17 Jul, 2024 Corporate sustainability and supply chain due diligence By Emma Watt The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive ((EU) 2024/1760) (the Directive) comes into force on 25 July 2024 and introduces new...
01 Jul, 2024 Securing the future of employee ownership By David Alcock With six days to go until polling day, it was great to read the Employee Ownership Association's proposals for building on the expansion...
12 Jun, 2024 Updates to Keeping Children Safe in Education for 2024 By Katherine Sinclair The Department of Education has now updated its statutory guidance for schools and colleges - Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE)...
03 Jun, 2024 Local authority companies – Governance health-check By Matt Marsh Preparing for the annual governance statement is a good time for local authorities to undertake a governance health-check of their...
22 May, 2024 Statutory overview and scrutiny guidance By Claire Ward This recent guidance provides an opportunity to assess whether a critical friend is really operating within a council's governance...
17 May, 2024 Procuring regeneration projects under the Procurement Act 2023: playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the same order! By Mark Cook Local authorities and housing associations are at the centre of many land-based projects, whether this is for small-scale developments,...
28 Mar, 2024 Community Ownership Fund - final round By David Alcock The first window for Round 4, the final round of the Community Ownership Fund, is now open for applications until 10 April. The funding...
27 Mar, 2024 Procurement Act 2023 guidance - the revelation commences... By Mark Cook Helpful guidance is now beginning to emerge from the Cabinet Office, ‘covering subjects from transitional arrangements and covered...
20 Mar, 2024 DfE making lighter reading for schools when it comes to governance – two new governance guides launched By Esther Campsall So it’s big news but not big news. Instead of maintained schools and academies having to sift through a joint Governance Handbook which...
06 Sep, 2023 Charging for regulation: Could changes in the housing sector mean greater transparency and accountability? By Victoria Jardine The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) has opened a consultation on its proposals to adapt the way (and amounts) it charges registered...
05 Jul, 2023 Using powers and policies to make municipal enterprise a success By Mark Cook This may be obvious, but councils have been active in entrepreneurial activity within their functions for a very long time. I get...
21 Jun, 2023 Time to update co-op law By David Alcock It was very welcome to hear the announcement from Andrew Griffith on Friday that the legislation which governs co-operatives will be...