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New partnership between AXA Partners, Fixflo, and Thornley Groves provides out-of-hours repairs services to thousands of tenants in Manchester.  Tenants living in more than 3,000 properties in Manchester are to benefit from a new service which provides fast response to emergency, out-of-hours repairs. More than 8,000 issues were reported in properties in Manchester in the last 12 months[1], with over half classed as emergencies. Almost 3,000 of these problems occurred out-of-hours, leaving many tenants wa

Sometimes problems with the neighbours go beyond a bit of noise or mess, and the people around you can begin to make your life miserable. This can often start because of a previous disagreement, even over something relatively trivial which wasn’t resolved and has been allowed to fester and blow up out of all proportion.  Don’t let yourself be a victim and unhappy in your own home. Problem neighbours may even be a contributory factor for some people deciding to move. In this case, as the seller, you’d have

Ian Smallman has been named as the third former colleague to join Principle Estate Management in Birmingham. He joins Principle founder Brett Williams and fellow director Joe Jobson who joined in the summer, and has been appointed as a board level director at the managing agent which opened for business in Spring 2018. He will focus on the operations side for Principle’s growing client list of residential and mixed use property investors. All three directors were formerly in the residential estate managem

7 years after the Mary Portas Town Centre review the government announces a £697m fund to revive high streets! With life leaving the retail centres of many towns, developers are eyeing commercial property for residential conversion. With multi tenanted buildings being the end result are we acting in an appropriate manner or are we constructing ticking time bombs?  In many cases, creating residential space from commercial use can create problems, so what issues do developers have to be aware of and what ar

Award-winning property management law firm Brady Solicitors has celebrated its tenth anniversary with a party for clients and friends of the firm. The event took place on the stunning Roof Terrace at Soho’s Ham Yard Hotel, where guests enjoyed live music from jazz quartet, the Rocca Brothers. Clare Brady said: “We have had our busiest year yet and it was fantastic to be able to celebrate with so many of our valued clients and contacts. Thank you to all who joined us on the night and the many more clients

We are delighted to announce the finalists for the Property Management Awards 2018. The winners will be announced at our ‘Christmas in New York’ themed awards ceremony and dinner at the fantastic Finsbury Square, London on 23rd November! We can’t wait to celebrate with you all. Congratulations and good luck to all those shortlisted this year! To view the full list of finalists please click here.

LionHeart offers a range of support and services to RICS members and their families who face ill health, disability, unemployment, family separation and living with debt. From legal advice and counselling to befriending and financial support, LionHeart does all that it can to make life easier. LionHeart are looking for ambitious, committed people to join its board of trustees and sub-committees.  Are you a strategic thinker with the experience and motivation to help lead an organisation in its next exciti

Brethertons is pleased to welcome Bejul Lakhani-Lever as the latest addition to their Commercial Property team.   With over ten years of Commercial Property specialism, Bejul’s wide range of experience will prove an invaluable asset to the established team at Brethertons. Her expertise includes Landlord and Tenant matters, acquisitions, disposals, secured lending, conditional contracts, option agreements, insolvency sales, pension fund sales and purchases and property aspects of corporate transactions. In

Bishop & Sewell, a leading full service Central London law firm, announces the promotion of two existing Partners, Chris Macartney and David Little, to the Equity Partnership team with immediate effect. Chris Macartney, is a Partner in the Landlord & Tenant team and is a specialist in the niche area of leasehold enfranchisement with extensive experience in this area, acting for both landlords and tenants in contentious and non-contentious matters. He has considerable experience in leasehold reform issues,

A new development made up of some of Birmingham’s most expensive apartments is to be managed by Principle Estate Management. The Turner Consultancy has appointed Principle to look after 14 luxury units at Bristol Court, 248-250 Bristol Road in Edgbaston, which are each priced from £450,000 to £495,000. The two and three bedroomed apartments have been built to extremely high specifications on the site of a former Victorian hotel, ranging in size from 1,200 sq ft to 2,400 sq ft. Asad Adras, project manager

Seven of the UK’s leading property guardian firms have come together to form the sector’s first trade association to lead on safety and standards, to represent and promote the industry, and to foster best practice. The Property Guardian Providers Association (PGPA) has been warmly welcomed by all parties in a debate on property guardians in the House of Lords on Monday, and government Minister Lord Bourne announced the government would be seeking to meet the association soon. The PGPA, which is founded jo

In the first in a series on diversity and inclusion within the property management sector, Neil Jinks gives an insight into how employing a diverse workforce can benefit your business. The research makes a compelling case: diversity and inclusion is good for business. Countless studies demonstrate that a diverse approach leads to greater innovation, faster growth and businesses that outperform the competition. So why doesn’t everyone have a diverse workforce? From my experience, even when the will exists,