West Country Regional Conference
Come along to our conference in Bristol to hear how improving compliance can make you stand out from competitors and learn what you need to know if you're thinking about selling your business. Also don't miss the opportunity to network peers and suppliers, while members can also gain seven hours of CPD.
Overview
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.
Ticket prices
Members: FREE *
Non-members: £100 (+VAT)
Featured session
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National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team
James Munro | NTSELAT
Learn how to look at compliance in a different way and use it to improve customer relationships and bring opportunity to your business.
Venue
DoubleTree by Hilton Bristol City Centre
Redcliffe Way
Redcliffe
Bristol, BS1 6NJ
Speakers
Timothy Douglas
Head of Policy and Campaigns, Propertymark
Timothy joined Propertymark in July 2015 and leads on the organisation’s policy and campaigns activity across Westminster, the devolved parliaments, and local authorities. He authored Propertymark’s The Future of Renting position paper and wrote Propertymark’s best practice guidance to help agents operate during the pandemic. Timothy also created the policy proposals for the Leasehold: A Life Sentence research report.
Before Propertymark, Timothy worked as a political advisor in Westminster for a former Business Minister and Government Whip and spent a period of time as a Caseworker and Researcher for Members of the European Parliament.
Sessions
Propertymark industry update Thursday @ 3:25 PM
Matthew Eades
Compliance Auditor, Propertymark
I was delighted when Propertymark invited me to join as an auditor in the compliance team. I began my professional life as a conveyancer, so it was familiar territory after working in the legal sector and in regulatory compliance. I’ve enjoyed the transition from advising clients to advising members; it has been great to meet some of you in person and I look forward to meeting many more in the near future.
Outside work I like to spend time with my two daughters, enjoy firing up the pizza oven for some mean sourdough creations... and I confess to a mild obsession with guitars!
Sessions
Compliance update Thursday @ 11:20 AM
Gary Elliott
Assessment Manager, Propertymark Qualifications
Gary plays a key role in bringing new qualifications and assessments to the property industry. He brings a wealth of assessment and qualification experience having worked in education and awarding sectors for over 20 years. Having gone full circle Gary started his career as an apprentice in the Army and now supports the design and development of the End-Point Assessment (EPA) for a range of apprenticeship standards.
His work also involves research for new qualifications, ways to improve our candidate experience, and the quality assurance processes for our existing qualifications. Keen to share some of the recent developments with you at this event, Gary is also looking forward to hearing your feedback which can help to shape future qualifications for the property industry.
Sessions
Propertymark Qualifications Thursday @ 11:40 AM
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: what to expect in 2023 Thursday @ 2:45 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.
Stephen McCarron
President, NAEA Propertymark
Stephen has worked in the Northern Ireland property market for thirty years and been an active NAEA Propertymark member since he began. He started out with Nationwide Estate Agents and working his way up the ranks to eventually open his own agency Donnybrook Estate Agents in 1997.
Sessions
Presidents' update Thursday @ 1:55 PM
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 competitor Thursday @ 9:40 AM
Lucy Noonan
Founder, Atomic Consultancy
Lucy has been an Industry Professional for over 20 years working for both independents, corporates and franchises. Within the last six years she has completed on over 80 Acquisitions nationally, totalling over £60 million. Lucy has been instrumental in the negotiation, project management and integration of businesses and has founded Atomic Consultancy to educate and support both sellers and buyers to navigate the complex process.
Sessions
What you need to know if you are thinking of buying or selling an estate or lettings agency Thursday @ 10:40 AM
David Oliver
Compliance Manager, Propertymark
No bio provided
Sessions
Compliance update Thursday @ 11:20 AM
David Votta
Immediate Past President, ARLA Propertymark
David started his career in 2009 as a trainee lettings negotiator for a large independent estate agency in Kent. He moved onto Spicerhaart as a senior lettings branch manager before setting up his own agency in 2018.
David is a hands-on, frontline agent with ambitions to see the industry professionalised through regulation which he helped drive forward through his time as ARLA Propertymark President. He shares Propertymark's belief that regulation will create a level playing field for all agents and see that housing standards are raised.
Sessions
Presidents' update Thursday @ 1:55 PM
Clare Yates
CY Training Works
Clare has worked in the property industry for nearly 30 years. Starting out as a part-time weekend receptionist, her career has taken her from estate agency to new-build sales, holiday cottages, panel management and B2B sales but she is most well-known as a training consultant.
Clare has worked with some of the largest estate agents and law firms in the country, helping them to generate more business, improve customer care, improve sales progression and cross-sell related services.
Sessions
Are you being served? Thursday @ 1:15 PM
Look back at 2022

Legal specialist Robert Bolwell was at a number of events to provide his lettings legal update.

Sally Reid (MARLA) of Accomodation Unlimited was the winner Gallagher's Champagne give away at the South West Conference.

Timothy Douglas provided an update of all the key areas agents needed to be aware of in Propertymark's industry update at the Midlands conference 2022.

Events Team Leader Maria Routledge was ever-present and will be on hand again in 2023 to answer any questions members may have.

Do your listings win you business? Business Growth Specialist Neil Whitfield explained how property listings can do so much more than just generating buyer and tenant enquiries at the North West Conference.

At the Welsh National Conference, James Hooker Head of Private Sector Housing Policy for the Welsh Government, provided further insight into their recent activities.

Our Head of Research Phillip Nelson (left) and Head of Qualifications Michael Smith were on hand to talk to delegates in Northern Ireland.

James Munro toured the UK telling stories of agents who got it wrong and found themselves on Trading Standards' most wanted list so others could avoid making the same mistakes.

Lorna Kerr has been working with Scotland’s leading estate agents and legal professionals for over 17 years and previously lead on the rollout of the OnTheMarket property portal in Scotland. She assisted agents with what processes to implement to best avoid seeing HMRC at the door.

Propertymark's events team offered a special thank you to Maxine Fothergill and Liana Loporto-Browne who were attending their final conference in Portsmouth as the Presidents of ARLA Propertymark and NAEA Propertymark.

Star of Channel 5’s ‘Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords’, Paul Shamplina talked about his experiences of where letting agents have got it wrong to help others avoid making the same mistakes.


Find, win and convert more instructions. Homesearch were at the South East Conference to help agents grow their businesses using their award-winning prospecting platform and data.

Eat, Sleep, Let, Repeat. Ellie Murphy and Daniel Hyre represented Goodlord at the South East Conference, exhibiting their award-winning lettings platform that works alongside agents' CRMs.

At the Scottish National Conference, Clare Yates discussed simple ways to keep customers calm and respond positively to any complaints.

PayProp showcased their automated payment provider software for the property management industry at the Scottish National Conference.
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Clare Yates—what a great speaker, very engaging and made it light-hearted while gaining valuable tips.

I think the ''Baddies'' from Trading Standards, The Property Ombudsman and GDPR updates were the most informative speakers, and had a real enjoyable approach, keeping heavy material quite light. Also meeting lots of like-minded letting agents and property professionals was nice!

All speakers very good and those who had exhibitions up in the 'mingling room'. Propertymark are doing some really good work now and you can see this has been building for a few years, I especially appreciated the comms during the lockdowns and the panic of Covid. The constant communication and info was very good and really helped.

Well organised with excellent speakers and presentations. It was good to catch up with people in the industry too.

It was the first conference I have been too and took so much away from each speaker. Loved it, great meeting such passionate people.

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.

* 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.