Will Training Feature in Your 2021 Plans?
How important is training in your business? As with anything, we can all be guilty of getting stuck in a rut. We can get so caught up in doing what’s needed that we forget, in order to get better, we…
How important is training in your business? As with anything, we can all be guilty of getting stuck in a rut. We can get so caught up in doing what’s needed that we forget, in order to get better, we…
In our last article we introduced the problems with the repair and maintenance of Scotland’s traditional sandstone tenements and how the Scottish Government is tackling the problem. The Scottish Parliamentary Working Group on Tenement Maintenance, which has been set up…
In Scotland, when you use the word, “tenement”, what traditionally comes to mind is a sandstone or granite apartment building with 3 or 4 or maybe 5 floors. However, a tenement has a legal definition which is, “A tenement is…
A meander along Down Avenue Down Avenue is a street that has a mix of property owners, tenants renting their homes and a few Airbnb’s too. The people who live in Down Avenue keep themselves to themselves. They go about…
In a world where communicating has never been easier, why do some businesses still get it wrong? With so many ways for Property Managers to speak to clients, suppliers and customers, messages can get lost, become confused or might never…
How has property management changed over the last 10 years? In our last article we stepped into the future and what it might hold for Property Managers. So we thought it would be useful to compare how things have changed…
2010. Does it feel like it was that long ago? In 2010, 3D TV arrived, Bruno Mars gave us, “Just the Way You Are” and “app” was the American Dialect Society’s word of the year. Here we are, 10 years…
“How technology saved contractors during the virus crisis”. Possibly not one of the most read headlines of the last few months. But one that featured on the industry leading, Construction News website. The article cites the transformation of Birmingham’s NEC…
Imagine this. It’s 2015. It’s Saturday night and you, your partner or your family are getting takeaway. You search through the drawer in your kitchen for all the menus you have. You pass the menus around and make a collective…
We asked Brian, our MD, to tell us about his lockdown experiences in both his business and personal life. Brian tells us about the ups and downs, the decisions and how the changes have affected him, his team and his…