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09:00 - UK Trade & Investment - Winning Beyond 2012: Competing Successfully For International Business Events

Venue: Hilton Manchester Deansgate
Location: Manchester
Cost: Early Bird rate - £225 +VAT only available until 1st March 2008

An important new business tool from UK Trade and Investment

UK suppliers have a huge opportunity to use the showcase of London 2012 to access business opportunities overseas. But, this chance will be lost unless you act now.

With 2012 still 4 years away, major sporting events for 2014-2020 are being decided around the world. And the time between deciding who will host major events to the handing out of contracts by the organising committee is shorter than ever before. This means it is essential for British companies to plan now for success beyond 2012.

To enable you to do this successfully UK Trade and Investment has brought together a unique collection of experts representing $billions in contract opportunities at their 3rd annual conference. This is your chance to gain access to individuals who will be deciding where to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in the next few years; to hear how they will be making their decisions and how British companies can improve their chances of tendering successfully. Hear their view on how the UK industry is perceived and how major sports projects can bring access to some of the most exciting world markets.

4 reasons why you must attend the 3rd annual UKTI conference
- Meet with senior decision makers from 8 major games
- Discover the opportunities in sporting events and how you can access them
- Gain market entry strategies for the burgeoning African and Russian markets
- Learn how to leverage London 2012 to support tenders for other major events

PLUS turn aspirations into actions with our new practical workshop seminars

It’s one thing to know what event opportunities are coming up but how are you going to win contracts. Competing successfully for major overseas contracts is not a pipedream. Some UK companies do it regularly. But what are they doing that gets them to the table when major deals are being decided?

Now is your chance to find out from experts who have personal led British bids and won tenders across the world. Discover in detail what HOK, Arup, PMP Legacy and Pinsent Masons do to structure tenders and win lucrative business regularly around the world.

NEW for day two a series of practical workshops to give you the practical help you need to construct a tender, jump the procurement hoops and form the partnership relationships you need to success.

This conference will be the place where you will access opportunities and gain the practical help you need to win business. Don’t miss out – sign up today for your place and let’s start planning for success beyond 2012.

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

09:00 - UK Trade & Investment - Winning Beyond 2012

Venue: Hilton Manchester Deansgate
Location: Manchester
Cost: Early Bird Rate £215 (available until 1st March - £340 thereafter)

UK suppliers have the opportunity to use the showcase of London 2012 to access business opportunities overseas. But, this chance will be lost unless you act now.

With 2012 still 4 years away, major sporting events around the world or 2014-2020 are now being decided upon. The time between deciding who will host major events to the handing out of contracts by the organising committee is shorter than ever before. This means it is essential for British companies to plan now for success beyond 2012.

To enable you to do this successfully UK Trade & Investment has brought together a unique collection of experts representing billions of dollars in contract opportunities at the Third Annual Conference of the Major Sport Event Sector Team. This is your chance to gain
access to decision makers who will be deciding where to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in the coming years; to hear first hand how they will be making their decisions and how British companies can improve their chances of tendering successfully. Learn how the UK industry is perceived and how major sports projects can bring
access to some of the most exciting world markets.

It’s one thing to know about future event opportunities but
how are you going to win contracts? Competing successfully for major overseas contracts is not a pipedream. Some UK companies do it regularly. But how do they differentiate themselves and how do they get to the table when major deals are being decided?

Now is your chance to find out from experts who have personally led British bids and won tenders across the world. Discover in detail what HOK, Arup, PMP Legacy and Pinsent Masons structure tenders and regularly win lucrative business.

NEW! For Day Two, a series of practical workshops to give
you the practical help you need to construct a tender, jump the procurement hoops and form the partnership relationships you need to succeed.

Don’t miss out – sign up today for your place and let’s start planning for success beyond 2012.

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

Tue 1

09:30 - Henry Stewart Conference Studies - Rent Review Essentials - Principles and Practicalities

Venue: The Strand Palace Hotel
Location: London
Cost: £249 + VAT

The impact of rent reviews on outgoings and capital values has become well known in commercial markets. This full day’s workshop will look at the three primary aspects of rent reviews: the machinery, the valuation exercise and the settlement. It will consider how to systematically appraise the terms of the lease, collate and analyse evidence, and handle negotiations. Third party processes used in the event of non-agreement will also be reviewed along with practical tips to minimise the impact of professional and related costs.

The course will cover/include:
• The hypothetical world of rent reviews
• Initiating the review – time limits and notices
• The critical assumptions and disregards
• Review clause workshop
• Third party procedures
• Analysis of evidence
• Rent review negotiation workshop
• The duties of an expert witness and making the best of your case
• Challenging the decision of a third party
• Fees, costs and Calderbanks

This course will be of benefit to lawyers, surveyors, property owners, tenants, estate managers and all those involved in rent review negotiations or, more generally, the management of commercial property.

