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Richard Sharpe joins Sharpe Pritchard
We are delighted to announce that Richard Sharpe has joined Sharpe Pritchard to head up our Social Housing team.
Since qualifying in 2003, Richard has worked exclusively in social housing and is very highly regarded within the sector.
He advises registered providers on all matters relating to both property development work and the charging aspects required to secure a broad
Minimal financial assistance: considerations for public authorities
The Subsidy Control Act 2022 (the “Act”) introduced a new concept of minimal financial assistance (“MFA”), whereby public authorities can award low value subsidies without having to undertake a full compliance assessment. However there are still requirements. We explore the MFA regime and associated procedural requirements below.
What are the exemptions?
Public authorities do not need to carry out a
Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2023!
At Sharpe Pritchard we are proud to be supporting Neurodiversity Celebration Week. Neurodiversity Celebration Week is a worldwide initiative that challenges stereotypes and misconceptions about neurological differences. It was started in 2018 with the aim of transforming how learning differences are perceived by providing schools, universities, and organisations with the opportunity to recognise the many talents and advantages of being
Tackling Modern Slavery: new requirements for contracting authorities in procurements and contracts
On 10 February 2023, the Cabinet Office published PPN 02/23 which sets out how UK Government departments, their executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies, and NHS bodies, must take action to ensure modern slavery risks are identified and managed in government supply chains. Other public sector organisations such as local authorities are not obliged to follow the PPN, but they
Energy Efficiency as Part of Local Government Decarbonisation Plans
Introduction
Local authorities continue to strive towards their net zero targets, but there can be no doubt that progress is stronger in some areas than others. One particular ‘Cinderella’ area is energy efficiency, but this is rapidly rising up the agenda due to the energy crisis and rocketing costs for householders and business premises.
There are problems everywhere
