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Procurement power to the people: Framework providers must give back

|Date: 6 June, 2023

Procurement power to the people: Framework providers must give back

Businesses have a significant impact on the economy, society and the environment. Here, Jason Stapley, Ch ...

Businesses have a significant impact on the economy, society and the environment. Here, Jason Stapley, Chief Procurement Officer at national framework provider Pagabo, discusses the unique position fr ...

6 June, 2023
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Planning permission secured for improvements to Rother Valley Country Park

|Date: 27 February, 2023

Planning permission secured for improvements to Rother Valley Country Park

Rotherham Council’s Rother Valley Country Park is set to benefit from improvements on site following plan ...

Rotherham Council’s Rother Valley Country Park is set to benefit from improvements on site following planning permission being approved. This news follows planning permission also being received for t ...

27 February, 2023
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Budget an important step, but greater focus on a housing-led recovery needed

|Date: 5 March, 2021

Budget an important step, but greater focus on a housing-led recovery needed

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget included details of the UK's first infrastructure bank, a mortgage guaran ...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget included details of the UK's first infrastructure bank, a mortgage guarantee scheme, a Levelling Up Fund and over £1bn for 45 new town deals, plus various other measure ...

5 March, 2021
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Progress Housing Group to kickstart careers for young people in Lancashire

|Date: 5 February, 2021

Progress Housing Group to kickstart careers for young people in Lancashire

Progress Housing Group is offering fully paid work placements for six months to give young people a stepp ...

Progress Housing Group is offering fully paid work placements for six months to give young people a stepping stone into work. 28 young people will be given the opportunity to start a paid work placeme ...

5 February, 2021
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Fusion21 releases its annual Procurement Trends research

|Date: 8 December, 2020

Fusion21 releases its annual Procurement Trends research

Public sector procurement is set to play an increasingly crucial role in helping communities to recover f ...

Public sector procurement is set to play an increasingly crucial role in helping communities to recover from the coronavirus crisis’ social and economic fall-out, Fusion21’s annual Procurement Trends ...

8 December, 2020
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Industry Comment | Setting ambitions for housing

|Date: 13 October, 2020

Industry Comment | Setting ambitions for housing

What kind of post-pandemic stimulus do we need, asks Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association ...

What kind of post-pandemic stimulus do we need, asks Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH). The Government has spent the last six months in fire-fight ...

13 October, 2020
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Industry reaction | Chancellor’s Summer Economic Update

|Date: 9 July, 2020

Industry reaction | Chancellor’s Summer Economic Update

This week, Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivered his Summer Economic Update setting out the Government’s ‘Plan ...

This week, Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivered his Summer Economic Update setting out the Government’s ‘Plan for Jobs’, which is designed to spur the UK’s recovery from the Coronavirus outbreak. Here we ...

9 July, 2020
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Rotherham Council welcomes new evidence of the city’s economic progress

|Date: 8 January, 2018

Rotherham Council welcomes new evidence of the city’s economic progress

Rotherham Council leaders have welcomed a new report which reveals Rotherham is the fastest growing city ...

Rotherham Council leaders have welcomed a new report which reveals Rotherham is the fastest growing city economy in Yorkshire, and the seventh fastest growing economy in the UK. The UK Powerhouse stud ...

8 January, 2018
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