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Scape Procure highlights how procurement and frameworks can help public sector organisations create a lasting legacy of community benefits

|Date: 3 September, 2018

Scape Procure highlights how procurement and frameworks can help public sector organisations create a lasting legacy of community benefits

Victoria Brambini, Managing Director at Scape Procure, discusses the benefits of procurement and framewor ...

Victoria Brambini, Managing Director at Scape Procure, discusses the benefits of procurement and frameworks for public sector organisations facing increasing budgetary pressures. In the current geopol ...

3 September, 2018
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The revised National Planning Policy Framework — a brave new (planning) world?

|Date: 3 August, 2018

The revised National Planning Policy Framework — a brave new (planning) world?

The revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) sets out the Government’s policies for planning and ...

The revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) sets out the Government’s policies for planning and directs local authorities on matters around granting permission for developments. Sam Dewar, a ...

3 August, 2018
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Fusion21 expands modular buildings framework

|Date: 11 June, 2018

Fusion21 expands modular buildings framework

Fusion21 is expanding its current Modular Buildings offer with an additional £175m over a four year perio ...

Fusion21 is expanding its current Modular Buildings offer with an additional £175m over a four year period — to service local authorities, leisure, blue light and healthcare sectors in addition to pro ...

11 June, 2018
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Heating services procurement framework launched for Scottish social landlords

|Date: 9 November, 2017

Heating services procurement framework launched for Scottish social landlords

A new heating services procurement framework designed to meet the needs of the Scottish social housing se ...

A new heating services procurement framework designed to meet the needs of the Scottish social housing sector has been launched, offering participating social landlords the opportunity to achieve impr ...

9 November, 2017
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Contractors appointed to Fusion21’s £90m national Consultants Framework

|Date: 19 September, 2017

Contractors appointed to Fusion21’s £90m national Consultants Framework

Fusion21 has announced the contractors successfully appointed to its national Consultants Framework, wort ...

Fusion21 has announced the contractors successfully appointed to its national Consultants Framework, worth up to £90m over a four-year period. A total of 66 highly skilled firms — including several SM ...

19 September, 2017
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Land Release Fund boost for local authorities to transform local communities

|Date: 9 August, 2017

Land Release Fund boost for local authorities to transform local communities

Government launches £54m package to transform local communities and release land for thousands of new hom ...

Government launches £54m package to transform local communities and release land for thousands of new homes. The package comes as part of a new cross-government partnership to make smarter use of gove ...

9 August, 2017
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Scape calls for Industrial Strategy to invest £14bn into local economies through public procurement reform

|Date: 10 July, 2017

Scape calls for Industrial Strategy to invest £14bn into local economies through public procurement reform

Public sector procurement specialist, Scape Group, has called on politicians to reform the UK’s procureme ...

Public sector procurement specialist, Scape Group, has called on politicians to reform the UK’s procurement rules in order boost local economies and deliver greater social value for communities throug ...

10 July, 2017
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Housing White Paper — government must continue to unlock the potential of local authorities to solve the housing crisis

|Date: 8 February, 2017

Housing White Paper — government must continue to unlock the potential of local authorities to solve the housing crisis

Following the Housing White Paper announcement, LABM garners a cross section of opinion from housing asso ...

Following the Housing White Paper announcement, LABM garners a cross section of opinion from housing associations, contractors, housebuilders, procurement groups and industry bodies facing the sector. ...

8 February, 2017
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TenderSpace: SME contractors will benefit from government housebuilding policy

|Date: 6 February, 2017

TenderSpace: SME contractors will benefit from government housebuilding policy

In an announcement set to shake up the housebuilding market, Prime Minister Theresa May says she will for ...

In an announcement set to shake up the housebuilding market, Prime Minister Theresa May says she will force councils to build hundreds of thousands of new homes a year in order to meet the Government ...

6 February, 2017
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BSRIA welcomes Lyon’s Housing Commission report

|Date: 18 November, 2016

BSRIA welcomes Lyon’s Housing Commission report

BSRIA has welcomed the Lyons’ Housing Commission report – What more should Government do to promote the b ...

BSRIA has welcomed the Lyons’ Housing Commission report – What more should Government do to promote the building of new homes – which states that for the new Prime Minister, the Secretary of State for ...

18 November, 2016
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