4/9/2025 10:16:37 AM Procurement UnpACked: Using KPIs to drive accountability and performance By Sophie McFie-Hyland Chanel Quigley Contracting authorities will have seen that there is a range of obligations relating to key performance indicators (KPIs) under the...
4/8/2025 2:54:14 PM Taking all reasonable steps; more guidance for discrimination cases By Libby Hubbard Lawyers love this word ‘reasonable’ – I would go as far as to say that we spend an unreasonable amount of time debating what reasonable...
4/8/2025 9:53:15 AM UnpACking Procurement - Unwrapping package deals By Richard Brooks Social Housing Development and the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23) What package? Where a developer offers to sell land, but only if it builds...
4/7/2025 12:08:10 PM From Beligian sewers to Bulgarian kerbstones By Andrew Millross Technical specifications seem to be featuring in the European case law at the moment. In an earlier blog I discussed a case on sewage...
4/7/2025 11:33:02 AM £20m coming to a community near you? How are we going to learn from previous programmes? By Sarah Patrice The Government announced the new Plan for Neighbourhoods £1.5bn funding pot, last month, which I'm sure will be very welcome news for the...
4/3/2025 3:32:11 PM Financial pressures in the social care sector; how should providers respond? By Anna Dabek Libby Hubbard On Tuesday, 2 April, we held a seminar for HR professionals in the social care sector – ‘Preparing for legal changes and navigating...
4/2/2025 8:44:14 AM Local Government Pension Scheme: changes for a new year By Doug Mullen For the Local Government Pension Scheme, the new year starts not on 1 January but on 1 April and with the start of a new scheme year,...
4/1/2025 9:35:56 AM Crime and Policing Bill 2025 – The Second Reading By Suzanne Gregson Mollie McQuade The Crime and Policing Bill 2025 had its second reading in Parliament on 10 March 2025. The reading led to a significant number of...
3/28/2025 3:39:55 PM Welcome to ACsess Risk! By Elizabeth Massey Lorna Kenyon-Pain We are delighted to announce our new webinar series ACsess Risk, starting 1 April 2025. What is the aim of ACsess Risk? This series is...
3/28/2025 3:08:26 PM 12 month gap in development funding avoided? By Lucy Worrall Tuesday's announcement to extend the current Affordable House Programme (AHP) by an additional £2bn must be welcome news to the sector....
3/24/2025 7:38:28 PM Is it enough to name and shame? The Prevention of Future Deaths Report and the Government By Lorna Kenyon-Pain Elizabeth Massey The Government recently published its response to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report. An overview of the Government’s response can...
3/24/2025 7:34:37 PM Duty to prevent sexual harassment; equalities watchdog is taking it seriously By Anna Dabek McDonalds is back in our headlines. The BBC has recently reported on the alarming rates of sexual harassment of its staff rising to such...