RICS Newsletter - 7 November 2024
Stay informed with essential updates from RICS and the surveying profession, including updates to the RICS World Regional Board.
?? Latest from RICS
?? UK | RICS responds to 2024 Autumn Budget
The 2024 UK Autumn Budget is the first under the new Labour Government and the first to be delivered by a female Chancellor. The Government's focus includes economic and fiscal stability, investment, infrastructure, and planning. How will the Budget impact RICS members and firms?
?? Chair of RICS Dispute Resolution Appointments Board announced
Amanda Clack FRICS has been appointed as the new Chair of the RICS Dispute Resolution Appointments Board (DRAB). An experienced chartered quantity surveyor, Amanda brings nearly 40 years of expertise in the built environment. Learn more about DRAB’s role in ensuring regulatory independence and upholding the public interest.
?? UK & Ireland World Regional Board new members announced
Meet the new four members who will help drive RICS’s strategy at a global level, overseeing initiatives and resource allocation across regions within the UK and Ireland.
?? Member engagement
UK | Matrics events networking
Discover RICS Matrics events tailored for emerging professionals, featuring networking socials, technical webinars and in-depth Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) mock interviews. Connect in person or online to support your development in the surveying profession.
??Professional conferences and webinars
?? Global Sustainability Conference
5 Dec | 8:00 - 18:00 GMT | Online
Earn seven and a half Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours while gaining insights from experts on sustainable design, green technologies, and global case studies. Discover practical solutions for positive change in the built and natural environments, and join the conversation shaping a sustainable future.
?? UK&I Commercial Property Conference
10 Dec | 8:30 - 17:00 GMT | London
Earn five Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours at our annual conference and stay up to date. Topics include market and economy, sustainability, retrofitting case studies, digital transformation and creative space initiatives.
?? Training courses
?? UK&I | Residential Retrofit
From 15 Nov | 9:30 - 11:00 GMT | Online
Stay current with the new UK Retrofit Standard: earn seven and a half CPD hours and enhance your professional toolkit in the growing market through this five part web class series. Available from 15 November, the series will support you to build your skills in a growing market by covering essential aspects of the standard.
?? Stay up to date
?? New homes and riverside regeneration in Barking, London
A partnership between the Mayor of London and housing association L&Q is turning 443 acres of land on the former site of Barking Power Station into thousands of homes.
?? Getting planned preventative maintenance (PPM) surveys right brings multiple benefits
PPM surveys may seem laborious and point to costly repairs – but if properly conducted they can improve sustainability and increase asset value.
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