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A regular cover story feature where we meet the people and personalities who influence the apartment sector.

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  Meet the new CEO
Feb 1, 2008

I After recently taking over from the retired Peter Haler as chief executive of the Leasehold Advisory Service, Jamie Reid caught up with Anthony Essien to find out a bit about his background, talk about some of the pressing issues in the sector and what he enjoys away from work...
  Robert Plumb: a man on a mission
Nov 27, 2007

Robert Plumb, CEO of HML Holdings plc, likes to keep his property management business simple and streamlined, but always with an eye on growth and acquisition.
  All you need to know about block insurance
Jul 20, 2007
Edward Brown of Lumley Letsure Limited, a British Insurance Brokers Association (BIBA) scheme provider and specialist in insurance for let properties and blocks of flats, explains what flat owners need to consider when it comes to their insurance requirements.
  Watch out for the devil in the detail!
Jul 20, 2007
Richard Benson, estate management director of Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward, provides expert advice on block insurance from a managing agent’s viewpoint.
  Are you paying twice for your block insurance?
Jul 20, 2007
Brevent Insurance, the UK’s leading independent specialists in apartment block insurance, has shaped a number of unique policies with leading insurers to meet the needs of the flat and mixed-use property sector. Ian Reid, Brevent’s MD, warns leaseholders to check what they are paying for.
  Vera Baird QC Government’s stance on commonhold
Jul 20, 2007
News on the Block interviewed Vera Baird QC MP, until recently Justice Minister at the new Ministry of Justice, to ask if the Government has been successful in getting the message across about commonhold.
  Paul Rayden, CEO of County Estate Management and Solitaire Property Management
May 22, 2007
Ben Lane met Paul Rayden to discuss how County Estate Management has grown from a small business to one that now manages 20,000 residential units, with Solitaire managing almost 30,000 units, and how, even with numbers growing, the focus remains on client service.
  John Peartree speaks out
Mar 27, 2007
John Peartree, recently appointed chief executive of the Federation of Private Residents' Associations, talks exclusively to News on the Block
  Baroness Andrews OBE, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Dec 29, 2006
Baroness Andrews was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the newly created Communities and Local Government in May 2006. Her role reflects and expands upon her previous position at the former Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM).
  John Mills, Policy Officer, ARHM
Nov 23, 2006
The Association of Retirement Housing Managers (ARHM) represents 59 organisations which, between them, manage 96,000 retirement properties. The Association is committed to high standards and ethics in the management of private retirement and sheltered housing. ARHM's Code of Practice forms a benchmark for Leasehold Valuation Tribunals in the exercise of their role in relation to the management of retirement leasehold properties.
  An Appealing New System
Nov 7, 2006
In recent years, the jurisdictions of the Government-sponsored Residential Property Tribunal Service (RPTS) have expanded dramatically.
  Dr Michael Biles - Housing Ombudsman
Nov 7, 2006
The Housing Ombudsman Service was set up under the provisions of the 1996 Housing Act to deal with complaints and disputes involving member landlords.
  Judge Michael Rich QC
Jun 14, 2006
HH Michael Rich declared his intention to go to the Bar. He is grateful both to his father and the Middle Temple (of which he is the Autumn Reader this year) that he was able to realise that ambition.
  Learning Curve - Jeff Platt
May 8, 2006
Jeff Platt, Chairman, Institute of Residential Property Management, speaks to News on the Block.
  Mira Bar-Hillel - Exclusive interview
Apr 17, 2006
Mira Bar-Hillel was born in Israel in 1946. She grew up in Jersusalem and, after 18 months’ national service with the Israeli Defence Force, graduated from the Hebrew University with a BA in Russian Studies.
  Siobhan McGrath, Senior President, Residential Property Tribunal Service
Dec 17, 2005
Following a review of the five regional Rent Assessment Panels in 2001, the Residential Property Tribunal Service (RPTS) was established to bring the panels together in order to better co-ordinate their work and maintain a consistency of approach in their procedures and decisions.
  Turn down the heat - Cillian Murphy can't stand being hyped as the latest Irish stud
Apr 6, 2004
  The man who will deliver - Steven Norris talks extensively about his campaign to replace Ken Livingstone as the next Mayor of London
Mar 16, 2004
  In the lion's den - Paul Robinson
Feb 6, 2004
  Thoroughly happy Amanda – ‘Millie’ star says she has her act together now - Onstage and in her personal life
Dec 2, 2003
 
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