Key changes proposed by the Act The Building Safety Act brings into law several measures to improve the safety of existing buildings, as well as outlining new…
With inflation soaring, wages stagnating and the cost of living increasing at unprecedented rates, we have entered a period of economic uncertainty unheard of since The Great Depression. Surging…
Camelot has run the National Lottery since its inception in 1994, raising more than £45bn for 660,000 causes nationally including for charitable organisations, and the British Olympic and Paralympic…
A recap of tendering trends for 2022 The winds of change in the world of tendering have blown more forcefully than ever over the past two years. As we recently…
Social value While the Social Value Act in 2012 asked public authorities to, rather vaguely, ‘consider’ the social value contribution of bidders, in January 2021 the UK government’s Social Value…
Over the past few years there has been a strong focus from the government to ensure larger suppliers are paying their supply chain on time, supporting SMEs within the…
This shift to reform the health and social care sector will fundamentally alter how support is commissioned/delivered in the long term as we move…
Our blog post in June 2021 ‘Reform in the health and social care sector’ outlined the core issues the sector faces, and the Government’s response in the form…
The Programme and Project Partners The Programme and Project Partners was formed by Sellafield Ltd in 2019 and comprises Kellogg Brown and Root, Wood, Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, and Doosan Babcock….
A growing and ageing population that will shortly render the existing social care model obsolete. The ONS estimates that there will be an additional 5.8…
The recently released PPN (procurement policy note) 06/21, entitled ‘Taking Account of Carbon Reduction Plans in the procurement of major government contracts’, demonstrates the government’s commitment…
The statement is part of the Government’s public procurement reforms as outlined in its Green Paper on Transforming Public Procurement. Its focus is on guiding authorities…