Latest updates
Click the below for the most recent updates to our information streams. The green button below will show all our latest updates.
Health VAT
The minutes for the HFMA VAT Technical Sub-committee meeting on 26 September 2019 are now live.
Asset Management
The Sustainability chapter has been updated throughout, and now includes information on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, plus the UK government and local government responses to the establishment of these goals.
The update also includes new information on climate change and sustainable construction.
Insurance
Two new chapters have been added to the Insurance stream under Recommended Practice, in relation to Commercialisation and Medical Malpractice Insurance. The chapter on Commercialisation outlines the different insurance issues to be considered when undertaking any form of commercialisation project, while the chapter on Medical Malpractice Insurance explains how this may be relevant to public sector organisations, particularly in relation to social care provision.
Government Grants and Business Rates Retention
The Tariffs and Top-Ups chapter has been updated to include additional information on business rates revaluation. A tariff and top-up calculations diagram has also been added to the chapter.
The information on individual authority business rates baselines in the Business Rates Baseline chapter has also been refreshed.
Childrens Services
The Education Funding chapter has been updated throughout. The chapter now includes new sections on: pupil premium, PE and sport premium, universal infant free school meals grant, free school meals supplementary grant, teachers’ pay grant and teachers’ pension employment contribution grant.