The Prime Minister will announce that the government is to step in and directly commission thousands of new affordable homes. In a radical new policy shift, not used on this scale since Thatcher and Heseltine started the Docklands, the government will directly commission the building of homes on publicly owned land. This will lead to […]
Mulalley, a family owned residential developer and construction group, has been appointed as sole provider to undertake all Planned Maintenance and General Improvement Building works for Croydon Council for up to 14 years. The long term contract has a potential value of £210 million. Mobilisation for the programme will commence this month with works starting […]
UK Government data from the last financial year shows that, despite affirmative action, small businesses only supplied 27.1% of central government contracts by value (£12.1bn). Here, FSB Scotland spokesman Stuart Mackinnon tells BiP Solutions journalist Julie Shennan how this
The new Infrastructure and Projects Authority will provide expert support for the government’s major economic projects. A new organisation comes into existence to provide expertise, knowledge and skills at managing and delivering major economic projects for the government. The new Infrastructure and Projects Authority, brings together the 2 existing bodies, Infrastructure UK (IUK) and the […]
Hospitals are saving millions thanks to government and NHS crackdown on use of management consultants and agency staff, new figures show. Figures released by the health regulator, NHS Improvement, show the amount hospitals spend on management consultants has fallen sharply over the last few months by £42 million. Spend has fallen from £145 million in […]
Prime Minister David Cameron announced a package of more than £40m to rebuild and improve flood defences in the aftermath of Storm Eva. He pledged the government would support charities helping those caught up in the Boxing Day deluge by matching every pound of the first £2m raised. The cash takes investment in recovery from […]
The Scottish Government has announced that communities will be able to tackle poverty and inequalities and take forward regeneration in their areas on their own terms through a £20m investment. Funding for the Empowering Communities Fund will be protected in Scotland’s Draft Budget for 2016- 2017. To date, hundreds of projects which are making change […]
On 1 January 2016, revised EU public procurement thresholds come into force in the UK. Public sector procurements with an estimated value in excess of these thresholds are legally required to follow the European procurement process, which was transposed into
The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has said the budget deficit is still too high, and greater efforts are needed, through reducing current public spending and generating sufficient tax receipts. The comments follow the public sector finance figures for November 2015, published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). In November 2015, public sector net […]
The Chancellor George Osborne confirmed government support for the UK film industry through film tax relief had reached £251m this year, generating over £1bn worth of direct investment in the UK in the last year alone. This is the most generous support ever provided by the government, reaping huge returns for the UK through a […]
