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Registrations are now open for the final ‘Introduction to Property Management Software’ seminar run by Grosvenor Systems, the team behind industry renowned block management and accounting software, Propman. The ‘Introduction to property management software’ seminar series has been running throughout 2017, with the aim of helping delegates understand more about how software can help overcome property management challenges and enable businesses to reach their full potential. The final seminar of the year wi

The Partners of Bishop & Sewell and Fisher Meredith announced that Fisher Meredith has joined forces and merged with Bishop & Sewell. Following the merger, key partners from Fisher Meredith including Eileen Pembridge and Louise Barretto will join the Bishop & Sewell team. Bishop & Sewell was established in 1979 by Stephen Bishop and Jill Sewell and was originally known for its strong property and commercial reputation. Since then the firm has steadily expanded into a full service firm covering Residential

It may not surprise you to learn that on discussing forfeiture at a recent conference with a group of property lawyers and managers, most were in favour of the landlords ability to forfeit a lease. The main reason being the responsibility of fair management of the building, thus ensuring that no leaseholder is prejudiced by the actions, or perhaps inaction, of any other leaseholders and that the landlord and any managers do not suffer any loss. This approach assumes that landlords seek to deal with matter

We are delighted to announce that Property Management Awards will return to Central London on 30 November 2017 at the spectacular Supernova venue! This year has been an exceedingly busy time for the industry and we are looking forward to celebrating the exceptional quality of work and recognising the high levels of performance with you on the 30th November at our fabulous awards evening! Entries are now open. You can now enter the 2017-2018 Property Management Awards by clicking HERE. We are only acceptin

Adiuvo provides out-of-hours call handling and where necessary provision of contractors to more than 340,000 properties throughout the UK and Ireland via a team of experienced property and customer service staff.  We triage all incoming calls and progress emergencies to at least a point where there is no further ongoing material damage or implications for the health and safety of residents. This is done while reporting progress in real time to Adiuvo’s clients who range from nationwide managing agents and

McDowalls Surveyors are delighted to welcome Colin Horton as head of their residential Valuation Department. He is one of the industries young stars and his breadth of experience in lease extensions, enfranchisement and specialist residential valuation at 28, strengthens the expanding team at McDowalls.

The subject of ground rent has now become a point of political interest and you may have seen some of the recent interest in this area. Who would have thought that ground rents would make it to the front page of the Times? Following on from Sajid Javid’s announcement that the government is going to look in more detail on the question of ground rent and leasehold houses and particularly banning the creation of ground rent for new leasehold houses, the whole question of ground rents more generally looks set

Earl Kendrick Associates are delighted to announce that Graeme Parslow has joined the company as a Technical Associate and Team Leader. As well as being an experienced building surveyor with excellent technical expertise, Graeme has an MBA and will bring his business acumen into the company by assisting with APC coaching as well as long-term strategy.

Harris Associates celebrated their 10 year anniversary at the All Star Lanes in July.  The evening was enjoyed by close to 100 guests, from property managers and direct clients to consultants, contractors and everyone in between.  “It was a super evening and as well as a celebration it was also a way of thanking everyone who has contributed to our growth and success.  Looking forward to the next 10 years”  Shaun Harris

In July Neal Highfield joined Harris Associates, heading up a new team based out of the new Hatton Garden office.  “Neal is well known within the industry and is a seasoned high quality performer.  I am delighted that he has joined Harris Associates and already his skill and experience are bearing fruit”  Shaun Harris.  As well as heading up a team of surveyors Neal will also be responsible for overseeing service delivery and quality control.

A lease is the grant of legal interest in land which gives exclusive possession for a fixed period of time. A licence is merely a personal permission granting licence to occupy or do something on someone else’s property. Case law has previously highlighted the differences between a lease and licence, in particular that a lease may give security of tenure to a business tenant whereas a licence does not. The law also confirms that even if an agreement purports to call itself a ‘licence’, it does not meant t

Highly acclaimed Islington based law firm, Bolt Burdon, boost their award winning enfranchisement team by hiring a new solicitor. Danielle Green joins the firm as a solicitor with six years leasehold property sector experience to call upon. With a property management and property dispute background, Danielle is well qualified to advise both landlords and tenants. Speaking about the new appointment, Darren Coleran (Partner and Enfranchisement team Leader) said: “We are thrilled that Danielle is joining t