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September 2004

Wed 1

11:00 - Pugh & Company - Auction

Venue: Atlantic Suite, Terminal 2, Manchester International Airport
Location: Manchester

The catalogue comprises 190 lots made up of Retail and Commercial Investments, vacant properties providing development opportunities and development land.

For further information, please visit our website.

Tue 7
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Wed 8

08:00 - RICS Yorkshire & Humber Region and Leeds Metropolitan University - COBRA 2004 - International Construction Conference

Venue: Headingley Experience
Location: Leeds
Cost: £260 plus VAT

This Annual International Construction event is being hosted in 2004.

Bigger and better than ever, really high level speakers and a strong international organising committee - this event has already attracted many abstract submissions and Case Studies.

For more information on this event click here to send an email enquiry

Tue 7

09:15 - Henry Stewart Conference Studies - How to Read Balance Sheets and Accounts

Venue: Strand Palace Hotel
Location: London
Cost: £199 + VAT

The course will cover:
· An introduction to reading, understanding and interpreting company accounts
· The importance of cash and cash flow to a business
· Working Capital
· How a business reflects its transactions in the Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Account
· Cash flow forecasting
· The contents of statutory accounts and disclosure requirements
· Accounting terminology
· Trend and ratio analysis
· Interpretation of accounts: getting behind the jargon and understanding the true position

Course Director:
Chris Pooles, Partner, BDO Stoy Hayward

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Wed 8

09:15 - Henry Stewart Conference Studies - What to Do at Lease Renewal: Before and After the Reforms

Venue: Strand Palace Hotel
Location: London
Cost: £199 + VAT

An in-depth programme of instruction on:
· What should be done, when and how, and by whom?
· What are the tricks of the trade and the traps for the unwary?
· Common errors and how to avoid them
· What the ‘New 1954 Act’ rules are likely to be and how they should be applied. The latest position on the reforms

Session 1 Application of the 1954 Act - contracting out and avoidance devices
Session 2 Procedure - termination. The ‘new system'
Session 3 Grounds of opposition - compensation
Session 4 Renewal leases - valuation and experts’ evidence, terms of the new lease, rent, length and other provisions - updating vs old lease provisions
Session 5 The new rules in depth. The latest position. How is practice affected?

Course Director:
Professor Del Williams, Professor of Real Estate, Liverpool John Moores University; Director, RW Solutions Ltd, Chartered Surveyors

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15:45 - PropertyMall - Measuring Return on Investment – Monitoring Website Effectiveness

Venue: 36 Great Queen Street
Location: London
Cost: Free

How many people visit your website?
How do they find it?
Which parts of it do they actually use?
Are you converting any of them into clients?

PropertyMall is holding a series of free seminars aimed at answering these and other questions. We have helped many commercial property companies gain a real competitive advantage through effective analysis of their website.

In the seminars you will find out about the latest conventions and techniques for visitor behaviour analysis. We will show you how measuring the activity on your website and profiling your visitors can improve your return on investment.

The next seminars will be held on Tuesday 6th and Wednesday 7th August at 3.45 pm at our offices in Covent Garden, London and will last for about 1 ½ hours.

To book your place please email us at manager@propertymall.com or call us on 020 7611 5040.

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Thu 9

Henry Stewart Conference Studies - Henry Stewart Conference Studies - Introduction to Property Finance

Venue: The Cafe Royal
Location: London, W1

This briefing is for all those seeking a solid grounding in this complex and important subject.

It will cover all the essentials, assume no prior knowledge and equip you to find your way through the maze, make sensible decisions and avoid costly mistakes.

All presentations will be supported by comprehensive documentation.

