Letters, we understand, have begun to drop on peoples desks concerning the outsourcing of SQM auditing. Unsurprisingly this has led to an influx of calls to this office. The headline point is that you will have to pay for an external audit in order to tender for future contracts i.e. sometime in the next 2/3 […]
First Friday song of the New Year (will try and keep it to a Friday) and a new album, Valhalla Dancehall, from British Sea Power. I have not got it yet but this is a very good start. New album from the Decemberists next week too!
A common feature of the current Financial Stewardship round is the remarkable degree of self belief certain RMs hold regarding their interpretation of contract. There are, of course, those who express reasonable misgivings, and understand that such arguments have long been a legitimate element of the rough and tumble of cost assessments. There are others […]
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Family suppliers will receive a New Matter Start allocation to November 2011 based on historic performance. Good. No rationing of NMS. “it is highly likely that we will be retendering for Family services within the next year” Bad, bad, bad. Start preparing NOW.
Do you use our CMRF Wizard to manage your monthly Civil reporting? We have amended this again to take into account further changes to the info required and the “bulk upload spreadsheet”. As ever a free copy is available from the Middlesbrough office on request.
If you are a recent visitor to this site you may well be unfamiliar the above term. In brief it is reference to the cash driven process by which the LSC attempt to reduce firm’s Standard Monthly Payments (SMP). It was coined before the “settlement deed” which established the “reconciliation protocol” to which contract payments […]
The e-mail address provided by the LSC for Mental Health/Public Law Verification letters (DEADLINE TODAY) is incorrect. If you are struggling to get these to the Commission give us a ring – we have an alternative address.
The LSC are running a further “verification” exercise with regard to Mental Health and Public Law contracts. You should have received a direct e-mail in this regard from them. Tomorrow, Friday 7th January, is the deadline. Whether the threat of termination for a failure to respond is hollow, or more importantly has any contractual standing, […]
I am back to work today having started the New Year with the cold/flu bug which everyone on Teesside seems to have had. So rather than starting the New Year full of bounce its a bit more like a dull thud. Please, please, please can we have a less dramatic one than last year?