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By Jordan Marshall2021-05-10T11:45:00+01:00 Payout for chief executive Sean Tompkins comes after group axed staff last year and furloughed 30% of its employees The chief executive of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has picked up a huge bonus despite the organisation claiming government furlough cash and making redundancies last year. The group’s recently published remuneration report for the year to July 2020 revealed Sean Tompkins was awarded a bonus of £73,911 in January this year as part of the group’s 2019/20 incentive plan. Provided he meets performance conditions, Se...

By Dave Rogers2021-04-30T09:54:00+01:00 QC leading probe wants to hear from people by 19 May The QC appointed to lead the independent review into the corporate governance scandal at the RICS has today issued a call for evidence for her inquiry. Alison Levitt QC, who replaced original lead Peter Oldham QC after he stepped down earlier this month, said she would “like to hear from as many people as possible who can offer insight into the issues which form the subject of this review”. Alison Levitt’s report is due to be filed by the middle of June She said she wanted to hear from current...

For the past 12 months councils have met virtually, as specified in the Coronavirus regulations. But the powers allowed by those regulations are time-limited – and will run out on May 7. That has raised questions about whether existing legislation in the Local Government Act (1972) allows councils to continue meeting virtually. And that’s important because Covid restrictions – which require social distancing – could still prevent councils from holding council or committee meetings in the usual way. On Wednesday (April 21) Hertfordshire County Council took the matter to the H...

For the past 12 months councils have met virtually, as specified in the Coronavirus regulations. But the powers allowed by those regulations are time-limited – and will run out on May 7. That has raised questions about whether existing legislation in the Local Government Act (1972) allows councils to continue meeting virtually. And that’s important because Covid restrictions – which require social distancing – could still prevent councils from holding council or committee meetings in the usual way. On Wednesday (April 21) Hertfordshire County Council took the matter to the H...