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Principle Estate Management, the UK’s fastest growing residential management company, has appointed a new apprentice to join its customer services team. Seran Fitzpatrick, who has previously worked in the retail and hospitality sectors, initially joined on a day release training contract but has now started a full apprenticeship. She is one of three apprentices at Principle and was recruited via Protocol Consultancy Services, a training provider based in Birmingham, whose managing director Sue Tipton rece

“As Transparent Property Management turns 2 years old the team could not be prouder of how much they have achieved. Boasting an ever growing portfolio consisting of some unique developments and array of clients, Co funder Lewis Cassar MIRPM AssocRICS explains some key principles he believes paved the way to their rapid rise as a serious player in the industry. Clear ethos, nurturing culture and strong principles. The name Transparent Property Management  was born out of these ideals and a desire to take w

Issue 113 has now been published and is available to read online with lots of helpful and insightful articles. This issue includes a special enfranchisement feature guest edited by ALEP and much more. Contents MPs call for fund to cover costs of cladding removal ‘Gold standard’ broadband can transform buildings Why waking watches are not a waste of money A great starting point ahead of law changes - Preparing for the implementation of the Building Safety Bill Why it’s the right time to embrace new

Elevate Property Group is to hold an event solely for first time buyers at its Trent Bridge Quays riverside development in Nottingham. The development has been approved for the next tranche of Help to Buy (HTB) and Elevate wants to demonstrate to first time buyers just how affordable luxury living can be. Trent Bridge Quays offers the only new brand-new build waterside apartments on the river below Nottingham’s HTB regional threshold of £261,900. David Hofton, sales and marketing director of Elevate Prope

Firstly, what is the purpose of an Evacuation Alert System?   The objective is to provide a reliable and effective tool to assist in the evacuation of a building containing flats in whatever manner is considered appropriate by fire and rescue service operational commanders. These systems will typically be installed in high-rise blocks of flats, but the scope of this British Standard includes systems installed in any building containing flats, regardless of height.   When did this standard come into effect

Elevate Property Group has appointed Leicester-based Bode Contracting Ltd to deliver the Priory House development of 79 luxury apartments in the former Birmingham forensic science laboratories. Preparation work has been carried out in the seven storey Priory House since Elevate acquired the former home of the Forensic Science Service in Birmingham from Rainer Developments in March this year. Bode Contracting Ltd will begin a 55 week, multi-million pound build in late June with completion scheduled for the

Simple Life has partnered with Vistry Partnerships and Wakefield District Housing to build 140 two and three bedroom, eco-friendly properties in the village of Normanton, West Yorkshire. Simple Life is one of the leading providers in build-to-rent housing having already built over 3000 properties across the UK. The £21m development, named Ashfield Park, is housed on a former railway storage yard, providing a new lease of life to a previously derelict area, which has been vacant for many years.   Ashfield

New research from MRI Software, a global leader in real estate solutions, reveals that 71% of commercial occupiers say the mass shift to remote working during the pandemic has fundamentally changed their long-term approach to space usage, and yet 69% of landlords expect no lasting impact from COVID-19. MRI partnered with CoreNet Global, the leading association for corporate real estate professionals, to survey 200 tenants and 50 landlords across a broad cross-section of industries worldwide. The findings

DS2 is delighted to announce that Alix Green MRICS joins as Partner from 1st June 2021. Green will head the company’s expansion of its Build-to-Rent advisory and transactional services offer, whilst driving growth in their existing affordable housing valuation business.  Green brings a wealth of experience having been a Director at JLL for the past 10 years, with roles in both Residential Advisory and Capital Markets. She previously worked with the DS2 Partners whilst at Drivers Jonas and currently has a

As lockdown restrictions continue to ease, it's the right time for agents to consider the long-term role of PropTech in their businesses, according to Rex. The estate agency tech provider says that although things are slowly returning to something nearer normal, the pandemic has changed society - and the way the property market works - forever. "Making sound technology decisions now can set agencies up to thrive over the coming years," explains Anton Babkov, CEO of Rex Software. "Many of the trends that

The government has targeted property as a way of helping the country to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, according to financial services firm The UK Adviser Group.  The Group argues that the current market conditions appear to have been designed to deliberately boost the market and to appeal to the innate British desire for homeownership, with both an ongoing stamp duty holiday and the recently introduced 95% mortgage guarantee scheme keeping the market buoyant.   This isn’t surprising, given the housi

A growing problem of drugs, alcohol and break-ins has been quickly solved by Principle Estate Management at a residential development it won the contract to manage in Leeds. The anti-social behaviour and criminal acts were taking place in and around the car ports at the rear North Street Lofts, a development of 11 flats in the vibrant northern quarter of Leeds city centre. Stephen Downing, a property manager at Principle, explained that the development had been handed to Principle with a brief to tackle t