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September/October 2007
This month’s edition features articles on:
- Local Government White Paper
- Housing Green Paper
- Local Authorities, Arms Length Management Organisations and New Build
- Comprehensive Spending Review 2007
- Local Area Agreements and Local Strategic Partnerships
- Advertisement - Institute of Public Sector Management
- Services on Offer; ‘AWICS’ announces programme of regional seminars for 2007/08; Opportunities with ‘AWICS’
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July 2007
This month’s edition features articles on:
- The Brown Government’s Agenda – It’s now Education, Health and Housing!
- More details emerge on Councils leaving the housing subsidy system
- Arms Length Management Organisations – Freedoms, Flexibilities and the Future
- How does Dedicated Schools Grant work
- Local Area Agreements
- Scotland’s new policy agenda
- Cumbria County Council’s procurement policies include social responsibility and working with voluntary bodies
- Services on Offer; ‘AWICS’ announces programme of regional seminars for 2007/08; Opportunities with ‘AWICS’
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June 2007
This month’s edition features articles on:
- What is Ethical Management?
- The Lyons Report on Local Authority Finance
- All You Want to Know about Local Authority Finance
- Adrian Waite elected to Council of Institute of Public Sector Management
- Arms Length Management Organisations and Reform of the Housing Revenue Account Subsidy System
- Community Interest Companies
- Fenland’s Foyer Project carries of prestigious design award
- ‘AWICS’ publishes wide range of guides to public sector finances; Services on Offer
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January 2007
This month’s edition features articles on:
- All You Want to Know about Local Authority Housing Finance
- Local Government Finance Settlement 2007/08
- Scotland: The future for Local Authority Housing
- Fenland Tenants vote for Stock Transfer
- ‘AWICS’ publishes Annual Report 2005/06
- All You Want to Know about Housing Association Finance
- National Council of Voluntary Organisations accredits ‘AWICS’ as consultancy for voluntary sector
- ‘AWICS’ launches Euro-website; Forthcoming Training Courses; Services on offer
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August & September 2006
This month’s edition features articles on:
- Challenges in creating Sustainable Housing Business Plans that fulfil the Efficiency Agenda
- AWICS seminars on Sustainable Housing Business Plans and the Efficiency Agenda still have places available
- How should Councils address the National Procurement Strategy?
- Fenland creates ‘Roddons Housing Association’
- Eden District Council thinks again about Penrith Museum
- Housing Association Finance
- Local Government Finance
- The Capital Receipts Pooling Allowance – a view from the Ministry
- Full funding in place for the Buxton Crescent and Thermal Spa Project
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June 2006
This month’s edition features articles on:
- Derby City Homes awarded three stars and assessed as having excellent
prospects for further improvement
- AWICS seminar on Sustainable Housing Business Plans and the Efficiency
Agenda to feature Derby City Homes
- Fenland chooses Housing Association partner
- Fenland receive commendation for high levels of improvement in audit
report
- European Charter for Housing issued
- The Capital Receipts Pooling Allowance and how it works
- Government Office Southwest makes progress
- Adrian Waite to speak at CIPFA conferences
- Cumbria, Dorset, Portsmouth & Tower Hamlets Councils pioneer partnerships
with voluntary sector
- Services on offer
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May 2006
This months edition features articles on: Sustainable Housing Business Plans and
the Efficiency Agenda; The implications of European Monetary Union for Public Services;
Fenland makes progress towards stock transfer – we profile the prospective
partner housing associations; Training Opportunities; Adrian Waite to speak at CIPFA
conference on Housing Finance; Adrian Waite to speak at CIPFA seminars on SORP and
Best Value Accounting Code of Practice; What can Councils do if they fail to get
on this year’s Arms Length Management or Stock Transfer programmes? Letter
from Reader; High Peak Borough Council engages with the community; Southwark pioneers
New Social Homebuy Product
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April 2006
This month’s newsletter features: Information on in-house courses of ‘All
You Want to Know about Local Authority Housing Finance’, April being the information
and consultation month for Fenland tenants Adrian Waite's presentation to be given
at the CIPFA Introduction to Housing Finance course, Community Interest Companies,
Additional Money To Help Regenerate Run Down Estates, Residents Helping To Shape
Future For South Bank, Demands For Housing In The Midlands and North Increasing,
Housing Corporation: Funding and decision making processes, Reforms to Council Tax
could create a ‘Wealth Tax’, ‘The Start of Something Special’
as Tenants Vote Overwhelmingly in Favour of transfer at Halton and also AWICS Supports
Young Enterprise Scheme - Backdoor Promotions.
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March 2006
This edition features articles on AWICS newly released publication on ‘Local Authority
Housing Finance’, A review on the current state of Council Housing Finance, All
You Want To Know About Local Authority Housing Finance, £538 million future funding
for arms length management organisations, Fenland District Council's progresses
towards a stock transfer, Pre-Budget Report and Local Government Financial Settlement,
Redcar and Cleveland will not let budget pressures stop their progress, Planning
Gain Supplements, Proposed changes to Delivery of Local Authority Freedoms and Flexibility,
SORP affecting Group Accounts in Local Authorities |
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January 2006
This edition features articles on All you need to know about Local Authority Housing
Finance, AWICS Re-appointment as the Independent Tenants Advisor (ITA) in Fenland,
AWICS Annual Reports, News on the delays of Arms Length Management Organisations,
Governments set levels of housing subsidy for the next two years, New deal struck
by EU Ministers for sustainable communities, ideas for simplifying Project Management,
Redcar & Clevland Council in plea over air ambulance funding, One in ten households
in London waiting for a Council House, Heritage and Development Management at Garrison
Side, Hull |
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June 2005
This edition features articles on the election of 2005 (implications for public
services), local government funding review, tenant empowerment in Fenland, AWICS
designs software for managing tenant consultation, All you ever wanted to know about
local authority housing finance, the fourth option and Tower Hamlets, the future
of arms length management organisations, voluntary and community organisations to
take 'cleaner, safer, greener' initiatives, small business friendly concordat, government
gives help to flood hit areas of Cumbria |
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Spring 2005
This edition features articles on the Budget 2005 - What does it mean for public
services? Financial Evaluation of Options Appraisal Submissions, Empowering tenants
in Fenland,Consultancy Support for Voluntary Organisations,Change, Project Management
& Managing Conflict in Voluntary Bodies,Economic Regeneration - Fenland & Waveney
and Prudential Borrowing in practice
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November/December 2004
This edition features articles on the Government's Vision for Housing, Business
Planning, Kensington & Chelsea TMO, Stock Options Appraisals, Arms Length Management
and Business Improvement Districts |
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September/October 2004
This edition features articles on the Comprehensive Spending Review, Rent Restructuring,
Independent Tenants' Advice, Regeneration & Europe |
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June/July 2004
This edition features articles on Housing, Europe and Capacity Building with Financial
Skills |
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April / May 2004
This edition covers issues including waste management, local government finance
and housing association governance |
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March 2004
This edition covers issues including finance, information technology, human resources
and housing |
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January / February 2004
This edition focuses on financial issues
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November / December 2003
This edition focuses on recent housing issues |
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October 2003
This edition focuses on regeneration and planning issues
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September 2003
This edition includes articles on social services and housing
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July 2003
This edition focuses on the comprehensive performance assessment |
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