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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.
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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.
The Commonhold Reform Bill and Remediation Bill: What's Coming for RTM and RMC Directors
The Commonhold Reform Bill and Remediation Bill both reshape existing leaseholder-managed buildings: ground rent cap, forfeiture abolition, an 11-18m register. What RTM directors should do now.
BSR Approved Document B Consultation: What HRB Managers Should Actually Respond On Before 1 July
The BSR Approved Document B consultation closes 1 July 2026. A managerial-frame companion for higher-risk building managers: which proposals carry operational impact, how to scope a response, and what evidence to cite.
Building Safety Software Pricing: What Fair Looks Like (And What to Watch For)
What fair pricing for building safety management software looks like in practice. Brocade's published rate, where named competitors sit on the transparency spectrum, and the questions to take into any vendor demo.
BSR Assessment Outcomes: What the First Wave of Building Inspections Tells Us
Primary-source analysis of the first 1,012 BSR Building Assessment Certificate decisions, the three things the regulator doesn't track, and what it means for RTM, RMC, and managing-agent leads.
The BSR Has Refused 31 of 37 Decided RTM Building Assessment Certificate Applications. The Refusal Reasons Are Not Recorded.
The BSR has refused 31 of 37 decided RTM Building Assessment Certificate applications, and 78 of 96 RMC applications. The regulator does not record refusal reasons. Primary-source data.
Who Is the Principal Accountable Person for My Building? A Tenure-Keyed Decision Tree
A decision tree for higher-risk building managers working out which legal entity is the Principal Accountable Person under the Building Safety Act 2022. Four tenure branches: landlord-managed, RTM, managing agent appointed, and mixed tenure.