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4 November 2025
This article seeks to provide contracting authorities (CAs) with the knowledge and guidance that they need to procure an open framework under the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23). The introduction of the PA23 has given CAs access to new commercial tools designed to make public procurement more flexible, transparent and outcome focused. One such innovation is…
Read more31 October 2025
Sharpe Pritchard LLP acted on behalf of East Sussex County Council in progressing a Compulsory Purchase Order (“CPO”), Side Roads Order and Bridge Scheme to enable the delivery of the Exceat Bridge Replacement Scheme, as confirmed by the Secretary of State for Transport on 7 October 2025. The confirmation of the CPO, together with the…
Read more24 October 2025
Solar farm construction contracts are in focus following fascinating insights into the continuing global uptake and expansion of renewables, and particularly solar, within the 2025 mid-year report of Ember, a global energy think tank. Headlines include renewables overtaking coal, for the first time ever, to be the leading source of global electricity production and solar…
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