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MMC: skills for the future and how collaboration between construction and the education sector is key
18 Oct 2021
Moving to Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) isn’t just about reducing the labour requirements needed to meet UK house building targets, it’s about reskilling existing workforces to ease pressures and bringing brand new skills to the sector.
WBD advises Northumberland County Council on £43m learning and leisure campus
07 Dec 2020
WBD has advised Northumberland County Council on the development of a multi-million-pound learning and leisure campus in Ponteland.
A postcode lottery for academies in the LGPS?
20 Nov 2018
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and the Department for Education (DfE) asked the Government Actuary's Department (GAD) to review the treatment of academies within the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). GAD has now released a report setting out its findings based on valuation data as at 31 March 2016.
Womble Bond Dickinson advises Durham University on its project for two new college facilities at Mount Oswald
21 Aug 2018
Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has advised Durham University on its procurement of a private sector consortium to design, build, finance and operate (DBFO) two new college facilities and wider communal facilities at Mount Oswald, just to the south of Durham city. The capital value of the project is in excess of £80m.
Was head teacher fairly dismissed for failing to disclose relationship with offender?
29 Mar 2018
The Supreme Court rarely hears employment law cases so they are worth reporting when they happen. In Reilly v Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (previously known as A v B and another) [2018] UKSC 16, the Supreme Court had to consider whether a school had unfairly dismissed a head teacher who had not disclosed a relationship with a person convicted of making indecent images of children.
Unfair Contract Terms Act in the Court of Appeal
19 Jul 2017
The Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 (UCTA) prohibits unfair exclusion clauses in contracts. In particular, section 3 of UCTA prohibits such clauses where one party deals as a consumer or enters into a contract on the other party's "written standard terms of business."
Bond Dickinson appointed to the LUPC-led Panel
16 Jun 2017
Bond Dickinson is delighted to announce that it has been appointed to the National Legal Services Framework for the LUPC-led purchasing consortium.
Digging deeper: ethics in construction
05 May 2017
It is estimated that 7% of the global workforce works in the construction industry. According to the International Labour Organization, around US$150 billion profit is generated annually by forced labour across the world. Of that, 23% (US$34 billion) is generated in construction, manufacturing, mining and utilities. Complex supply chains, the scale of infrastructure projects and competitive procurement procedures are just some of the reasons why corruption and ethical challenges have become a significant feature in the construction industry.
Recapping the JCT 2016 changes
04 May 2017
The intended features of the JCT 2016 Edition were clear; to simplify payment processes, incorporate the JCT Public Sector Supplement, CDM Regulations 2015 and Public Contract Regulations 2015 and generally improve functionality and user-friendliness. As the JCT continue to publish the 2016 Editions of the JCT standard form contracts, this article recaps on the key changes and additions to the standard forms.
Apprenticeship levy to further support alternative route to working
08 Mar 2017
In this year's Spring Budget, Philip Hammond paid tribute to National Apprenticeship Week, stressing that: "the apprenticeship route is now, finally, delivering that ambition with 2.4 million apprenticeship starts in the last Parliament."
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