Recognising the “incredible work civil society groups” during the pandemic, over 350 funders have signed a pledge offering renewed assurance that they stand with the sector as it faces the Covid-19 outbreak.
Co-ordinated by London Funders (the membership body of funders of London’s civil society), organisations from across the funding spectrum have acknowledged that Covid-19 is an exceptional event affecting charities.
The funders commit to continue to listen to the needs of communities and civil society, to learn all the time about how they and civil society can strengthen their work together and to support charities in the long term. They also confirmed their commitment to the original pledges made in We Stand With The Sector statement made in March 2020 in response to the coronavirus. These included adapting activities where charities have difficulties achieving outcomes from funding, discussing deadlines for reporting, flexibility in the use of funding, and listening to charities about the situations they are facing.
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Connecting the internationally recognised academic and research powerhouses of Cambridge and Oxford by way of new infrastructure links across the region and ramping up digital connectivity between individuals, organisations and businesses occupying the zone is all part of the ambition.
Following the recent case of WH Smith and Commerz Real Investmentgesellshaft MBH (see here), it seemed that courts would impose pandemic rent suspension clauses more readily. However, this was not the case in Poundland Limited v Toplain Ltd (“Poundland"),
Many construction workers are now Covid 19 test and trace self-isolating, adding to the existing pressures within the building sector arising from the turbulence in the supply of building materials and labour.
On 12 May 2021, the government introduced the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill into the House of Lords. The Bill was announced in the Queens Speech. This is the government’s response to the concerns which have been raised about the future level of some ground rents and how they are calculated.
