10/15/2025 2:30:03 PM Electrical Safety Standards extended to Social Housing Landlords By Anna Bennett Emilie Pownall Hana Rashid On 23 September 2025, the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) (Amendment) (Extension to the Social Rented...
10/13/2025 12:54:15 PM Data Centres and the UK Planning System: A Sector in Flux By Dan Moan Caroline Mostowfi Hannah Langford Introduction Data centres have rapidly evolved from niche infrastructure to strategic assets at the heart of the UK’s digital economy. As...
10/13/2025 12:17:40 PM Sustainable Finance: Governance Meets Opportunity By Alice Overton The social housing sector is well acquainted with sustainable finance products. Sustainability linked terms are common features of loan...
10/7/2025 3:45:59 PM FCA Skilled Person Reviews: What Regulated Firms Need to Know By Matthew Garbutt The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has the power to appoint independent “skilled persons” to examine how regulated firms conduct their...
10/2/2025 8:35:55 AM The Competence & Conduct Standard cometh By Kirsty Thompson Following consultation which closed 18 months ago, the Government has now issued a direction to the Regulator of Social Housing to set a...
10/1/2025 3:43:55 PM STAIRS Update: Consultation outcome now published By Hetal Ruparelia Georgia Maskell The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC) has today published: The outcome of its consultation on: (1) the proposed...
9/30/2025 9:20:34 AM Q&A with Nicola Evans L&Q By Nikki Bowker Nikki Bowker of Devonshires recently sat down with Nicola Evans who kindly agreed to answer some questions around L&Q’s first tenancy...
9/19/2025 8:57:23 AM Joint plan to accelerate the remediation of social housing By Matthew Cocklin Alicia Ogborn Bethany Penman In August 2025, the Government published its joint plan to accelerate the remediation of social housing (“the Joint Plan”). The Joint...
9/16/2025 11:27:48 AM Awaab’s Law – A Timely Refresher for Social Landlords By Ben Tarbard Baljit Basra Kerri Harrison Awaab’s Law – A Timely Refresher for Social Landlords With just over a month until Phase 1 of Awaab’s Law takes effect on 27 October...
9/12/2025 4:11:37 PM Devonshires and Five Paper host joint conference on the changing legislative environment housing providers are facing By Mark Foxcroft Rebecca Brady On Thursday 11 September, we were delighted to jointly host a conference with Five Paper: “Risks and Opportunities for Housing Providers...
9/12/2025 8:02:02 AM The Regulatory Casework Review - Lessons Learned By Gemma Bell Ellen Damlica On 9 September 2025 the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) published its first Regulatory Casework Review (the Review) which covers key...
8/29/2025 9:14:45 AM Ardmore Construction Limited enters administration By Will O'Brien Jim Varley Public court records confirm that Ardmore Construction Limited (ACL) filed a formal notice of appointment of administrators yesterday, 28...