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

Fri 4

09:30 - Henry Stewart Conference Studies - All you need to know about Social and Affordable Housing

Venue: The Strand Palace Hotel
Location: London
Cost: £249 + VAT

This course looks at the provision of affordable housing through the planning process. It will enable delegates to understand how local authorities and housing associations work and how to keep projects commercially viable.

The course will cover:
• Planning requirements
- PPS3
- Development plan requirements
- Revisions to local plans
- The position in London and the Regions: how they differ

• Negotiations with the planning authority
- Target percentage requirement
- Economics of the scheme
- Local Authority requirements
- Housing needs assessments
- Cascade mechanisms

• Role of Housing Associations
- What they are
- Selecting the right one

• Section 106
- Local Authority approved lists
- Funding of s106 schemes

• Grants and finance
- Funding sources
- Strategic partners of the Housing Corporation
- Grant direct to developers
- Scheme implementation

• The Government’s agenda
- Nationally – Housing Green Paper – Homes for the Future: More Affordable, More Sustainable
- Regionally – Mayor of London’s Draft Housing Strategy
- Sub-regionally

• The Local Authority’s perspective

• Intermediate market housing

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

Tue 8

09:30 - Henry Stewart Conference Studies - Property Tax for the Non-Tax Specialist

Venue: The Strand Palace Hotel
Location: London
Cost: £249 + VAT

This course provides an essential introduction to the taxes affecting real estate transactions (and corporate transactions where the underlying asset is land), focusing in particular on VAT, Stamp Duty Land Tax and Capital Allowances.

The course will cover:

VAT Issues: buying and selling a property
• Basics of VAT
• Option to tax
• Transfer of going concern
• Zero-rating
• Disclosure

Stamp Duty Land Tax
• Basics of SDLT
• Chargeable consideration
• Special rules for lease grants
• Notification
• SDLT Reliefs
• Anti-avoidance, including section 75A FA 2003

Capital Allowances
• Plant and machinery
• Industrial buildings
• Pitfalls and planning
• Small or medium sized businesses
• Contaminated land relief

Buying the Property or Company?
• Common tax issues
• Due diligence
• Groups

Latest Developments
• Pre-Budget Report 2007 and Budget 2008
• REITs
• Worked examples

The course will be of particular benefit to all those involved in property development and investment, including solicitors, surveyors, agents and other advisers.

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

Wed 9
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Thu 10

- 4th Annual Liquidity Management

Venue: Vienna
Location: Austria

History shows that sound investments require confidence, and one of the key elements that underpin confidence is liquidity. Indeed, Governor Kevin Warsh of the Federal Reserve Boaed in Canada, says that liquidity is, in fact, a form of confidence. The events that ensured from the U.S. subprime-morgage crisis have tested the confidence of many investors, and raised questions about where all the liquidity – which seemed so pleantiful a few months ago – has gone.



Beyond the latest trends – you need to know what’s on the horizon to succeed. Join this conference to help you gain a deeper understanding of the current situation on the Pan-European market and learn about the best practices implemented in current market „turbulence“ and regulator’s take.

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

Wed 9

09:30 - Henry Stewart Conference Studies - Service Charges - The Challenges for Landlords and Tenants

Venue: The Strand Palace Hotel
Location: London
Cost: £249 + VAT

This course will consider both commercial and residential service charges and reserve and sinking funds. It will cover the interpretation of service charge clauses in different types of leases, the relevance and application of codes of practice, the statutory regime for residential service charges, and best practice.

This 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
• Codes of Practice
• 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
• Benchmarking
• RICS Commercial Service Charge Code (2006)
• Handling sinking funds
• Cost implications versus lease terms

The day will be of benefit to property managers, residents’ companies, and lawyers responsible for drafting and negotiating leases.

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

Thu 10

- Asia Trends 2008

Venue: Westin Hotel
Location: Shanghai

We are proud to announce the Asia Pacific Real Estate Awards for the most outstanding and accomplished projects, firms and individuals throughout 2007.

The Asiacre Asia Pacific Real Estate Awards Gala for 2007 will be held April 10, 2008 in Shanghai, China at the Westin Hotel.

We expect to welcome over 250 real estate professionals from both international and local markets.

The selection process is carried out by an esteemed group of real estate professionals comprising the Jury Members. This independent process allows for final selection of awards by fellow industry leaders from a diverse background in real estate in both the local and international markets.

The APRE Awards cocktail reception will commence at 18:30 followed by a fabulous four-course meal and awards ceremony. Post awards desserts and cocktails will provide an opportunity to personally meet the winners and other attendees in a relaxed setting with live entertainment and an open bar.

