Rethinking the Affordable Housing Funding Machine

Click here to read Winckworth Sherwood's new report Rethinking the Affordable Housing
Funding Machine which demonstrates how private capital has moved from a peripheral
source of funding to a central part of how affordable homes get built,
retrofitted and managed.

The business rates battle:
how to unlock savings

Chris Grose, Rating Director at Hartnell Taylor Cook,
looks at the steps local authorities can take to reduce
their business rates liability.

Revealed: Public sector most exposed
to risk from rising energy bills.

The Culture, Leisure & Community sector is the most energy‑vulnerable
property sector in England and Wales. Search Acumen explores the
results of the analysis.

Automatic suspensions under the
Procurement Act 2023: the first case

The test for lifting the automatic suspension under Section 102 of the Procurement
Act 2023 has been considered by the Courts for the first time, resulting in confirmation
that the new test is significantly different to the American Cyanamid test and the
suspension being maintained pending trial. Ed Williams looks at why.

Procurement Act 2023 – One Year On:
When it starts to get contentious

In the third and final article of this series, Jo Dumphy and Katherine Calder
from DAC Beachcroft consider some of the challenges facing suppliers and
contracting authorities in bringing and defending potential claims following
the introduction of the Procurement Act 2023, and highlight the practical
considerations when authorities come across them.

Establishing relevant defects under
the Building Safety Act

The First Tier Tribunal has provided helpful clarity on what amounts to a
“relevant defect” for the purposes of Remediation Orders and Remediation
Contribution Orders under the Building Safety Act 2022, writes Sarah Grant.

The Employment Rights Act 2025:
What Public Sector Employers Need to Know

Many of the changes in the Employment Rights Act 2025 will have a significant
operational and financial impact on public sector employers, particularly
local authorities and schools, where large workforces, high levels of unionisation
and public accountability increase exposure to risk.