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Consultancy Today briefing: Wednesday 21 October 2026
Two stories from the last 24 hours and one date for the week ahead.
Stories from the last 24 hours
RICS and CIH Housing Academy pair up on social housing qualification route for surveyors
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has told members that chartered status alone will not satisfy the Competence and Conduct Standard, and has opened access to CIH Housing Academy qualifications and top-up modules.
Ridge hires former PRS taskforce head Andrew Stanford to lead living-sector advisory
The former head of the government's Private Rented Sector Taskforce joins Ridge's London property consultancy team as a partner to set up a transactions and strategic advisory service for the living sector.
This week
RICS UK Awards
Takes place on Thursday 22 October.
About this briefing
Published on weekday mornings. Every item comes from a story Consultancy Today has already published and checked against its sources, from dates organisers have published, or from our data trackers. See the events and awards calendar, or get the week's stories by email with the weekly newsletter.