Lauren Scott
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Charity
New charitable mark for Propertymark
At the recent NAEA Propertymark Conference, Propertymark members’ charity, Arbon Trust announced its new uniformed identity and strategic vision.
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NE estate agent heads up leading industry fundraising charity
Lauren Scott, who is a former President of Propertymark, is now chair of its charitable arm the Arbon Trust, taking over from Aidan Reid.
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Associations & Bodies
As industry awaits reservation agreements, Propertymark launches initiative to ‘prevent fall-throughs’
NAEA's three-document 'sales protocol' toolkit, which some might call 'HIPs lite', is designed to speed up the process by bringing forward the information needed to speed up a sale's progression.
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Our Events
The Negotiator Conference & Expo 2019
The grand halls and corridors of London’s Grosvenor Hotel on Park Lane were buzzing with hundreds of delegates, speakers and exhibitors on the 29th November 2019, as they arrived to join The Negotiator Conference 2019. In this stunning venue, with a reputation for first class guest speakers and panel sessions offering hard hitting debate between property leaders such as Michael Stoop, Nick Leeming, Lucy Morton, Lord Best, Peter Bolton King and David Cox (plus many more), The Negotiator Conference stage was ready. Lord Best drew gasps from the audience when he suggested that the end of the small or ‘accidental’ landlord is nigh, that the PRS will increasingly be supplied by larger-portfolio operators. The focus was the property industry in 2020 – exploring what the future holds for sales and letting agents in today’s volatile business environment, including Brexit, regulation, customer hesitation, technology, online agents, diminishing high street footfall, taxation, money laundering, tenant fees and (the then) looming General Election. Brilliantly chaired by The Times columnist Lord Daniel Finkelstein OBE, speakers included leading estate agency senior management, industry consultants, analysts, regulators, industry association chiefs and tech innovators. Going to conferences is more than just listening to debates and, as ever…
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Final programme announced for NAEA Propertymark Conference
Speakers at the London conference, which takes place in a month, include well-known names from Trading Standards, Law Society and Knight Frank.
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Charity
100+ propertymark agents sleep out, fundraising for the homeless
Propertymark has organised agents to take part in a charity sleep out at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, with funding from the organisation’s charitable arm, Arbon Trust.
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PICTURES: ‘I know what it’s like to be stared at now just because you LOOK homeless’
Estate agents and suppliers at last night's charity event in Stratford's Olympic Park raised £57,000 for Centrepoint but also found out what it's like to be homeless when travelling there with their overnight gear.
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Wrap up warm! 100 industry figures prepare to sleep rough tonight for CentrePoint
The Negotiator will be joining the brave property souls wrapping up warm to sleep in London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park to raise funds the homeless charity.
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NAEA president urges agents to sleep rough and raise £40k for homeless
Lauren Scott will be joining the Propertymark Big Agent Sleepout in London on November 21 and The Negotiator will be joining her and over 100 other agents.
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Women fill key positions at Propertymark for first time
ARLA and NAEA Propertymark have revealed who won their recent leadership elections following a secret four-week hustings. Billed as an opportunity that “allows you to shape your organisation and to have your voice heard” the election was for both organisations’ Vice Presidents, whose role is to support the President and President Elect. The elected Vice Presidents are Michelle Niziol for ARLA, who agents will recognise from BBC TV’s The Apprentice from last year, and Lauren Scott for NAEA. It is the first time women have been elected to both positions at the same time. The new line up is: ARLA President Sally Lawson Sally has 27 years’ experience in the lettings industry, and is CEO and Founder of the national lettings franchise Concentric as well as West Midlands lettings agency Lawsons. The two organisations merged recently. President Elect Peter Savage A former professional drummer until the mid-1980s Peter then set up a property business in Spain, which he sold in 1990 and then returned to the UK. He now works as a consultant to an Essex lettings firm and a block management firm. Vice President Michelle Niziol Until recently 35-year-old Michelle was best known as a founder of IMS,…
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