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Leading property management company Rendall & Rittner has appointed Alan Todd as Programme Manager to oversee the delivery of its technology transformation project including MyPlace, its market-leading new customer portal. Alan will have responsibility for the implementation of the whole programme across all stakeholders internally and externally. His remit includes co-ordinating the rollout of the system across Rendall & Rittner’s entire portfolio of developments over the next 12 months, ensuring trainin

In the face of escalating climate change, governments worldwide are taking decisive steps to reduce carbon emissions and mitigate the impacts of global warming.  The Net Zero Government Target has emerged as a pivotal strategy, aiming to achieve a carbon-neutral economy by balancing the amount of greenhouse gases emitted with the equivalent amount removed from the atmosphere.  This ambitious goal has far-reaching implications for various sectors of society, including the housing market, particularly lease

Ronni has has joined the Jackson Sims Recruitment team as a Senior Recruitment Consultant.     With over 8 years recruitment experience working on high profile roles, she is an expert in providing high level consultancy support across a vast number of sectors: Real Estate, Banking, Finance, Healthcare, Educational and Industrial.  With Ronni’s professional, approachable and caring personality, her interpersonal skills are fantastic, which creates a great bond between her and her clients/candidates.     Yo

A development of nine self-contained flats on the border of the prime residential town of Solihull is appearing in Bond Wolfe’s livestreamed auction next month. The lot is made up of a pair of three-story, semi-detached houses which have been converted into the nine flats in communal grounds at 125 to 127 Oxford Road, Acocks Green in Birmingham. The freehold investment property is currently bringing in rent of well over £62,000 per annum and will be going into the auction on Thursday 14 September with an

Odevo, the fast growing international property management group, strengthens its UK presence as The Vegner Group joins. The move takes Odevo’s homes under management globally to over one million. The Vegner Group is the fifth company joining Odevo this year across Europe and the US.   Vegner Group Limited is a leading residential property management group in the UK managing over 100,000 homes with nationwide reach across 20 office sites. Vegner specialises in Residents Management Company (“RMC”) clients,

Despite recent planning decisions, new legislation and claims that environmental issues are high on the agenda, the government appears to be doing little to support those trying to invest and upgrade our old apartment blocks, “providing lots of sticks but few carrots, “ says Matthew Allen, Principal of residential asset management company, Addington Capital. Allen claims, “This is a serious issue. A majority of the c.27m homes in the UK were built over 60 years ago.  Approximately 3.1m of these older prop

Sharpe Pritchard LLP are delighted to invite you to ‘Navigating the Electronic Communications Code - Breakfast Briefing’ seminar on Thursday 5th October 2023. Members of our Telecommunications Advisory team will be joined by guest speakers from Batcheller Monkhouse and Five Paper to examine the legal, commercial and technical challenges posed by the Electronic Communications Code to landowners and occupiers. The seminar will enable landowners and occupiers to navigate the complexities of the law and unde

Almost nine in 10 project professionals in the construction sector say working on their main project has negatively impacted their mental health, new research by the Association for Project Management (APM), the chartered membership organisation for the project profession, has found. In a survey of almost 1,000 project professionals in the UK, 87% of those working in construction agreed that ‘working on my main project has negatively affected my mental wellbeing’. This was the second worst figure across t

As the party conference season looms, one industry boss has called on politicians to have an urgent re-think on tax policy for landlords. Daniel Evans, chair of the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks, claims it is the major reason why landlords are leaving the Private Rented Sector (PRS). And he called for a U-turn on the recent tax rule changes which have rendered many landlord businesses unprofitable. He said: “Landlords have been singled out and are now being hammered for tax. It’s been open s

Repairs and maintenance specialist Fixflo is continuing its recent focus on building safety with a new series of monthly webinars looking at three specific areas of the Building Safety Act. The series of live events will see Nigel Glen, Non-Executive Director, Emeria, Dorian Lawrence, Managing Director, FR Consultants, and Shaun Lundy, Director of Strategy and Innovation, Tetra Consulting discuss:  What constitutes Key Building Information. Why Building Safety Case Information is critical to your risk

TAUK, theagencyuk.com, a cloud-based franchise brokerage business, is thrilled to announce the successful completion of an oversubscribed funding round, signifying a momentous milestone for the company. As a result of this achievement, TAUK is proud to welcome esteemed industry leaders Harry Hill and Kenny Bruce MBE to the board, further bolstering their position as a rising star in the UK property market and 'self-employed' agency space.  Harry Hill, former CEO of Countrywide Plc, First Chairman of Right

Birchgrove, the UK’s leading provider of rented retirement homes, has appointed a new Chief Operations Officer and Chief Financial Officer to help drive the company’s growth and support the predicted demand for rental homes in the next ten years.  Marcus Hodges, Chief Operating Officer joins with over two decades’ commercial and operational management experience in co-living, BTR and student accommodation. Prior to Birchgrove, Hodges served as UK Operations Director for co-living provider The Collective,