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Fri 10

09:15 - Henry Stewart Conference Studies - Service Charge Law and Practice: Solving the Problems

Venue: Strand Palace Hotel
Location: London
Cost: £199 + VAT

The course will cover:
· The landlords’ aims; the tenants’ aims; the inherent conflicts
· Different types of service charge
· Management costs
· Auditing and certificates
· Latest views on statutory and common law reasonableness tests
· Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 and the Regulations made in 2003: changes to the residential service charge code
· Potential legislative changes
· Guidance notes
· Common shortcomings in leases
· Drafting suitable lease provisions
· Liability of assignors and assignees when leases change hands
· Apportioning the costs of unevenly shared services
· Solving the most common problems
· Value for money
· Benchmarking

Course Director:
Philip Freedman, Senior Property Partner, Mishcon de Reya
Derek Bruce, Consultant, Kingston University, Practising Chartered Surveyor

For more information on this event click here to send an email enquiry

Mon 13

11:00 - Strettons Edwin Evans - Commercial Property Auction

Venue: New Connaught Rooms
Location: London WC2

National auction of commercial and residential properties throughout the UK.

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12:00 - FPDSavills - Auction

Venue: The Ballroom, Claridges
Location: Brook Street, London W1A

Property Auction

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Tue 14

Andrews & Robertson - Auction

Venue: New Connaught Rooms
Location: London WC2B

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09:15 - Henry Stewart Conference Studies - Property Tax for the Non-Tax Specialist

Venue: Strand Palace Hotel
Location: London
Cost: £199 + VAT

The course will cover:

Landlord and Tenant
· Stamp Duty anbd Stamp Duty Land Tax
· Rent
· Premiums/reverse premiums
· Agreements for lease
· Surrenders/agreements for surrender
· VAT
- waiver of exemption
- anti-avoidance
- is the tenant providing finance?
- landlord’s election
- premises and fit-outs
· Industrial building leases
- capital allowances
· Service charges
- sinking funds

Structuring Purchases
· Stamp Duty and Stamp Duty Land Tax
· VAT
- waiver of exemption
- transfers of going concerns
- residential buildings
- charities, new buildings

Capital Allowances
· Industrial buildings
· Enterprise zones
· Plant and machinery
· Small or medium sized businesses
· Contaminated Land Relief

Intra Group Transfers
· Company/property sales

Course Directors:
Robert Field, Partner, Tax Group , Lawrence Graham
Jonathan Legg, Solicitor, Tax Group, Lawrence Graham
Sarah Cardew, Solicitor, Tax, Berwin Leighton Paisner

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Thu 16
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Fri 17

BCSC - BCSC Retail Marketing Training Course

Venue: The Orange Studio
Location: Birmingham
Cost: £350 + VAT for BCSC members and £450 + VAT for non-members.

BCSC Retail Marketing Group is set to conduct its 2nd annual training course at the Orange Studio in Birmingham from 16-17 September.

The two day course, which includes contributors from outside and inside the industry, focuses on a range of marketing topics relevant to the retail sector. The first day examines planning and delivery while the second day looks at innovation and excellence. Speakers include: Tim Burley (Red Rocket); Iona Carter (Retail Research International); Mike Evans (Land Securities); Mel Evans (The Birmingham Alliance); Leesa Ingham (Land Securities); Melanie Lillie (AL Marketing Communications) and Sue Boor (The Mall at Cribbs Causeway). Also providing the key note address will be Beverley Hodson OBE, former Managing Director of WH Smith UK Retail. Workshops and interactive sessions will allow for networking and idea exchanges. The course Dinner is to be sponsored by Rave Communications.

Comments Eileen Connolly, chair of BCSC’s Retail Marketing Group and head of Marketing at Donaldsons:

“This course is aimed at developing skills and knowledge of shopping centre professionals involved in implementing and directing retail marketing campaigns. Delegates will benefit from sessions led by leading industry experts and external speakers who bring a retail business dimension to the proceedings. There are very few opportunities for quality training and those involved directly and indirectly in marketing in UK shopping centres – this course is unique in the range of topical issues covered and the high calibre of the presenters”.

