Procure Plus have released a white paper setting out how the social housing sector can rise to the challenges of market volatility in the new financial year.

Our Calm In the Storm guide provides a mixture of analysis and practical advice for social landlords.

The paper forecasts that instability will continue throughout 2022/23, which could lead to rising prices and disruption to supplies. However, it also makes the case that value can be secured in the market if providers work together in appropriate

Key findings include:

• In 2022/23, we’ll continue to operate in a volatile market, with ongoing price and supply fluctuations.
• Amidst market instability, housing associations are ramping up investment to tackle the backlog of work caused by the pandemic, building safety works and investment in net-zero technologies. Many are also starting to programme the replacement and refurbishment of the initial decent homes works.
• Organisations operating unilaterally when procuring goods and services have been worst affected by market volatility.
• Regular benchmarking shows that landlords secure cash savings of between 10% and 20% with no reduction in quality or service when they come together through Procure Plus frameworks.