The government wants to keep its property vehicles in public ownership, Property Unit chief John McCready has told Public Property UK.
In an interview at the Public Property Summit this week, McCready said the vehicles in London and Bristol would need to be held by the public sector to help him …

Helical Bar chief executive Mike Slade has criticised the government’s five-year moratorium on signing new leases and renewing existing deals.
Slade was talking at the Public Property Summit in London this morning. He said the government’s flagship plan for public sector property leases was too dramatic. Private sector companies face being …

Kate Wansbrough-Jones, associate in construction and engineering at law firm Taylor Wessing, says she thinks the Comprehensive Spending Review could be good for public procurement:

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How will the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review affect public procurement?
The obvious answer is that there will be less work to pitch for and competition …

Prime minister David Cameron has pledged to follow the property recommendations in Topshop founder Sir Philip Green’s efficiency review.
Speaking after the report was published yesterday afternoon, Cameron slated the “crazy decisions” made on property and IT by the government in the past decade.
Green’s three-month long review found that the government …

Tim Johnson, head of development consulting, London & southeast at DTZ, gives step three of his advice for getting private developers involved. Links for Tim’s previous two articles are at the bottom.
<<< Back: To read Tim’s articles from the start, click here

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In the last post, I set out the …

The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames is centralising its property teams as part of a bid to save £1.4m a year on back office costs, which will result in four property staff losing their jobs.
The plan includes establishing a “property services management office”, which would bring together property and …

Tim Johnson, head of development consulting, London & southeast at DTZ, gives step two of his advice to getting private developers involved.
<<< Back: Click here to read Tim’s first piece on this subject
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Having completed the preparation phase, you’re now ready to develop your strategy and approach for the procurement …

Public sector spending cuts have led to a surge in the number of insolvencies and profit warnings among government suppliers, according to research published today.
Care home suppliers have been particularly badly hit, while major property-related companies including social housing company Connaught and infrastructure specialist Mouchel have reported significant losses.
The research, …

The Department of Health has revealed a new framework of six building contractors that it says will streamline its procurement process for refurbishments and new builds.
Companies including Balfour Beatty Group and Kier have been appointed to the NHS Procure 21+ framework , which the department says will avoid the need …

Every day I have a little delivery in my inbox of the latest tenders. Small tenders and big tenders.
These tenders look much the same as they did two or three years ago.
And yet there has been a major change in the world economic order and the public sector is entering …