RICS Yorkshire and the Humber Blog

Leeds cities conference hears wide range of views

pcoles — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:13:00 GMT

By Geoff White, Head of Public Policy and Communications, RICS North In the sessions that followed Nick Clegg's announcement on City Deals at the IPPR Conference in Leeds today there have been some interesting comments from speakers and the audience....(read more)

Is land ownership a privilege or a responsibility?

pcoles — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:51:00 GMT

By Geoff White, Head of Public Policy and Communications, RICS North A conference organised by the Newcastle-based Rural Economy and Land Use Programme (Relu) asked a very interesting question for all RICS members this month… ‘Who should run the countryside?’...(read more)

NiP for lunches (with photos!) - Attracting the wider property profession

pcoles — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:07:00 GMT

The Networking in Property (NiP) for lunches held in September and October in Sheffield and Leeds were both a great success which saw several notable firsts for the event which has been running for two years now. Rob Hindle, MRICS, the new RICS Chairman...(read more)

RICS North on twitter

pcoles — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 09:18:00 GMT

RICS North is now on twitter at @RICSNorth. The advantage of twitter is that it tells you what is happening right now, it delivers news to you in very brief updates; it drives traffic to your website, and it is a great way to communicate with a large...(read more)

RICS supports Northern Regeneration Summit

gwhite — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:40:00 GMT

By Geoff White, Head of Public Policy and Communications, RICS North The Northern Regeneration Summit 2011 that took place in Manchester this week (w/c 10/10/11) was a cut down version of the annual think-fest put on for property professionals by Regeneration...(read more)