Stone King - Quick Reads

2/12/2026 11:41:00 AM

Education estates strategy - exciting times ahead?

By Chris Emm

The Department for Education (DfE) has issued its Education Estates Strategy - A decade of national renewal - a 10‑year plan to transform...

2/10/2026 3:05:27 PM

By Ballie Nizzer

In a world where skills gaps are widening and competition for talent remains high, apprenticeships provide a powerful alternative to...

2/5/2026 11:17:47 AM

By Oliver Daly

In June 2024, bus driver Mark Hehir chased down a thief who had snatched a passenger’s necklace, retrieved the item, and later struck the...

2/4/2026 3:25:56 PM

By Amy Berry

The Government has launched a consultation today (Wednesday 04 February 2026) on ‘restricted variations’ for the purposes of fire and...

1/23/2026 1:55:15 PM

By Ciara Campfield

If you work with public contracts, you’ll know the Procurement Act 2023 officially kicked in on 24 February 2025. But thanks to the...

1/21/2026 9:29:10 AM

By Eleanor Reilly

Stone King welcomes the recent update (19 January 2026) of the Department for Education's product safety guidance for generative AI...

1/15/2026 2:55:02 PM

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...

1/6/2026 12:30:49 PM

By Ciara Campfield

My son turns 14 this week (yikes!). Like every parent, I want to keep him safe – especially online. I read the Children’s Commissioner’s...

12/17/2025 4:13:19 PM

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...

12/17/2025 1:52:04 PM

By Eleanor Reilly

The DfE has this week published the operational guide for Early Years funding and entitlements for next academic year. We are in the...

12/12/2025 9:51:37 AM

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

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,...