Mandy Spencely BSc FRICS is the Area Operations Manager at e.surv Chartered Surveyors, responsible for a team of residential surveyors in Nottingham and Lincoln. e.surv are the UK’s largest provider of property risk expertise and residential surveying services, employing over 600 surveyors across the UK. Mandy is also very passionate about training and counselling surveyors […]
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Podcast Summary: 022 Business Stories With Emma and Aaron McCluskey
Emma and Aaron McCluskey are a husband and wife team of surveyors who have their own practice in South Hams, Devon, called McCluskey Chartered Surveyors. They offer a range of services, from building surveys and inspections, to architectural services and project management. Marion talked to them about their different backgrounds, and their journey to becoming […]
Podcast Summary: 021 Business Stories with Rebecca Janman
Rebecca Janman is a construction consultant, building surveyor and Director at Iceni Surveyors LTD, a company based in Suffolk. With 16 years of experience in building regulations, Rebecca has recently started her own business, after being furloughed due to the pandemic lockdown. Marion sat down to chat with her about launching a business, her building […]
Podcast Summary: 020 Business Stories with Juliet Weston
Juliet Weston is a Chartered Surveyor with over 30 years experience in the residential sector covering private practice, local government and charity. She carries out all the RICS pre-purchase surveys and has a passion for period vernacular property, having completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Sustainable Building Conservation at Cardiff University. Juliet is a mom […]
Podcast Summary: 019 Business Stories with Alan McKeown
Alan McKeown MA AssocRICS DipRSV is an independent Building Surveyor with a background in Damp and Ventilation surveying. He runs a small family company called Plumb Stone Surveyors, which provides damp surveys, home buyer surveys and building surveys. Alan also actively contributes to the surveyors’ discussions on LinkedIn, which helps to raise the profile of […]
Podcast Summary: 018 Panel Management
Rachel Griffiths is Head of Panel Management at SDL Surveying. She joined SDL Surveying in order to develop and expand SDL’s panel network of independent surveying firms to increase capacity and surface diaries for their lender clients. Rachel’s role encompasses identifying, building and maintaining SDL Surveying’s third party relationships. Before she started to work with […]
Podcast Summary: 017 Men’s Health Week
During Men’s Health Week in June 2020, Marion Ellis caught up with two young surveyors Aaron Daniel and Joe Ellison. They talked about the surveying profession from a wellbeing and diversity perspective.
Podcast Summary: 016 Business Stories with Dan Knowles
Dan Knowles MRICS is a Chartered Surveyor and RICS Registered Valuer. He founded Sawyer Fielding in 2013, a company that represents homeowners affected by the threat of compulsory purchase. Last year he also set up a new brand called Websters Surveyors, which offers a range of valuation and survey services. Understanding the importance of having […]
Podcast Summary: 015 Business Stories with Vanessa Hardwick
Vanessa Hardwick is a Chartered Building Surveyor, she runs her own practice near Cardiff, South Wales and focuses on building surveys, project management, party wall surveys and defect analysis mainly in the residential sectors. A mum of three, her career started in local authority specialising in fire safety and project management before moving into residential […]
Podcast Summary: 014 Returning to work after lockdown
In June 2020 Marion gathered a panel to discuss experiences of being away from work, and the challenges of returning to surveying and valuation post lockdown. We invited mindfulness and meditation expert Laura Coleman, who is running webinars a lot of surveyors have been participating in as a way to find support with their anxieties about […]