All winners will also receive worldwide recognition through press releases in honour of their achievements.

Table seating for ten persons are available for early booking as well as status sponsorship packages for leading firms.

Also please register to attend the day conference, Asia Trends.

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

Mon 14

15:00 - Qube Global Software - Property and Asset Management Software Seminar

Venue: Central London - Location TBC
Location: London
Cost: FREE

Are you interested in seeing a 100% web-developed property management software solution?

Do you have the property and asset management software available for your company to operate at maximum efficiency?

Can you identify and implement cost saving initiatives?
Can you monitor the performance of property effectively?
Can you access information on your portfolio from anywhere via the internet?
Horizon is used by customers such as HSBC, Tesco, The National Trust & CB Richard Ellis.

Please join us for our FREE property and asset management seminar demonstrating the capabilities of Horizon on 14 April 2008 in Central London, location to be confirmed, from 3pm to 5pm. Complimentory canapés and drinks will follow.
Places are limited so please book in advance.

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

Tue 15

09:00 - IPD - IPD Property Derivatives Users' Conference

Venue: The Commonwealth Club
Location: London
Cost: reduced rate: £500+VAT* (*applicable for IPD PAS clients only) / standard rate: £600+VAT

This will be the first-ever property derivatives conference where investors will be able to learn from the experiences of investors.

The Real Problems, Real Solutions conference will be built around the experiences of end-users who have already entered the derivatives market. They will explain how property derivatives helped them to solve a specific investment problem, and how this solution was implemented in practice.

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

09:30 - Mtech Group - Technical Talk - Modular Matters

Venue: Think Tank Millennium Point
Location: Birmingham
Cost: £145.00

First in a series of Offsite Construction Technical Talks, with clients, architects, contractors and manufacturers all recounting their experiences and identifying the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead.

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

Wed 16
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Thu 17

09:00 - Europaproperty.com - TIME TO INVEST UKRAINE V

Venue: Hyatt Hotel
Location: Kiev

The annual Time to Invest Ukraine conference promises to be a sellout when it takes place for the fifth time. In 2007, attendance amounted to over 230 commercial real estate professionals from both local and international firms looking for hands-on market knowledge and future contacts for doing business in this dynamic and challenging country.
Expect presentations and panel discussions on the leading market sectors to include fresh transaction news and performance reports from all sectors: Office; Retail; Warehouse and Logistics; Investment; Development; Legal and Tax issues; Banking and Finance; Project Management; Risk management and Residential analysis.

As explained at past events, the focus in Kiev and other Ukrainian cities has been on be the search for land that is suitable, or can be made suitable, for new development. This issue continues to be a very live concern. At the same time, profiling and sourcing qualified organizations or individuals, and establishing partnerships with them, is a vital part of operating in this complex, yet manageable, market.

Key government officials will be on hand to share views and answer questions about the current economic and business climate and about new business and red-tape concerns.

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

Wed 16

10:00 - Impact Applications - Innovation in the Housing Repairs Sector

Venue: Southampton Park Hotel
Location: Southampton
Cost: Free

Are you looking to purchase or update your repairs and maintenance system but are unsure what the best option is? Would you like to know what others in the sector, such as Bromford Housing Group, Circle Anglia and London Borough of Southwark, consider the most effective system?

Then join us from 10:00 – 13:00 at Impact Application’s ‘Innovation in the Housing Repairs Sector’ seminar at the Southampton Park Hotel, Southampton on 16th April 2008. Find out first hand how Bromford's in-house contractor has doubled their turnover and output within 6 months of deploying their new system. Hear leading housing consultants NCC Group talk about the technological changes they think organisations need to embrace in order to run a successful DLO or contractor. Impact Applications own staff will explain how impactRESPONSE, the most innovative maintenance management system on the market, can lead to a reduction in costs and enable growth, whilst acting as a catalyst for change in your organisation.

Who should attend?

This non-technical event is essential for operations and repairs managers in DLOs and contractors, property services and managing directors in RSLs, and IT Directors across the sector.

Why should you attend?

Discover the real benefits of utilising this technology; how your organisation can improve customer service, reduce administrative costs, maximise operative efficiency, and gain rapid return on investment.

What will you get out of it?

Understand how our ‘zero client’ solution can be quickly and easily implemented alongside existing housing management and finance systems to gain a rapid return on investment. Experience the system in action and see for yourself the business benefits. Network over lunch and get the answers to your questions from the panel.

To book either complete the electronic booking form available at our website or ring our events team.

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

Thu 17

09:30 - Henry Stewart Conference Studies - Site Assembly - The Use of Conditional Contracts and Options

Venue: The Strand Palace Hotel
Location: London
Cost: £249 + VAT

This will be an interactive and highly practical course, making extensive use of real world examples. There will be a particular focus on the issues surrounding the delivery of regeneration development projects and the differing issues facing the public and private sectors.

