1/30/2026 11:46:44 AM What should HR teams be thinking about with the new Employments Rights Act? By Oliver Daly Craig Vincent A recent article from Personnel Today highlights a crucial message for HR leaders: many organisations are underestimating the scale and...
1/15/2026 2:55:02 PM Resetting public service delivery: The power of social enterprise at scale By Ciara Campfield Public services today face high demand, limited budgets, and deep social challenges. We see it daily in the work we do at Stone King as a...
12/17/2025 4:13:19 PM Churches as SEND schools? By Lee Coley At a press conference yesterday, Richard Tice, Deputy Leader of Reform UK, suggested looking to churches that are ‘redundant' five days a...
12/12/2025 9:51:37 AM Don't get caught out! New procurement thresholds go live from 1 January 2026 By Ciara Campfield The UK has - for the first time under the Procurement Act 2023 - issued revised procurement thresholds, effective 1 January 2026.Most...
12/9/2025 1:25:19 PM It is time to rethink contracts... By Ciara Campfield As a commercial contracts and procurement lawyer, I’ve seen the same issue play out again and again: contracts have become dense,...
12/8/2025 1:37:38 PM When systems fail children, we must change the system By Ciara Campfield I've just been reading the latest child poverty figures, and once again they stop me in my tracks, because no matter how long I’ve worked...
12/5/2025 2:27:53 PM Best Start Family Hubs and Healthy Babies - The First Five Years Can Change a Life — I’ve Seen It First-Hand By Ciara Campfield I’m really glad to see the Best Start Family Hubs and Healthy Babies programme moving forward with the publication of the Government's...
12/1/2025 12:02:13 PM The best ideas start in the playground By Ciara Campfield I was outside the school playground the other day waiting to pick up my daughter, Luna, and the sound of kids lost in play (the squeals...
11/28/2025 12:06:28 PM Reach Foundation and Lift Schools have launched a new pilot to tackle disengagement in years 7-9 By Ciara Campfield I have recently read an interesting story in TES about Lift Schools and Reach Foundation launching a new pilot to tackle disengagement in...
11/19/2025 4:52:31 PM Government consultation on a draft code of practice on electronic and workplace balloting for statutory union ballots By Victoria Blake The government has today (19 November 2025) launched a consultation on a draft code of practice on electronic and workplace balloting for...