Movers&shakers aPPointments
managEmEntchangEs atmccarthy&stonE
suePetri:excitedtobeonthe armacouncilasitdrivesup industry standards
aPPointments
suEPEtri joinsarma council
SuePetri,headofConsort PropertyManagement, has been appointed to the governing body of the Association of Residential Managing Agents (ARMA).With the introduction of ARMA-Q (the newself-regulatory schemefor propertymanagers) set to bring big changes to the sector she aims to play akey role in helping driveupindustrystandards for the benefit of both leaseholders andtheirmanaging agents. Suepreviously satonARMA’s Technicalcommittee,advisingon financialmanagement issues.
aPPointments
BraEmar EstatEs strEngthEns ProPErty
tEam Caroline Colman has joined BraemarEstatesasproperty manager, froman established NorthWest propertymanagement company,whereshe hasworked forfouryears as asitemanager. BenMason also joinsasa
propertymanagerfrom anational propertymanagement company, having begunhis career at Centrica, the energy company. In addition, LauraCornick has beenappointed as property management assistant. FollowingBraemar Estates’
expansion in the South of England and particularly in London, propertymanager, Jessica Singh has relocatedtotheMayfair office and Jessica Parker joins the company as credit controller from Bruntwood.
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FollowingMcCarthy&Stone’s successful £527 million refinancing in August 2013,the leadingretirementapartment specialist has welcomed two new non-executive directorstoits board. Mike Parsons, retiring CEO of Barchester Health, and Frank Nelson,formerfinancedirector of Galliford Tryplc, will join with immediate effect. Chairman, JohnWhite,
commented:“Weare working towardsour goal of taking
aPPointments
nEwProPErtysPEcialist fortaylor&EmmEt
Sheffield solicitors Taylor&Emmet LLP, is developing the support it offers to owners of blocks of flats and apartments, following the appointmentofanew partner CassandraZanelli. Having worked with landlords,
management companies and leaseholdercollectives from across theUKand Northern Ireland, Cassandra has a wealth of property litigation experience, including the installation of
debtrecoverysystems.She joins Taylor&Emmet fromaniche propertymanagement firmin Nottingham. Cassandraisamemberofthe
Institute of Residential Property Management and a regular contributor to blockmanagement forums. “Iamvery excited to be joiningsuchaprogressive,
Business launch amaxlaunchEssalEsdivision
Gravesend-based blockmanager and lettings agentAmax Estates expanded itsbusinessinOctober 2013 with the launch of its newresidential estate agency
department.The announcement that ParamountPark-set to be oneofthe largest themeparks in theworld -istoopennearby in 2019, together with a strong local market has been the driving force behind the expansion, saysmanaging directorMaxine Fothergill. “Now in our twelfth year of tradingand knownand
respected for the work we do in residentiallettingsand block management... this will work perfectly with our existing teams and provide a ‘one stop’ property shop’for newand existing clients. “Atthemomentweare only
dealing with residentialsales but wemay branch in to the commercial sector at somepoint in thefuture”,she said. The estate agency business is
beingled by salesmanager Chris Foxwho is a fellow of the National
AssociationofEstateAgentsand whohas beeninvolvedinannual property salessince 1978. “The biggest problemwehave
nowis the lowsupply of property in a very buoyant local market, but we are confident this will changeearly in theNew Year,” saidMaxine. Amax Estates was the
winner of the Customer ServiceAward in the Property ManagementAwards announcedinDecember2013 (See page 10 of this issue).
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taylor&emmet’s head of property litigation,rob cooke,welcomescassandra Zanelli to the firm
innovative teamand to have the opportunitytodrive thefirm’s property litigation services forward”,she said.“Workingfor Taylor&Emmet will enablemeto reinforceexistingindustrylinks, whilst developingmyreputation and that of the firm.”
McCarthy&Stone to thenext stageofits development. Joining us at an exciting time,Mikeand Frank bring with themextensive andrelevantexperienceand they will significantlystrengthenour board.” The company has also
announcedthatCEOMark Elliott,who oversawthe company’s successful £527 million refinancing last summer,will leave the company at the end of February 2014.
In the latest financial year
ending 31 August,MrElliott led thecompany to a21% growth in revenue to £310.8 million and posted a 15%increase in EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciationandamortization) to £46 million. The refinancing, which successfully brought on board newshareholders, was announced on 20 August 2013. The company nowplans to invest over £1.5 billion in land and developments through to 2018.
Professional standards
cPBigwood Four staffmembers at Midlands- based property agents CPBigwood arethe latest tomeet new exactingprofessionalstandards for the sector. BeverleyWootton,finance
Exam succEssEsat
andpropertymanager; Danielle Randles, senior property assistant; andproperty assistants Michelle Cox and James Askew, all fromthe firm’sResidential ServiceCharge Department, have successfully passed Part One of the Institute of ResidentialPropertyManagement examsand are nowentitled to call themselves Associates of the IRPM. CPBigwood is encouraging
allmembers of theResidential Service Charge Teamto gain the IRPMqualification.
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