10 Mar, 2023 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...
09 Dec, 2022 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...
29 Sep, 2022 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...
25 Aug, 2021 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...
22 Apr, 2021 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...
09 Dec, 2020 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...
07 Dec, 2020 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...
27 Nov, 2020 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...
02 Nov, 2020 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...