
Happy New Year - our first newsletter of 2021! Throughout this year we will continue to bring you news and developments relating to the charities sector.
The accompanying Code of Practice explains the primary purpose is for housing associations to understand their assets and security position and to have swift access to information in decision making and risk management.
Identifying what this means in practice can be challenging. In the current climate of change in Government policy, the Regulator is less likely to be prescriptive and more likely to leave it to the housing associations to interpret this. The risk is that housing associations only discover they are non-compliant when problems arise, for example following a ‘deep dive’ by the Regulator, when it is often too late, and opens them up to potential criticism or downgrade. The physical task of establishing a Register with sufficient information can be extremely time intensive and of course it needs to be kept up to date; it may require specific knowledge in some aspects such as legal title and property information; and the steps needed to satisfy the Standard will vary according to the nature and individual circumstances of the association. A comprehensive Register can be a useful tool in strategic decision-making – including assisting with active asset management by revealing which assets would be best placed for disposal or charging.
To support you in complying with your obligations and wider asset management plan, we have put together a Compliance package including:-
Please contact Jane Trevithick or Gemma Bell
Happy New Year - our first newsletter of 2021! Throughout this year we will continue to bring you news and developments relating to the charities sector.
Local authorities should be wary of reserving contracts for local suppliers, as recommended by Procurement Policy Note (PPN) 11/20. Other contracting authorities may want to maximise their use of this
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In their 3rd podcast of the series, Chris Lloyd-Smith and Maria Ramon discuss a number of problems with and difficulties that can arise in mediation and the mechanisms they use to overcome them.
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For part 5 in this series of short podcasts, Chris Lloyd-Smith interviews associate Kadie Bennett on how she has been coping during these unprecedented times.
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