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Consultancy Today briefing: Friday 30 October 2026
Four stories from the last 24 hours and one date for the week ahead.
Stories from the last 24 hours
Procure Partnerships opens £12bn developer framework tender with go-live moved to March 2027
Wirral Council is contracting authority for the 63-lot National Developer Framework, which carries a 15% social value requirement and now has a go-live date of 25 March 2027 rather than October 2026.
Stace-managed £640m Slough North West Quadrant scheme wins resolution to grant planning
Slough Borough Council's Planning Committee has resolved to grant permission for Muse and Homes England's 1,539-home redevelopment of the former Thames Valley University site, where Stace is project manager and employer's agent.
RIBA signs memorandum of understanding with Oman Society of Architects
The agreement, signed during RIBA's Urban October programme in Muscat, covers knowledge exchange, research, training, CPD and work with architecture schools, and follows earlier RIBA pacts in the UAE and China.
RICS Q3 monitor shows commercial property credit tightening again as investment sentiment slips
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' Q3 2026 UK Commercial Property Monitor records a renewed squeeze on lending, weaker investment enquiries and softer capital value expectations, unwinding the improvement reported in Q2.
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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.