British Property Federation

📃 We're diving into the second pillar of our BPF Autumn Budget representation: Decarbonising our buildings. From introducing a green 'super deduction' to zero rating VAT on repairs and maintenance of homes, check out some of our key asks to help green the property industry below. ⬇️ ➡️ Read the full Budget representation here: https://lnkd.in/eJZdgXqh

💻 We are pleased to share our second Masterclass "Cyber Security in Real Estate: Mitigating Risks and Strengthening Resilience"! Our Masterclass events are a series of expert-led sessions designed to explore critical topics within the Property and PropTech landscape, addressing knowledge gaps and challenges that need to be bridged. Held following Cyber Security Awareness Month, this masterclass intends to provide clarity, guidance and expertise to property professionals, and open up dialogue between PropTechs and Property companies to explore and mitigate potential security risks – providing the required assurances as businesses digitise and modernise operations. Attendees will hear from our members Smart Spaces, HID, Taylor Wessing and SixBerries Ltd who will be sharing real life case studies and providing insights into into cyber security issues and mitigating the risks and liabilities that impact the Real Estate sector. This event is open to Gold members and BPF members, secure your place below : https://lnkd.in/ddEnXx6D

📃 Last week, we published a written summary from our recent Sustainability Techfast focussing on closing the data deficit.    🗣️ The techfast brought together BPF and UK PropTech Association (UKPA) members to discuss the key data challenges and solutions for achieving the sectors’ net zero ambitions through new regulation, better data practices and PropTech innovation.   ⬇️ If you haven’t read it already, you can check it out below ⬇️

✉️ We're delighted to support the open letter sent to the Housing Minister today regarding the use of UPRNs. Progress has been made, but further steps are needed, and broader adoption of UPRNs will bring many benefits.   ➡️ Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eqj44fs

⌛ Less than a month to go until the BPF Annual Dinner 2024 and we're almost sold out!   🏛️ Join us at the iconic London Guildhall for an unforgettable evening of networking and celebration. With just a few tables remaining, this event is shaping up to be a highlight for BPF members and their guests!   🌟 Special offer for BPF Futures members 🌟 We have a number of spaces for BPF Futures members at a heavily discounted rate! If you or a junior colleague would like to attend, now's the perfect time to secure a spot. Reach out to events@bpf.org.uk to take advantage of this exclusive offer.   ➡️ Don't miss out! Secure your table and find more details here: https://lnkd.in/ea8zRExG

Should #realestate care about the Government’s new industrial strategy green paper? I mean, there's no reference to #property without the word “intellectual” before it, a single mention of real estate in a methodological footnote and only one mention of the word buildings. But look a bit closer and it's pretty clear that the property sector is going to be an important part of making this strategy work. It's great to have big aspirations for boosting the life sciences sector, but how is that going to play out if there's a chronic shortage of lab space? Ditto professional and business services, when supply of new and refurbished high quality offices is struggling to keep up with demand. And what about having enough well located homes for workers to live in? The green paper talks about "foundational sectors" - those that "provide critical inputs and infrastructure" to govt’s favoured “growth-driving sectors”. Seems pretty clear to me that the property sector falls in that foundational bucket. There’s more of interest to British Property Federation and UK PropTech Association (UKPA) members: 📝 Reiteration of the need for planning reform that speeds up the consent process 💻 Proptech isn’t specifically mentioned, but clearly falls within the “digital and technologies” sector that govt have identified as having high growth potential 🏬 There’s a whole chapter on “place” and an appreciation of the need for city regions to play an important role in delivering the industrial strategy 📢 Some positive language around ongoing and open dialogue between govt, businesses and experts and providing stable and certain policy direction to support long term investment On the whole, I’d see this as a welcome statement of intent. Delivery, of course, is quite another matter, but it’s helpful to at least see where govt wants to get to.

📝 Last month, we submitted our BPF Autumn Budget representation, highlighting how the UK property sector can work with Government to drive national growth.   🔎 Our representation focuses on four key pillars: 🏡 Building new homes, employment space, and infrastructure 🏬 Revitalising town centres 🌱 Decarbonising buildings 💻 Embracing technology and data   🏘️ Check out our key asks for our first pillar, building new homes, employment space, and infrastructure, below.   ➡️ Read the full Budget representation here: https://lnkd.in/eJZdgXqh

🥁 Last week, we made two very important announcements...! Jessica Hardman presented the SPF Honorary Lifetime Membership Award to Ken Ross OBE, DL. CEO of Ross Developments and Renewables Ltd, and Miller Mathieson, the former Managing Director of global advisory firm CBRE for Scotland. 🏆   The award recognises the outstanding contributions of the two individuals, both of whom are former SPF chairs, to the work of the federation and the wider real estate industry in Scotland. 🌟 Mr Ross was a driving force behind the establishment of SPF in Scotland in 2006-07. He has since represented the industry on numerous government working groups, including on sustainability, building standards and housing. 🌟 Mr Mathieson was a more recent chair of the organisation. As the former MD of CBRE for Scotland, he is well known across the industry and chaired the SPF between 2018 and 2019. We were thrilled to mark this special celebration with some 400 industry reps at our annual dinner last week, many of whom will know Ken and Miller personally for their significant contributions to the sector. 👏

⌛ Join BPF Futures tomorrow at 9am to hear from our BPF President Jessica Hardman as she shares key insights from her career and offers invaluable advice for junior professionals looking to grow in the property industry. ➡️ Book here: https://lnkd.in/e5TF6XiH

📣 Exciting news! Our Open Call 2024 is live, and members can now apply join a BPF committee.   Our committees are central to the work we do to influence and shape the future of our industry and offer members the chance to work with key stakeholders and peers on a range of important issues. This year, seven committees are open to applications:   🏘️ Affordable Housing Committee 🏢 Living Sectors Council 🛡️ Insurance Committee 📜 Regulatory Committee 🏫 Student Accommodation Committee 🔒 Privacy and Data Protection Working Group ⚖️ Insolvency Committee    👉 Find more information and apply here: https://lnkd.in/edG-Yqwp