5/27/2025 10:22:44 AM The sun was shining in Leeds for UKREiiF 2025 By Stuart Evans The sun was shining in Leeds for UKREiiF 2025, and with the brightening of the weather came the brightening of our optimism and...
5/27/2025 10:14:32 AM Will a new Public Private Partnerships (PPP) Pipeline for UK infrastructure be announced soon? By Jon Coane If the mood music is to be believed, then there could be an announcement in the June Spending Review about a pipeline of new Public...
5/27/2025 8:14:51 AM Affordable Home Ownership and s106 By Digby Morgan London & Quadrant Housing Trust released a report on behalf of the G15 group of large social landlords in October. I am delighted to say...
5/21/2025 1:45:07 PM Can you dismiss an employee for social media posts? By Hannah Bollard Libby Hubbard We are told that Gary Lineker leaving the BBC was a ‘mutual’ decision and there was no dismissal. Let’s imagine that there was no...
5/20/2025 5:33:29 PM Building homes to help neighbourhoods flourish By Emma Lloyd On 22 January this year we held a roundtable with a fascinating mix of planning, regeneration and legal officers from local and regional...
5/19/2025 11:54:20 AM Unlocking a home for everyone - UKREiiF Unpacked By Mark Cook It is hard to believe that it will be a year since, amid all the rain, UKREiiF 2024 was hit by the announcement of a General Election....
5/13/2025 11:26:22 AM Expert witness functions in the housing disrepair sector By Bethan Jones Surveyors are routinely instructed to provide expert reports in housing disrepair claims; most of those surveyors are members of the ...
5/1/2025 10:30:07 AM How should LPAs react to potential banana skin highlighted by the Court of Appeal in R (Greenfield (IOW) Limited v Isle of Wight Council? By Max Howarth DMPO The requirement provided by Article 40(3)(b) of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order...
4/29/2025 3:30:29 PM April increases to statutory payments By Libby Hubbard To paraphrase the Kipling poem very badly, if you can keep your head and apply the April statutory increases when all around you there is...
4/28/2025 3:03:30 PM Procurement UnpACked: Small business, big impact By Gayle Monk Section 12 of the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23) requires that contracting authorities (a) have regard to the fact that small and...
4/14/2025 11:28:06 AM Compliant tenders - 'discount' is ambiguous By Andrew Millross In a mini-competition run by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), the invitation to submit mini-tenders told framework suppliers...
4/14/2025 9:02:35 AM Renters' Rights Bill Hub By Emma Hardman As the Renters' Rights Bill (the Bill) continues its journey through Parliament, scheduled for Committee Stage in the House of Lords on...