Overview

9 Nov 2023 Canterbury Cathedral Lodge 9.30 – 16.15 Regional Conference

Make it free for 23

We have doubled the size of our conference programme for 2023 in response to demand and, for the first time ever, members will also receive a £100 conference credit as we commit to our make it free campaign. This means that members can attend a National or Regional Conference for completely free in 2023.

Headline sponsor Rightmove logo
Ticket prices

Members: FREE *
Non-members: £100 (+VAT)

Featured session
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Location, Location…Optimisation

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Venue

Canterbury Cathedral Lodge
The Precincts
Canterbury
Kent
CT1 2EH

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Speakers

Timothy Bannister

Director of Property Science Innovation, Rightmove

Tim is the Director of Property Science Innovation at Rightmove combining data, technology and analytics to develop unique insight and drive property decision making. He is a regular guest on many national news outlets such as the BBC, ITV, Sky News and Bloomberg, discussing the latest data and key factors impacting the property market. Tim previously ran Rightmove’s Lettings and Overseas businesses, and before joining Rightmove in 2010, Tim worked in investment banking and strategy consulting. Tim holds an MBA from the Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Sessions

Rightmove data and insights in your local area Thursday @ 1:00 PM

Stuart Collar-Brown

Advisory Panel Member, NAVA Propertymark

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Henry Griffith

Policy and Campaigns Officer, Propertymark

Henry joined Propertymark in April 2022 after having previously worked as the policy and research coordinator for a large Education Group. He supports members by digesting legislation and government policy to consider how this will impact the sector. On top of this, Henry currently attends and represents Propertymark at a number of government and industry working groups.   

Sessions

Propertymark Industry Update Thursday @ 3:40 PM

Alex Jeffery

Partner, Bright Solicitors

Alex heads up the Disputes and Litigation team at Bright Solicitors. He has experience in a wide range of litigation matters and predominately advises clients on contentious property matters such as commercial and residential landlords and tenants in connection with possession claims, dilapidations, and forfeiture. Alex also advises on matters arising from disputed rights of way, boundary issues together with general commercial property matters.

Sessions

Lettings Legal Update Thursday @ 3:00 PM

Jason Lee

Commercial Manager, Propertymark

Jason is a vastly experienced sales and auction expert with a demonstrated history of building and growing companies. He worked in agency as both agent and supplier for over 25 years and is passionate about delivering excellent customer service and results. Jason takes pride in development, training and nurturing of all the team and watching them flourish. Multi-award winning in both agency and suppliers’ category from EA Masters, Sunday Times and Negotiator Awards.

James Munro

Head of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT)

James joined the Trading Standards profession in 1989 and spent many years as an operational Trading Standards Officer—he now leads the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) and oversees the regulation of estate agency work in the UK and the private rented sector in England.

National Trading Standards works closely with the redress schemes, professional bodies and government, and the team is there to protect consumers and safeguard businesses in the property sector. James is a Chartered Trading Standards Practitioner, a qualified coach and mentor, and  a regular speaker at industry events.

Sessions

How improving compliance can make you stand out from your competitors Thursday @ 9:40 AM

Amanda O'Brien

Founder, Content for Estate Agents

Amanda is a content creator, writer and founder of contentforestateagents.co.uk a service born out of her genuine frustration at the lack of high-quality content available for independent estate and lettings agents. Driven by her passion for words, and with more than 15 years of experience, Amanda takes pride in providing premium content for her clients.

Sessions

Location, Location…Optimisation Thursday @ 10:40 AM

Tony Piccirillo

Owner, AVRillo

Three-time winner of the Sunday Times Individual Conveyancer of the Year and Co-owner of the pioneering AVRillo, Tony Piccirillo is highly regarded as one of the most innovative lawyers in his field. A former estate agent with 30 years in the property industry, Tony is a CPD accredited trainer, Author and NLP practitioner who teaches problem-solving with an open commercial attitude. It is no wonder that Tony alongside his brother Angelo have established the world’s most awarded conveyancing law firm, with one of the highest NPS ‘customer satisfaction’ scores within UK industry.

Sessions

Fast Track Conveyancing : Why Upfront Information is the solution to converting your pipeline Thursday @ 1:30 PM

Gary Trent

PRS Stakeholder Lead, Valuation Office Agency (VOA) Rent Officers

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Sessions

Understanding PRS Statistics Thursday @ 2:10 PM

Gregory Tsuman

President, ARLA Propertymark

Greg’s lettings experience stretches back to 2002 and includes multiple industry awards including the Sunday Times Gold, The Negotiator and 'best' in the Estate Agent Guide UK.

Sessions

Presidents’ update Thursday @ 11:20 AM

Propertymark update

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Headline sponsor
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Rightmove

Rightmove is the biggest property marketplace in the UK, with the largest selection of properties. Every year, over 80% of all time spent on property portals in the UK is spent on Rightmove. We want to put the power of our audience and tools behind agents. That way, you can get on with what you do best – making moves happen. We’re also passionate about supporting the industry and making your life easier. That's why we’ve created comprehensive and accredited training for estate and lettings agents. In 2022, we supported over 30,000 agents by delivering over 15,198 hours of CDP. 

Sponsor

The Letting Partnership

We are market leaders in client accounting and CMP. Outsourcing your client accounting could be the best decision you ever make, we offer tailored service packages, pay-as-you-go pricing and no hidden costs. Whatever your size, we can save you time and money.

Our ‘HealthChecks’ remove the stress and reduce the cost of an accountants’ report—they are the straightforward, fast and cost effective way to save time and money.

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Lovely atmosphere and the delivery from the speakers was informative and light hearted keeping the audience focused particularly with Clare Yates

Well done and thank you to all involved

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Teresa Walsh

A great day with like minded people in the industry!

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Leann Green

My first conference, really enjoyed the day and the speakers, some of the afternoon topics were not relevant to my role but I enjoyed the talks nonetheless. Thanks to all the speakers! The industry exhibitors were all good to speak to, I have research to do on several companies whose services I am interested in.

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Lyn Hollowell

The talks were not too long and there were good amount of breaks throughout the day. All were very interesting and engaging, especially The Trading Standards and TPO talks. It was interesting to understand what they are doing so we can improve our standards.

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Emma Sanderson

* Members can attend one conference for free in 2023 (Propertymark One not included). If a member wishes to attend another conference in the same year, the price will be £100 +VAT. Simply register for the conference as normal and our events team will be in touch to take payment.

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