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Sun 19

CoreNet Global - CoreNet Global European Summit Budapest

Location: Budapest, Hungary

The Global Summit programme will focus on Corporate Real Estate 2010, CoreNet Global’s research and leadership development initiative that is shaping the future vision of the changing nature of work and the workplace. The event in Budapest is expected to attract more than 350 industry professionals from Europe, as well as North America, Asia and Australia. CB Richard Ellis will serve as the title sponsor for the event, which is regarded as the corporate real estate industry’s leading forum for professional development.

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Mon 20

CoreNet Global - CoreNet Global European Summit Budapest

Location: Budapest, Hungary

The Global Summit programme will focus on Corporate Real Estate 2010, CoreNet Global’s research and leadership development initiative that is shaping the future vision of the changing nature of work and the workplace. The event in Budapest is expected to attract more than 350 industry professionals from Europe, as well as North America, Asia and Australia. CB Richard Ellis will serve as the title sponsor for the event, which is regarded as the corporate real estate industry’s leading forum for professional development.

For more information on this event click here to send an email enquiry

Tue 21

- CoreNet Global European Summit Budapest

Location: Budapest, Hungary

The Global Summit programme will focus on Corporate Real Estate 2010, CoreNet Global’s research and leadership development initiative that is shaping the future vision of the changing nature of work and the workplace. The event in Budapest is expected to attract more than 350 industry professionals from Europe, as well as North America, Asia and Australia. CB Richard Ellis will serve as the title sponsor for the event, which is regarded as the corporate real estate industry’s leading forum for professional development.

For more information on this event click here to send an email enquiry

- Rethinking your relationship - investors, landlords, occupiers

Venue: Millennium Hotel
Location: Mayfair, London
Cost: £160 + VAT (Members)

At a time when corporates are moving whole business functions away from HQ or even off shore to get the buildings they want at the price they want, property investors are asking occupiers for advice. The landlord-tenant relationship is changing and RICS, in association with the Investment Property Forum, invite you to have your say about what should change on 21 September 2004.

Ian Womack of Morley fund Managers and a select panel of decision makers will present a controversial range of insight and opinion from corporate tenants and investors. Our aim is to investigate the common goals of the supply and the demand side of the property industry and discuss ways to improve the market for landlords, occupiers and investors.

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09:15 - Henry Stewart Conference Studies - Commercial Leases - Latest Practice

Venue: Strand Palace Hotel
Location: London
Cost: £199 + VAT

The course will cover:
· The terms you should seek when letting as a landlord and the terms you can accept when taking a property as a tenant
· What is possible in practice in the current market and what is now usual
· New procedures for excluding the 1954 Act
· The length of term and security of tenure
· Tenant/guarantor liability
· Assignment and subletting
· Rent review
· Repairs and service charges
· General tenants’ covenants
· Insurance
· Mistakes to avoid

Course Director:
Philip Freedman, Senior Property Partner, Mishcon de Reya

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11:00 - FPDSavills - FPDSavills Property Auction

Venue: Claridge's
Location: London

FPDSavills sell by auction residential and commercial properties nationwide for occupation, investment and development on behalf of a wide range of private individuals and companies

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Wed 22

09:00 - Investment Property Databank (IPD) - Property Awareness

Venue: ORT House, Camden Town
Location: London
Cost: £265 plus VAT

Programme

Market basics - (Part I)
Module 1 - Market overview
• Basic facts and figures about how the UK property investment market works
• Brief history of UK property cycles and trends and a look at its future (market forecasts)
Module 2 - Roles within the industry
This module details the roles of surveyors, valuers, property managers, researchers, developers, investors, who are all active in the industry.

Module 3 - Investors in UK property
General introduction to different types of investor, including objectives and case studies on pension funds; life funds; public and private property companies; unitised vehicles.

Module 4 - European property markets
A market overview of the rest of Europe, highlighting the differences between British and other European markets, especially with regard to the players and the market structure.

Investment basics (Part II)
Module 1 - Commercial leases
A study of commercial leases, their income stream and key features, covenant strength, tenant defaulting and operating costs – management fees, insurance cover, service charges.

Module 2 - Investment
A look at why people invest in property, covering asset allocation, valuations, performance measurement, tax and accounting methods.

