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Company Secretary update August 2014
Thanks to our friends at Anthony Collins for this update: This is the first of our ‘Company Secretary updates’ which we propose to publish…
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Accountancy, VFM and Financial Fitness award winners
Congratulations to the 2014 winners of the Housing Association National Accountancy awards Most Effective Financial Risk Management Approach Sponsored by Zurich Municipal Winner CHP…
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Regulatory downgrades – latest news
A Nottingham-based housing association has today had its governance and viability ratings downgraded by the English social housing regulator over its funding arrangements. According…
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CIH summarise the HCA regulatory changes
Following responses to its April 2013 discussion paper, the HCA has now issued a consultation paper on its proposed changes to the regulatory framework. Changes…
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Asset registers
A lot has been written about Asset Registers and much of it has been about making sure a spreadsheet is up-to-date; but the issue…
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Governance, finance and serious detriment – HA downgrades
Here is some useful insight from Phil Morgan who has done a ” reckie” of the recent downgrading of Housing Associations which i am…
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Transparency is key to effective governance
A new report shows 90% of elected councillors and managers believe being held to account improves transparency and decision making. The research, commissioned by the…
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Cosmopolitan HA – lessons learnt report
The English social housing regulator could have prevented the Cosmopolitan Housing Group crisis through more effective routine regulation in the 2000s, a report published…
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Shared services – the future
The notion of sharing has become fundamental to the UK Government’s strategy to cut costs. While shared services is far from a new concept…
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Latest AWSIS briefing papers
I always find these useful – so i thought i would share them with members: ABOUT AWICS ‘AWICS’ is an ethical management consultancy and training…
