Equipping placemakers to shape a thriving and equitable city
How is social value delivered in the built environment, and is it having a meaningful impact? We asked a group of social value experts and here’s what they said. Five clear themes emerged at the launch of our new research programme, Unlocking Social Value, including the need to consider value … Read more
London’s intensifying needs, budget constraints and charged public mood are driving increasingly defined requirements for social value within the procurement process. Seven years on from the Social Value Act, there’s significant variance in the approaches to and strength of uptake, with authorities in the Midlands and the North leading the … Read more
On 25 April, FoL’s roundtable heard approaches and experiences of procuring social value in London – does the capital need a regional pact?