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councils set to miss the March deadline? Ashfords’ energy
and resource management team explain.
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waste collections
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The Procurement Act 2023: One Year On -
How procurement processes are evolving
Katherine Calder and Sarah Foster of DAC Beachcroft focus on
changes to procurement design at selection and tender stage in
three key areas of change that the Act introduced.
The Procurement Act 2023: One Year On -
How procurement processes are evolving
Katherine Calder and Sarah Foster of DAC Beachcroft focus on
changes to procurement design at selection and tender stage in
three key areas of change that the Act introduced.


Service charge recovery
and the Building Safety Act 2022
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what local authorities need to consider when it comes to
the Building Safety Act 2022 and service charge recovery.
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and the Building Safety Act 2022
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what local authorities need to consider when it comes to
the Building Safety Act 2022 and service charge recovery.


Fix it fast: How “Awaab’s Law”
is forcing action
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what "Awaab's Law"
will mean in practice
for social landlords.
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is forcing action
Eleanor Jones sets out
what "Awaab's Law"
will mean in practice
for social landlords.


Housing management
in practice
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key takeaways on six key
challenges in housing
management including
how to tackle anti-
social behaviour.
Housing management
in practice
Rebecca Rees provides
key takeaways on six key
challenges in housing
management including
how to tackle anti-
social behaviour.


Why AI must power
the next wave
of Social Housing
delivery
For years, national housing policy has wrestled with the tension
between aspiration and delivery. Targets have been set and missed;
waiting lists have grown longer and the most vulnerable people
in our society have been left with fewer safe, affordable places to
call home. Technology has a key role to play to address this
situation writes Andrew Lloyd of Search Acumen.
Why AI must power
the next wave
of Social Housing
delivery
For years, national housing policy has wrestled with the
tension between aspiration and delivery. Targets have been
set and missed; waiting lists have grown longer, and the
most vulnerable people in our society have been left with fewer
safe, affordable places to call home. Technology has a
key role to play to address this situation writes Andrew Lloyd
of Search Acumen.

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