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Articles by Mark Cook
Using below-market land disposals to accelerate social housing
By Mark Cook | 09 June 2026
Councils have greater flexibility to dispose of land for affordable housing than often assumed, b...
Procurement law reforms could stifle the freedom to achieve best value
By Gayle Monk | 08 September 2025
As the Government proposes procurement law reforms, Mark Cook and Gayle Monk urge a focus on stre...
Embracing the opportunities to improve social value delivery
By Mark Cook | 28 February 2025
There is new guidance to enable social value delivery, but could the new National Procurement Pol...
It's time for a cultural shift in public sector procurement
By Mark Cook | 05 June 2017
Social impact cannot be achieved unless place-based organisations' role in the commissioning of p...
Revolution, convolution or evolution?
By Mark Cook | 18 May 2015
Mark Cook examines the some of the key legal issues to a city region gaining some of the new devo...
Goodnight, sweetheart deals
By Craig Dearden-Phillips | 21 February 2014
EU rules around procurement of mutuals are changing. Craig Dearden-Phillips and Mark Cook explain...
Why being different will pay off
By Mark Cook | 10 April 2012
This is no longer a period for 'doing more for less',says Mark Cook and John Tizard.
Councils must act to become community leaders
By Mark Cook | 11 October 2011
John Tizard and Mark Cook say that local authorities should prove their worth as community leaders.
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