The seminars for 2017 will retain the same high standards for which 'AWICS' is well known and will include some new and topical subjects.
The 2017 series of seminars are as follows. Further sessions will be added to the website as and when the dates and venues are confirmed:
This series of seminars is designed to give an introduction and overview to this important subject and is fully up to date with all developments. It explains how the housing revenue account, housing general fund and housing capital programme works and considers the threats and opportunities facing local authority housing especially in view of the government's recent policy initiatives.
For further information or to make a booking please click HEREService charges are an integral part of landlords' work in financing value for money services and sustaining customer satisfaction. They have always been relatively complex but with increased financial challenges and legal and financial complexity there is an increased need to understand how service charging works. This seminar gives an introduction and overview to this important subject and is fully up to date with all developments.
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This seminar gives an introduction and overview of this important subject and is fully up to date with all developments. It explains how housing association finances work in England and answers the following questions:
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Business Planning has been an important element of the management of council housing for some time. However, we are now operating in a very uncertain environment. This requires a new way of business planning including a robust approach to the development of strategy, financial forecasting, sensitivity analysis, risk management and contingency planning.
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This seminar gives an introduction and overview of this important subject and is fully up to date with all developments. It explains how local authority finances work in England and answers the following questions:
For further information or to make a booking please click HERE
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This seminar will explain and examine the government’s welfare reforms and their implications for local authorities, housing associations and their tenants. It will consider the following questions:
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This seminar explains and examines the government's proposals for the future funding of supported housing including the government's objectives, changes to entitlements for housing benefit and universal credit, the proposed localised funding arrangements for housing support services and the opportunities and threats that must be managed by local authorities and housing associations. For further information or to make a booking please click HERE
All You Want to Know about Scottish Social Housing Finance
This seminar looks in depth at current developments in local authority housing finance in England following the outcome of the 2017 General Election. It answers the following questions:
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This seminar gives an introduction and overview of this important subject and is fully up to date with all developments. It explains how local authority housing and housing association finances work in Wales and answers the following questions:
Service charges are an integral part of landlords' work in financing value for money services and sustaining customer satisfaction. They have always been relatively complex but with increased financial challenges and legal and financial complexity there is an increased need to understand how service charging works. This seminar gives an introduction and overview to this important subject and is fully up to date with all developments.
For more information please click HERESeminars are planned on the following subjects:
Further information will be posted on our website as it becomes available and can be requested by emailing: enquiries@awics.co.uk
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An AWICS seminar about to start at the Conference Centre at the Novotel Hotel (Waterloo) in London.
To make enquiries about seminars please contact us at enquiries@awics.co.uk or 017683-51498.