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When the Software Is Free and the Advice Is the Product
Three UK building safety firms now give the software away and charge for advice. What you're actually buying, and the question to ask before you sign.
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Insurability: What Your Building's Lending and Insurance Evidence Actually Says
How Brocade derives a building's lending and insurance status from held evidence, names what is blocking each track, and shows who owns each blocker.
Compliance
What a Real Safety Case Actually Takes (and Why a Tool Alone Isn't Enough)
A safety case is a process, not a document. The four phases behind a regulator-ready safety case report, and what your managing agent needs at each one.
Regulation
Cladding Funding Opens for Buildings Under 11 Metres on 17 August 2026
MHCLG is extending Cladding Safety Scheme funding to buildings under 11 metres. Applications open on 17 August 2026 and run for 8 weeks. What to have ready before then.
Regulation
MHCLG's Built Environment Professions Call for Evidence: What It Means for APs and Managing Agents
MHCLG's built environment professions call for evidence closes 12 August 2026. What it asks, why accountable persons and managing agents should respond.
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Developers Promised to Start Work on 80% of Their Unsafe Buildings by This Month. Government Data Puts Them at 48.5%.
In December 2024, developers committed to start or complete works on 80% of buildings requiring remediation by end July 2026. MHCLG's own data has them at 48.5%, up 1.2 points in 22 months.
Why Your Safety Case Evidence Quality Now Decides BSR Outcomes
For occupied higher-risk buildings, the BSR judges your safety case on golden thread evidence quality, not document volume. What section 88 requires.
The Managing Agent's Service Charge Compliance Checklist (2026)
A 2026 managing agent service charge compliance checklist: demands, Section 20 consultation thresholds, the 18-month rule, and the RICS service charge code 4th edition.
What the RICS Service Charge Code 4th Edition Changes for Managing Agents and RTM Directors
The RICS Service Charge Residential Management Code 4th edition took effect on 7 April 2026. Here is what changed, who it applies to, and the LAFRA 2024 reforms it tells you to prepare for.
What Building-Safety Triage Looks Like Across a Managing-Agent Portfolio
How managing agents handle building safety across a portfolio: ranking by risk and deadline, surfacing the building that needs action first, and evidencing every decision for clients and the BSR.