Module 3 - Investment vehicles and structures
Due to the many ways in which investors can now invest, this module covers securitisation, joint ventures and limited partnerships.

Module 4 - Realised performance
How successful are investors at achieving good performance? A look at the ranges of returns achieved by investors within the UK market.

Module 5 - Where to go to find out more
A useful guide to sourcing information, including property definitions – what the words mean (glossary of terms) and property measures – what the numbers mean (a technical guide).

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09:15 - Henry Stewart Conference Studies - Conditional Contracts and Options: A complete briefing

Venue: Strand Palace Hotel
Location: London
Cost: £199 + VAT

This will be an interactive and highly practical course, making extensive use of actual examples. It will cover:
· When and why to use conditional contracts and options
· Standard and non-standard terms and drafting considerations
· Conditions precedent and conditions subsequent
· Planning consents; Human Rights Act 1998 and other challenges
· Common pitfalls and how to avoid them
· Potential problems and favoured solutions
· Insoluble dilemmas
· Overage - conditional pricing

Course Director:
Peter Birkett, Senior Solicitor, Nabarro Nathanson

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Thu 23

12:00 - Harman Healy - Auction

Venue: Radisson SAS Portman Hotel
Location: London
Cost: £0.00

Commercial Property Auction

Tue 28

Henry Stewart Conference Studies - What You Need To Know About Retail Property

Venue: Radisson SAS Portman Hotel
Location: London W1

INTERNET RETAILING – THE FACTS

Scale and scope
What you expect to be successful on-line and what is successful on-line
Changing demographics of the purchaser – who buys?
Growth patterns
Structure – what is being bought
The future for retailing and the future for property – who in ‘bricks retail’ will be affected and how?

RETAIL PLANNING POLICY – THE FACTS

What is the policy?
How does it affect the market?

GOVERNMENT POLICY ON LEASES – THE FACTS

How will it affect
- Occupational leases
- Investment values

RETAIL PROPERTY – CURRENT TRENDS

Economic outlook – overall economic growth, consumer and retail spending and the outlook for the housing market
Retail demand – the effect of retail price deflation, internet retailing and retailers’ profitability
Planning policy and retail development – the amount of retail development and the location of retail development. How it has and how it will be affected by planning policy
Rental growth and investment performance trends - how the different retail sectors have performed and are likely to perform in terms of rental growth and investment returns. Why the relationship between rental growth and investment returns has diverged. Yield compression and the future direction of yields for prime and secondary retail investments
General retail trends - location for different types of retail development, the importance of town size and shop unit size, mobility and accessibility, socio-economic trends, retailing and leisure, urban regeneration and mixed use development

THE CONSEQUENCES

What types of property will be affected?
Where and when will the positive and negative effects show through?
What will be the effect on rental levels, investment yields and investment values?
What should you do?

SOURCES OF FUNDING AND ON WHAT TERMS

The current funding market
Who is providing the finance?
What will they finance?
What are the terms?
What are the risks?
Assessing proposals
What impact will government policy and internet retailing have on the funding market?

THE INSTITUTIONAL FUNDING MARKET

What are institutions doing in today’s market?
What retail sectors are funds investing in and why?
What sectors are they not investing in and why?
Understanding their constraints and motivations
What are the future trends for retail funds

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09:15 - Henry Stewart Conference Studies - Project Management: The Essentials

Venue: Strand Palace Hotel
Location: London
Cost: £199 + VAT

The course will cover:
· The project manager's role: scope and limitations
· The project manager as the professional client
· Taking and writing the client’s brief
· Selecting and building a project team
· The art of effective communication
· Project evaluation: Development strategy and project viability
· The pre-construction phase
- understanding the client's objectives
- design management
- selecting a procurement route
· The project manager in the on-site phase
- programme management
- change control
- achieving a quality product
· The project manager in the post practical completion phase
- managing defects
- project handover documentation
· Legal obligations of a project manager: theory vs practice
· Terms of appointment and collateral warranties
· Delivering to standard, on time, on budget: ensuring best practice and minimising likely conflicts

