still places left on Full School (12/13-15 June), Day (14/06) & Virtual, from only £30+VAT, with free pre-School webinars too 10/05/2024
- IHBC Chair registers sadness at untimely death of Rosemarie MacQueen MBE, ‘…one of the Institute’s most distinguished members…’ 10/05/2024
- Book now for IHBC’s ‘hybrid’ 2024 School #IHBCReading2024: IHBC Certified CPD across Law, Economics & Practice, with options from £30+VAT for 1 day (online) 10/05/2024
Monthly Archives: March 2021
IHBC features ‘Heritage for the (Welsh) Doorstep’: protecting the ‘Welsh Versailles’
WalesOnline reports on how Conwy Council is stepping in to protect a Grade I listed stately home that is one of the largest in Wales, Kinmel Hall, which has fallen into disrepair in recent years and campaigners are concerned about … Continue reading
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£60,000 bill for unauthorised works to GII listed 16th century mansion
A couple who carried out unauthorised works on their 16th century property in Waltham St Lawrence, Berkshire – Old Gunsbrook House – face a £60,000 bill for ignoring its Grade II listing.
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Consultation on Scottish skills requirements for energy efficiency etc
The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on Scottish skills requirements for energy efficiency, zero emissions and low carbon heating systems, microgeneration and heat networks for homes.
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More than £18 million awarded in final grants from first round of Culture Recovery Fund
Government has announced that 22 heritage organisations and 33 independent cinemas are the latest to receive support from the Culture Recovery Fund. image: for illustration purposes only Open Government Licence v3.0
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Town halls to seize empty shops to put them back to use, under Labour plans to revive high streets
Town halls would be able to seize empty shops and bring them back into use, under Labour plans to revive decaying high streets.
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Scotland’s Churches Trust: Survey invitation to helping ‘Sustain our Places of Worship’
The Scotland’s Churches Trust (SCT) has launched a survey to assist raise the profile of the work of the Trust.
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DfT taskforce sticks by claim Hammersmith Bridge could reopen in spring
The Department for Transport’s (DfT) Hammersmith Bridge taskforce has doubled down on its previous assertion that the embattled Victorian structure could be partially reopened, to pedestrians and cyclists, as early as April, once ongoing inspections of the western pedestals is … Continue reading
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IHBC eligible members: Vote by proxy to keep costs down and pace up at the IHBC’s General Meeting 26/03
Eligible members of the IHBC are strongly encouraged to use proxy votes for the Special Resolution at the forthcoming General Meeting (GM) on 26 March, and help the IHBC ‘move past the pandemic’, while keeping up the discussions and the … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘members only’ first new Council: Free online CPD and a chance to shape our future – 26 March, from c.1.45pm (after the General Meeting)
Register for FREE for the March 26 2021 General Meeting AND/OR Council HERE IHBC Chair David McDonald said: ‘Trustees have decided to take early advantage of our new constitutional arrangements to host together the first General Meeting of 2021 and … Continue reading
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Last chance approaches for IHBC’s Marsh Award nominations: Celebrating the achievements of active and civic ‘retired IHBC members’
The closing date approaches for the IHBC’s Marsh Award for community contributions by retired members of the IHBC, with a prize that includes £500 and a free place at the IHBC’s Brighton 2021 Annual School, and with nominations closing on … Continue reading
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REMINDER: IHBC’s FREE CPD Taster: John Edwards on ‘Introducing Building Survey for Retrofit’, 29/03, 1pm-2pm
John Edwards, IHBC Technical Panel Chair and Trustee, will introduce ‘Building Survey for Retrofit’ to IHBC members in a free stand-alone IHBC CPD certified 1-hour session that also serves as a taster for fee-based IHBC CPD programmes previously delayed by … Continue reading
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BBC Northern Ireland TV ‘Restoration Rescue’ series seeks UK suggestions, via the IHBC Chair
The IHBC network has been ask to help a TV production company in Belfast to suggest stories of home restorations from across the UK.
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £330K+ costed works: Welsh Council seeks QS for museum redevelopment, closing 22/03
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services working to the IHBC’s standards – emails its members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick features a … Continue reading
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Budget and building, ex. DBW
Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW) – host platform for the IHBC’s open-access Conservation Wiki and the ‘construction industry knowledge base’ – has posted an update on the Budget from 3 March 2021….
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Builders’ Budget plea: cut VAT on home repairs, says FMB and RICS
A VAT cut on home improvement works from 20% to 5% for a temporary five year period would generate a huge economic stimulus, new research from the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).suggests.
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Network Rail seeks engineering apprentices in the Highlands
Network Rail has launched an appeal for applications to become engineering apprentices in Inverness and Helmsdale in the Highlands. image: Network Rail website
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New RTPI mentoring programme opens: Closing 8/03
A pilot version of the Royal Town Planning Institute’s (RTPI’s) new mentoring programme, called NURTURE and providing ‘structured, professional mentoring’ for 25 of its members ; looking to advance in their career and be successful in a senior role’ will … Continue reading
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CIC: Industry mega-poll for building professionals to track impact of PI insurance crisis
Building professionals from across the industry, are being invited to take part in the Construction Leadership Council’s biggest ever review of UK’s construction industry’s growing professional indemnity insurance crisis.
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139-Year-Old Victorian house moves through San Francisco
The move of a 139 year old Victorian House through the streets of San Francisco drew an excited crowd of onlookers who came out to watch a truck slowly and carefully pull the historic house through the streets.
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Don’t Forget 1: IHBC’s ‘members only’ first Council and General Meeting of 2021: Free, 26 March, 1pm – eligible members called on to use proxy votes
The IHBC is issuing exclusive invitations and formal notices to IHBC members of ALL categories to the first Council meeting of 2021, from 1pm 26 March, starting with a formal General Meeting vote to support virtual meetings, and with eligible … Continue reading
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Don’t Forget 2: IHBC joins RIAS and more in Glasgow (virtually) on accreditation, standards, MATEs and more: 22-24 March
The IHBC will offer guidance and feature our celebrated MATE programme at a Glasgow City Heritage Trust (GCHT) 3-day online Conference on ‘Your Career in Conservation’, all aimed at ‘anyone working, or interested in working, within the building and heritage sectors’, alongside … Continue reading
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DBW Newsletter features IHBC’s 2020 Yearbook Ian Baxter on: ‘Cities, Heritage, Tourism…’ to 11K+ users
Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW) – host platform for the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki and the ‘construction industry knowledge base’ – has featured the IHBC’s 2020 Yearbook article on heritage and tourism by Prof Ian Baxter – a member of the IHBC’s … Continue reading
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IHBC Research Signpost: ‘Levelling up’ with Mind the Gap – On construction projects and people
New research by recruiting agency Randstad, ‘Mind the Gap’, examines the North-South divide with levelling up in mind, across construction projects and jobs, as output in infrastructure and housebuilding rebounds from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’ pick of the week: Call for HESPR input to IHBC’s GM and Council, 26 March
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 news from across the development sector, and this week features the IHBC’s … Continue reading
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Historic England’s new advice note: ‘Local Heritage Listing: Identifying and Conserving Local Heritage’
Historic England has published a new edition of its advice note on how local heritage listing and local heritage lists can be formally identified as part of the wider range of designation so that they can be taken into account … Continue reading
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