The course will cover:
• When and why to use conditional contracts and options
• Site assembly issues, including restrictive covenants, rights of light, rights of way and ransom strips
• Common pitfalls and how to avoid them
• Planning issues
• Environmental issues
• Overage provisions
• Partnering, PPP and PFI
• Taxation treatments, including corporation tax, income tax, capital gains tax, stamp duty land tax and VAT
• Standard and non-standard terms and drafting considerations
• “Best Value” rationale for landowners
• The landowner’s perspective
• Corporate issues in disposal of surplus sites

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

Fri 18

09:30 - Henry Stewart Conference Studies - Planning - The Essentials

Venue: The Strand Palace Hotel
Location: London
Cost: £249 + VAT

An explanation of how the planning system works in legal and practical terms. The course covers: the essential concepts in planning, how to handle a planning application and appeal, the use of consultants and an updating on current issues and developments.

The course will cover:
• Planning applications
• The Planning Officer’s Report
• Negotiating with Local Authorities
• Planning obligations and planning contributions
• Estimating the chances of planning consent success
• Appeals
• Latest Government circulars and update on planning policy guidance
• The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004
• Listed buildings and conservation areas
• Judicial review – how likely and with what consequences
• The Government’s planning reforms

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

Mon 21

09:30 - Henry Stewart Conference Studies - How to Read and Interpret Accounts

Venue: The Strand Palace Hotel
Location: London
Cost: £249 + VAT

An introduction to reading, understanding and interpreting company accounts.

Delegates are advised to bring a calculator to this course.

The course will cover:
• The importance of cash and cash flow forecasting to a business
• How a business reflects its transactions in the balance sheet and profit and loss account
• Accounting terminology
• Property accounting issues; with worked examples
• Interpretation of accounts: getting behind the jargon
• An introduction to trend and ratio analysis
• An introduction to Real Estate Investment Trusts
• An introduction to the major differences between International and UK Financial Reporting Standards

This course is designed to improve understanding of financial statements. It will primarily benefit those with a limited financial background whom it will assist to increase their understanding of accounts and, in particular, the accounts of property companies, and to analyse and interpret both the reported figures and the accompanying narrative.

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

Wed 23

09:30 - Business Shows Group - Leicester Property & Business Invesment Show

Venue: Leicester Race Course
Location: Leicester
Cost: Free of Charge to delegates

An opportunity for professionals within the property & business investment environments to network face to face with current and prospective clients and customers.

Great decision making event for potential inward and indigenous business investors offering free entry to show and our "hot topics" seminar.

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

Thu 24

10:00 - Qube Global Software - UK Property Management Software Roadshow

Venue: Great John Street Hotel
Location: Manchester
Cost: FREE OF CHARGE

See the latest generation of the system chosen by leading UK Property, Occupiers, Investors and Managers since 1981

Software that delivers a real competitive edge

Features that enable huge time and resource savings

Fully control service charges for commercial and residential properties

Powerful reporting with varients for Owners, Investors, Managing Agents, Developers, Occupiers and Block Managers

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

15:00 - Qube Global Software - Property Management Software Seminar

Venue: Royal Opera House
Location: London
Cost: FREE

Are you interested in seeing a 100% web developed property management software solution?

Do you have the property and asset management software available for your company to operate at maximum efficiency?

Can you identify and implement cost saving initiatives?
Can you monitor the performance of property effectively?
Can you access information on your portfolio from anywhere via the internet?
Horizon is used by customers such as HSBC, Tesco, The National Trust & CB Richard Ellis.


Please join us for our FREE property and asset management seminars demonstrating the capabilities of Horizon.

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

Mon 28

09:30 - Henry Stewart Conference Studies - An Introduction to Commercial Leases

Venue: The Strand Palace Hotel
Location: London
Cost: £249 + VAT

Leases of commercial premises are highly technical documents. This course will cover not only the basic principles that the parties and their agents need to determine for their ‘Heads of Terms’, but also the detailed issues that can arise when the text of a lease is being negotiated.

The course will cover:
• The new 2007 Code for Commercial Leases
• 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
• 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

This course will be of particular importance to letting agents and property managers, and to solicitors responsible for drafting commercial leases.

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

Wed 30

10:00 - Qube Global Software - UK Proeprty Management Software Roadshow

Venue: Hotel Du Vin
Location: Brighton
Cost: Free of Charge

See the latest generation of the system chosen by leading UK Property, Occupiers, Investors and Managers since 1981

Software that delivers a real competitive edge

Features that enable huge time and resource savings

Fully control service charges for commercial and residential properties

Powerful reporting with varients for Owners, Investors, Managing Agents, Developers, Occupiers and Block Managers

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