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‘AWICS’ offers a wide range of publications.

The ‘All You Want to Know about’ series is a set of useful introductions and companions to the complex and important subjects that they address, written by Adrian Waite. They are designed for people who are not experts in these fields, but who need to understand the basics and achieve an overview of what is going on. They are suitable for non-financial managers, elected members, tenant and community representatives, board members and finance staff who have limited experience of the public sector finance and others who realise that an understanding of public sector finance can place them at an advantage! Titles include:

  • All You Want to Know about Local Authority Housing Finance
  • All You Want to Know about Housing Association Finance
  • All You Want to Know about Scottish Housing Association Finance
  • All You Want to Know about Welsh Housing Association Finance
  • All You Want to Know about Local Authority Housing Finance in Wales
  • All You Want to Know about Local Authority Housing Finance in Scotland
  • All You Want to Know about Local Authority Finance
  • All You Want to Know about Local Authority Finance in Scotland

In addition, we publish a range of more technical guides, including:

  • All You Want to Know about Local Authority Housing Finance
  • Sustainable Housing Business Plans and the Efficiency Agenda
  • Achieving Efficiencies and Value for Money in Social Housing
  • Developments in Local Authority Housing Finance in England
  • Implementing the Housing and Regeneration Act
  • Arms Length Management Organisations – Freedoms, Flexibilities and the Future
  • Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 – The Implications for Local Government and Housing
  • Budgets and Financial Management in the Public Sector for Non-Financial People

Our aim is to provide high quality publications that are relevant to the needs of our clients. Our Mission Statement is ‘Independence, Integrity, Value’ and this is reflected in our publications containing objective information and good quality analysis and being good value for money.

Our authors are selected, not only for their professional qualifications, knowledge and experience, but also for their ability to analyse complex and technical issues and explain them to a wide range of people.

We are constantly expanding the range of publications that we offer and the range of clients that we serve.