1/16/2026 9:37:52 AM Small and mighty? By Peter Hubbard No, I am not talking about a new type of dishwashing liquid, but the story behind the 2025 Global Accounts for private registered...
12/22/2025 4:37:31 PM STAIRs: A few more steps forward By Ben Pumphrey Following on from our previous article on the Social Tenant (Access to Information) Requirements (STAIRs) (available here), the Regulator...
11/6/2025 3:55:40 PM Sector Risk Profile 2025 - A sharpened regulatory lens By Peter Hubbard The Regulator of Social Housing's (RSH) 2025 Sector Risk Profile was published today, marking a shift in tone and purpose. Following the...
10/21/2025 10:21:40 AM Reflections from the CCH Conference 2025: Conversations, co-ops and complaints! By Shauntelle Murphy This October marked my second time attending the Confederation of Co-operative Housing (CCH) Conference, and I can confidently say it’s...
10/21/2025 9:53:05 AM Housing co-operatives and Awaab’s Law: Reflections from the Confederation of Co-operative Housing (CCH) Conference By Helen Tucker On 18 October 2025, I had the privilege of speaking at the Confederation of Co-operative Housing (CCH) Conference in London, both in the...
10/3/2025 9:21:19 AM The next steps on STAIRs – the Government issues its consultation response By Ben Pumphrey Introduction Following what seems like another age politically, the Government has now issued its formal response to the consultation on...
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...
5/9/2025 10:43:47 AM Low-cost home ownership: maximising your section 106 agreement By Digby Morgan Section 106 agreements (s106s’) are the bread-and-butter of the sector. But they can present challenges, and there are plenty of things...
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...
4/7/2025 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...
2/13/2025 6:23:27 PM Where there's muck there's...plastic - or equivalent By Andrew Millross A case on Belgian sewage pipes may not be of immediate interest to UK procurement practitioners. Let me tell you why it's important....
12/19/2024 2:17:27 PM 45 pages of corrections! By Andrew Millross One would have thought that with a new Government, 45 pages of Regulations and amendments to the Procurement Act 2023 (PA 23) and related...