OPE award KEP an additional £145,000 to support 2 ambitious property focused projects In December 2017 we announced that the Kent Estates Partnership has been offered £150,000 in funding in response to the Partnership’s One Public Estate Phase 6 bid, £70,000 in...

£45 million funding boost to support councils unlock land for thousands of homes: 79 projects will receive funding to support building up to 7,280 homes on council owned land. On Friday 18th February,  Housing Minister Dominic Raab announced the funding awards for...

£866 million to be investment in local housing projects. On Thursday 1st February, Housing Secretary Sajid Javid and Chancellor Philip Hammond announced that 133 council-led projects across the country will receive funding to support local work that will make housing...

SiteMatch London 2018 to take place on 8th February  An annual event free to public sector attendees, Sitematch London has been described as a day-long  event that 'arranges one-on-one ‘speed-dating’ meetings between local authorities and developers, investors and...

Future Working: Smart Buildings and Shared office Space will be Widespread by 2030 Smart buildings and shared office space will be widespread by 2030 according to a panel of property experts, reports Simon Keegan of Insidermedia.com. New ways of working and...

The National Fire Chiefs Council are offering new regionally hosted collaborative transformation taught sessions for 2018 The National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) has opened their, “Creating Duty to Collaborate Programme Teams" (CTPrac™), a joint training course on...

                . "Good connectivity and walking access are crucial to ensuring people live happy, healthy, active lives " Housing has shot up the political agenda over past years and has featured heavily in 2017, with the government repeatedly signalling that an...

                  .  Free delegate places for council officers on digital themed training courses  The Government Digital Service (GDS) are providing free delegate places for council officers, providing training themed around a number of important concepts including...

                . The recently released GovRoam app will enable Public Sector staff to easily identify multiple sites with access to the service, further enabling flexible working. In an ever more collaborative public sector, staff need to connect to the internet and...