2/20/2025 10:50:31 AM The final curtain for decades-old procurement in England, Northern Ireland and Wales? By Mark Cook As 5.30 pm on Friday 21 February 2025 beckons, councils and other contracting authorities are busy as they seek to launch their last...
3/27/2024 9:28:03 AM 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...
2/4/2021 11:47:16 AM Subsidy controls rule, UK? By Mark Cook Just a month after finalising Brexit, the UK Government has issued its consultation "on the best way to design a bespoke approach to...
11/27/2020 10:03:36 AM Green Book to embrace humanity following HM Treasury review By Mark Cook To my surprise, this is proving to be a "make a wish come true" week following the Government's publication of its Green Book Review...
11/25/2020 10:36:34 AM Consultation during the pandemic - getting it right By Alex Lawrence The Court of Appeal decision in R (on the application of Article 39) v Secretary of State for Education [2020] EWCA Civ 1577, is a timely...
11/23/2020 11:27:38 AM Will Rishi's Green Book review do more than change the way investment in the regions is promoted? By Mark Cook Exactly one month before Christmas Day, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak will present his ‘Spending Review 2020’ to Parliament...
11/11/2020 8:18:11 AM As councils bear much of the brunt of pandemic support to their communities, will the Government say "thank you"? By Mark Cook ...and will they mean it? As I scoured my daily updates I noticed that the Law Society Gazette was launching a series of articles about...