Nicholas McGrenra

Charities fortnightly round-up 28 Monday 18 January 2021

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.

PPN 11/20 and reserving contracts for local suppliers - a sting in the tail for local authorities Wednesday 13 January 2021

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

Possession in lockdown – a further stay on evictions Tuesday 12 January 2021

Most housing practitioners have perhaps been waiting for this news since the latest lockdown was announced by the Prime Minister on 4 January 2021.

A climate resolution is for life, not just for New Year… Friday 8 January 2021

Climate change and biodiversity is an area where significantly faster changes are needed on a global and local basis.

PODCAST: Life stage planning for business owners Wednesday 23 December 2020

Chris Lloyd Smith, Adrian Leonard and Lisa Whitehouse discuss the planning opportunities available to owners of businesses and how to prepare for unforeseen events.

PODCAST: Mediation podcast 3 Tuesday 22 December 2020

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.

Charities fortnightly round-up 27 (last one of 2020!) Monday 21 December 2020

Our previous round-up began by sharing the news that two vaccines had shown very promising test results. Here we are, not even a month later, and the first vaccines have already been administered!

Great Homes for Greater Manchester report: Building back better homes and places Tuesday 15 December 2020

The Covid-19 crisis has demonstrated that there is great resilience and innovation in the housing sector across Greater Manchester, it has also brought shortfalls and other priorities sharply into foc

PODCAST: How solicitors are living and working during lockdown - part 5 Monday 14 December 2020

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.

Review of maternity services at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Thursday 10 December 2020

The first report of Donna Ockenden and her team into the review of maternity services at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust has been published today.

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