19 Nov, 2024 Webinar: A practical guide for housing associations: Responding to the Law Commission consultation on changes to community benefit societies By Victoria Jardine Earlier this Autumn, the Law Commission launched a consultation on proposed changes to co-operative and community benefit society law and...
16 Oct, 2024 A bad day for finance directors? By Peter Hubbard Contrary to economic forecasts, the September CPI figure came in this morning at only 1.7%, much lower than where many thought it would...
07 Oct, 2022 Everything counts (especially in small amounts) - using Gift Aid to boost charity profits By Victoria Jardine I belatedly clocked a Linkedin reminder from top tax expert and RSM Partner Andrew Robinson that Thursday 6 October was Gift Aid...
30 Mar, 2022 Digital, data and technology get their own playbook By Steven Brunning The Government has just released new guidance on sourcing and contracting for digital, data and technology projects and programmes....
29 Mar, 2022 Proposed "look-through" power for the Regulator could be game changing for the exempt accommodation sector By Victoria Jardine As I skimmed the Government's suite of proposed legislative changes (badged as its means of embedding the regulatory changes to social...
29 Mar, 2022 Three nuggets about the Social Housing Regulation Bill By Peter Hubbard There were three points that jumped off the page to me when I read the draft legislation and guidance published today – they are not...
14 May, 2021 What the RSH’s VFM analysis does and doesn’t tell us By Peter Hubbard After three years of rent cuts to 2020, the Value for Money (VFM) analysis published yesterday by the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH)...
08 Dec, 2020 NHF 2020 Code of Governance - results from our webinar By Peter Hubbard Polling at yesterday's ACS webinar on the NHF's 2020 Code of Governance revealed that 50% of delegates are looking to adopt the Code by 1...
27 Nov, 2020 Social Housing White Paper: the governance implications By Victoria Jardine Delayed since Spring 2020 as the Government tackled the Covid-19 crisis, Tuesday 17 November saw the publication of the Social Housing...
26 Nov, 2020 A sobering read: the RSH's analysis of the risks facing the housing sector By Victoria Jardine Hot off the press, the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) has published its Sector Risks Profile 2020. More detailed analysis will follow,...
17 Nov, 2020 Long awaited Government response to the social housing crisis published By Victoria Jardine Delayed since Spring 2020 as the Government tackled the Covid-19 crisis, today saw the publication of the Social Housing White Paper,...
16 Nov, 2020 The toxicity of intergenerational poverty By Victoria Jardine It's difficult to know where to start with this excellent and thought-provoking article in the Guardian over the weekend, juxtaposed with...