RICS External Affairs Blog

RICS view from EcoBuild

mthorogood — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:12:00 GMT

By Jeremy Blackburn, RICS UK Head of Policy Last week RICS attended EcoBuild held at the Excel Centre, London. RICS was a lead supporter of Ecobuild 2012 alongside BRE, CIOB, RIBA, and UK-Green Building Council. Read about all RICS' activity at EcoBuild...(read more)

RICS at MIPIM – RICS held in high regard

mthorogood — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 07:52:00 GMT

By Richard Moxon, Chair RICS UK World Regional Board End of the final day for RICS at MIPIM. 5.30pm Thursday evening and my last formal appointment is finished. My time has been action packed and it seemed to fly by. Final night is awards night then Team...(read more)

RICS at MIPIM – BIM revolution is here to stay

mthorogood — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:44:00 GMT

By Richard Moxon, Chair RICS UK World Regional Board Day two at MIPIM. Having survived a good and productive first day of meetings I was straight in at 9am with a major contractor. Our discussions related to aligning training across the construction profession...(read more)

RICS at MIPIM – Chartered surveyors delivering the Olympics

mthorogood — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 09:52:00 GMT

By Richard Moxon, Chair RICS UK World Regional Board Arrived for my first day of MIPIM 2012 and went straight from the airport to the hotel and then on to the main exhibition centre in Cannes. First appointment of the day was with the director of a major...(read more)

Shadow Housing Minister Dromey tells RICS: Housing needs greater focus

mthorogood — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:17:00 GMT

By Tim Wainwright, Parliamentary Affairs Officer Mike Newey FRICS, RICS Vice President opened the 2012 RICS Housing Conference held on Thursday 19 th January and introduced the keynote speaker Jack Dromey MP, Shadow Housing Minister. Mr Newey said RICS,...(read more)

RICS engages with 5 influential MPs

mthorogood — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:50:00 GMT

By Tim Wainwright, RICS Parliamentary Affairs Officer RICS continues to build its engagement with Parliamentary Private Secretaries, who are the eyes and ears of Ministers, both among backbenchers in the House of Commons and amongst the public at large....(read more)

RICS evidence welcomed by APPG Inquiry

mthorogood — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:52:00 GMT

By Tim Wainwright, RICS Parliamentary Affairs Officer RICS led the construction industry during an evidence session to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Excellence in the Built Environment. Alan Muse, Director of RICS Construction and QS Professional...(read more)

RICS summit speaker calls for North East to get its act together

mthorogood — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:11:00 GMT

By Geoff White, RICS Policy Manager (North) North East businesses were urged to ‘think big’ when the next round of bids begins for the Government’s Regional Growth Fund (RGF). Sir Ian Wrigglesworth, deputy chairman of the independent panel which recommends...(read more)

RICS meets Cities Advisor

mthorogood — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:48:00 GMT

By Jeremy Blackburn, RICS UK Policy Manager RICS met with Lord John Shipley, Greg Clark’s Cities Advisor, just ahead of the Deputy Prime Minister’s ‘city deals’ announcement in Leeds. Lord Shipley has a strong interest in the RICS’ work and has had a...(read more)

Pickles, Shapps and Clark – CLG Select Committee Scrutiny and a Housing 101

mthorogood — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:10:00 GMT

By Tim Wainwright, RICS UK Parliamentary Affairs Officer The Thursday before Parliament breaks for Christmas and on the eve of the Parliamentary Carol Service, the big three from the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) appeared before...(read more)

RICS discusses Green Deal with DECC Minister Greg Barker

mthorogood — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:52:00 GMT

By Tim Wainwright, RICS UK Parliamentary Affairs Officer RICS hosted and participated in a roundtable discussion on the role of SMEs in delivering the Green Deal . On Monday, Martin Russell-Croucher, RICS Director of Sustainability, heard directly from...(read more)

RICS meets with DECC's Head of Green Deal Demand

mthorogood — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:38:00 GMT

As part of RICS’ ongoing work with the Department for Energy and Climate Change to ensure the Green Deal is workable in practice and delivers the uplift in energy efficient homes required, a number of members and RICS staff met with the Department’s Head...(read more)

RICS met with IUK CEO

mthorogood — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:31:00 GMT

By Tim Wainwright, RICS Parliamentary Affairs Officer on behalf of Alan Muse, RICS Director Last Thursday RICS met with Geoffrey Spence, Chief Executive of Infrastructure UK during an Enterprise Forum roundtable hosted by the ICE. Alan Muse (RICS Director...(read more)

Clegg promises to unleash the power of the cities

mthorogood — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:26:00 GMT

By Geoff White, Head of Public Policy and Communications, RICS North Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announced that major cities would be given new powers and the funding they need to kick-start economic growth in a speech in Leeds this morning. Opening...(read more)

Eco-system Services Market Taskforce

mthorogood — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:39:00 GMT

By Jeremy Blackburn, RICS UK Policy Manager RICS attended the formal launch on 23 November of the independent Eco-system Services Market Taskforce, which supported by a DEFRA secretariat, will report to the Green Economy Council and Caroline Spelman,...(read more)