Course Directors:
Jon Fitton , Director, Fitton Associates Ltd
Peter Blincow, Director, The Berkeley Consultancy

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Wed 29

Estate Gazette - The Butterworths and Estates Gazette Commercial Property Law Conference 2004

Location: Central London

Find out how the latest tax, property and planning legislation will affect your practice

Issues to be addressed include:

Reform of the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954.
Impact of the Land Registration Act 2002 one year on.
Commonhold under the 2002 Act and major landlord and tenant developments.
Stamp Duty Land Tax.
REITs and other tax efficient investments.
Code of Practice for commercial leases.
Planning law and practice.

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10:00 - Professional Conferences - Planning Reform - The New Law Explained

Venue: Kensington Town Hall
Location: London
Cost: £65.00 + VAT

This Conference is an essential Update for all those who advise on Property.

The Planning & Compensation Act 2004 is now on the statute book with major implications for the valuation, title and development of land.

This practical conference is designed to tell you everything you need to know about the new law and how planning impacts on property law and values.

Speakers:
Lesley Webber OBE, Partner, ReedSmith
Rebecca Warren, Associate, ReedSmith

For more information on this event click here to send an email enquiry

14:00 - Professional Conferences - Planning Reform - The New Law Explained

Venue: Kensington Town Hall
Location: London
Cost: £65 + VAT

This Conference is an essential Update for all those who advise on Property.

The Planning & Compensation Act 2004 is now on the statute book with major implications for the valuation, title and development of land.

This practical conference is designed to tell you everything you need to know about the new law and how planning impacts on property law and values.

Speakers:
Lesley Webber OBE, Partner, ReedSmith
Rebecca Warren, Associate, ReedSmith

For more information on this event click here to send an email enquiry

Thu 30

Estate Gazette - The Estates Gazette Mixed-Use Development Conference

Venue: Simpson's-in-the-Strand
Location: London WC2
Cost: £215.03

Maximising returns from mixed-use

What are the planning and policy trends driving mixed-use schemes?

How well does investment in mixed-use perform compare to the mainstream commercial market?

What are the practical challenges of mixed-use development?

A half-day conference on how to avoid the pitfalls and how to reap the rewards

FPDSavills' latest research on mixed-use property and development will be unveiled and distributed to all delegates

Speakers include:

Keith Thorpe Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Roger Madelin Argent Group
Nathan Cornish Urban Splash
Yolande Barnes FPDSavills
Nigel Hugill Chelsfield
Terry Davenport Building Design Partnership
Crispin Kelly Baylight Properties
Mike Rolls Prudential Property Investment Managers

Supported by FPDSavills

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09:15 - Henry Stewart Conference Studies - The Management of Residentail Property

Venue: Strand Palace Hotel
Location: London
Cost: £199 + VAT

The Art and Practice of Strategic and Day to Day Management - Houses, Flats and Blocks of Flats
The course will cover:
· Relevant legislation including: Rent Act 1977, Landlord and Tenant Act 1985-1987, Leasehold Reform etc Act 1993, Housing Act 1996, Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002
· Letting arrangements
· Tax obligations
· The financial and physical aspects of repair and maintenance
· The 'enhance investment value' role of the property manager
· Enforcing the tenants obligations
· Resolving disputes
· Contracting for services - contracts, contract terms and contract management

Course Director:
Derek Bruce, Consultant, Kingston University, Practising Chartered Surveyor

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12:15 - British Council of Shopping Centres (BCSC) - BCSC Members' Luncheon

Cost: Members £60 + £10.50 (VAT) = £70.50 Non Members - £70 + £12.25 (VAT) = £82.25

Programme:
12.15pm Drinks Reception
1.00pm Seated Lunch
2.00pm Lunch Speaker:
Mr Jim Murphy,
Ex-Property Director,
Debenhams Retail Plc
2.20pm Honorary Membership to
Special Guest
2.30 pm Close

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