Upcoming Courses

Organiser: Browne Jacobson

Venue: Webinar

Please join experts from Browne Jacobson for this advanced level webinar on 19 May, 12 – 1.00pm.

Local housing authorities are facing significant shortfalls in their budgets for homelessness services as a result of rising homelessness, severe housing shortages, and spiraling costs.

This webinar will explore how the legislative framework impacts on the funding of temporary accommodation, including:
-Powers for acquiring, providing and disposing TA.
-The HRA ringfence, and the use of general funds.
-The housing benefit and housing benefit subsidy rules; and Application of the Rent Standard.

It will provide an overview of some of the options available to local authorities to mitigate their housing benefit subsidy deficits.

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Organiser: Browne Jacobson

Venue: TBC

Please join us for this in person Procurement Workshop, delivered by our Partner law firms Browne Jacobson and Capsticks at Browne Jacobson’s office in Manchester.

The workshop will include:

Procurement routes and running a procurement under the Procurement Act 2023;
How to draft meaningful KPIs that can be managed under the Procurement Act 2023;
Modernisation and evaluation in procurement and how to avoid common pitfalls;
Provider Selection Regime.

It is FREE for members to attend and lunch will be included.

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Organiser: Browne Jacobson

Venue: Webinar

Please join experts from Browne Jacobson for this advanced level webinar on 7 July at 12 – 1.00pm.

Subsidy control is often a key issue in regeneration projects, attaching to key aspects such as land transactions, appointment of contractors and viability gap funding. When considered in good time, subsidy compliance can be built into the project structure at the outset.

This session will give attendees the tools to identify and address these subsidy aspects at an early stage.

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