Agenda & Speaker Info
The Agenda
09:00 – 09:55 Registration and networking
Enjoy a coffee as you meet our exhibitors and fellow housing professionals.
09:55 – 10:00 Welcome
Linda Cobb OBE, Principal Manager, DASH Services
10:00 – 10:55 Six Months On: Renters’s Rights Act in Practice Part 1
David Smith, Partner, Spector, Constant & Williams
10:55 – 11.10 Six Months On: Renters’s Rights Act in Practice Part 2
11:10 – 11:55 Break and networking
An opportunity to meet our exhibitors and fellow housing professionals.
11:55 – 13:10 Six Months On: Renters’s Rights Act in Practice Part 3
Andrew Fitzpatrick, CEO, ArcAirTech, Kimberley Shapcott, Owner, Shapcotts, Peter Herbertson, Advantage Energy Assessors
13:10 – 13:15 Close of morning session - Linda Cobb OBE, Principal Manager, DASH Services
13:15 – 14:15 Lunch Break and networking - Meet our exhibitors and fellow housing professionals.
14:15 – 15:00 Renters’ Rights Act Q&A with David Smith
Don’t miss this rare opportunity to put your questions direct to our legal expert.
14:15 – 15:00 Workshops
15:00 – 15:15 Break - Coffee break before final workshops commence
15:15 – 16:00 Workshops
16:00 – 16:30 Networking - Final opportunity to meet our exhibitors and fellow housing professionals.
16:30 Close
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SPEAKERS:
David Smith
Partner
Spector Constant & Williams
Title: ** Coming Soon **
Bio: David Smith
David is a solicitor and partner with Spector, Constant and Williams in London.
He works on a wider range of property litigation but is especially well known for his work on private residential tenancies and new legislation.
He has advised landlords and agents of all sizes as well as local and devolved governments on housing and property law.
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Andrew Fitzpatrick
Director
ArcAirTech
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My journey with ArcAirTech started as a customer. I purchased units for two of my pharmacies, wanting to protect both my staff and customers from communicable viruses. Our stores were in old Victorian buildings, which sometimes struggled with mould and a persistent damp smell.
Seeing how effectively ArcAirTech’s technology tackled these issues was a real eye-opener. I could immediately see the potential it had, not just for businesses, but for improving the health and wellbeing of individuals in their homes. That experience inspired me to join the team, and since then, I haven’t looked back.
Hearing the stories of families whose homes have been transformed by our units makes everything worthwhile. Dispensing medication can save lives, but so can a Fixed or Portable Arc, by removing contaminants like mould spores and giving people a truly safe and healthy environment.
Bio: Christopher Thomas
Director
ArcAirTech
Director at ArcAirTech. At ArcAirTech, we provide fast-acting air systems designed to eliminate up to 99.9% of surface and airborne mould spores. By utilising our patented nature based technology, we keep both tenants and properties safe.
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Kimberley Shapott
Partner
Shapcotts Accountants
Shapcotts are a long established, friendly, family firm of Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors based in Derby, with a team of 18 staff to service your needs. As a business, we look to support clients with our philosophy of working with our clients to achieve their business and personal goals. We achieve this by providing a personal but professional service to our growing number of clients.
We provide personal, tailored accounting packages covering all aspects of business across a wide range of trades and industries, with a specific focus on landlords and property businesses. Our dedicated and highly motivated team are ready to service your business needs on a day to day basis. We aim to provide a practical solution to problems both as they arise and increase the ability of the business to anticipate future aspects that will need attention.
We are a modern firm that use the latest technology to increase efficiency. By continuing to invest in new ideas to support our team, we can in turn pass on these benefits to you, the client.
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Peter Herbertson
Advantage Energy Assessors
Bio:
Peter enjoyed 36 years’ service as an RAF navigator, including a ‘massively frustrating’ Whitehall tour. On retirement in 2006, he moved into training domestic energy assessors (DEAs).
A qualified retrofit coordinator& assessor, domestic energy assessor and airtightness tester, he has carried out thousands of surveys. As a consultant, he has trained approaching a thousand domestic energy assessors, estate agents and landlords. He was partner in an estate agency and has carried out on-site EPC audits for Ofgem. These audits highlighted systemic failings in the system which remain where “to qualify as a DEA, an A-level equivalent, takes three days training, submission of five unsupervised surveys and some simple tests. Subsequently, to upgrade as a retrofit assessor, a first-year university equivalent, takes under a week”.
A voice in the wilderness, Peter regards this training as grossly inadequate and has witnessed at first hand theUK’s energy industry dominated by profit at the expense of quality, failed by Whitehall’s lack of supervision andshort termism. The Government is pouring millions of taxpayers’ hard-earned money down the drain subsidising low-grade training that is often never used. Until semi-retirement, Peter specialised in advising landlords one-to-one how best to improve their EPC ratings and gain lower mortgages.
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Irving Hill
CEO
Sulets
Bio: Irving Hill
Irving is the founder and CEO of Sulets, a specialist, not for profit, student lettings agency based in Leicester.
He has over 30 years experience in the HE and FE sector with the last 16 years in student accommodation letting and managing PBSA and HMO accommodation.
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Linda Cobb OBE
DASH Services
Bio: Linda Cobb
Linda’s work is rooted in the Housing Act 2004 but continues to evolve as we all prepare for the Renters Reform Bill and Supported Housing Act being introduced.
In addition to managing DASH Services for over 15 years, Linda also works closely with the fantastic team who operate the National Code for Larger Student Developers where she is on the Committee of Management offering advice & guidance via the committee of management and consortium as the ANUK (Accreditation Network UK) member.
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VENUE DETAILS:
East Midlands Conference Centre, Beeston Land, NG7 2RJ
https://nottinghamvenues.com/venue/east-midlands-conference-centre/
Barriers will be located by Cripps Health Centre and Hallward (on cut through lane between Hallwood and The New Theatre) – Please see map below.
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