3/10/2023 11:13:35 AM An early April Fools? No, just a new standard selection questionnaire By Gayle Monk It will be live from 1 April 2023 but it's no joke - the Cabinet Office has published a new standard selection questionnaire (SQ). From...
12/9/2022 9:52:03 AM It's coal for Christmas By Gayle Monk Just a month after relinquishing the COP presidency, the UK has taken the perverse decision to approve the opening of the country's first...
9/29/2022 8:37:26 AM Wave 2.1 of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund - it's time to apply By Gayle Monk Inevitably the turmoil of the last two months has delayed many things, among them the opening up of Wave 2 of the Social Housing...
8/25/2021 11:26:14 AM Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund - Wave 1 is now live By Gayle Monk Following a small number of pilots launched earlier in the year, the government opened up applications for Wave 1 of the wider funding...
4/22/2021 12:00:00 AM Marking Earth Day 2021 By Gayle Monk Earth Day has been marked every year since 1970 to honour the Earth and demonstrate support for environmental protection. The first...
12/9/2020 1:04:56 PM A British Standard for Social Value By Gayle Monk The British Standards Institute yesterday released a new Standard, the catchily titled BS 8950 "Social Value - Understanding and...
12/7/2020 12:04:08 PM Electric vehicles: navigating the legal issues By Gayle Monk The idea of switching to an electric vehicle has long felt like the traditional "chicken or egg" conundrum: I can't switch to an...
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...
11/2/2020 4:46:36 PM An opportunity to engage with social value reporting and accountability By Gayle Monk I was pleased to see that Social Value UK and Social Value International are inviting members to engage with them on their responses to a...