Alexandra Anderson is an insurance lawyer and partner at City law firm RPC, who specialises in defending claims against surveyors and valuers. Either via their insurers and upon direct instructions, Alexandra regularly gets drafted in to act for surveyors on the defence of a wide variety of claims, arising from all aspects of the typical […]
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Podcast Summary: 030 SME Surveyor Business Stories with Michael Holden
Michael Holden FRICS (MBA, FCABE, FNAEA, FARLA) is the Managing Director of an independent family based chartered surveying practice, with offices in Lancashire, the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales. Michael was elected to the RICS Governing Council to serve between 2017-2019 on the mandate to promote the independent practitioner. He was the technical author […]
Podcast Summary: 029 Raising the Standards of Built Environment with Gillian Charlesworth
As the CEO of BRE Group, Gillian Charlesworth is responsible for the organisation’s strategy and performance. She works closely with BRE Trustees and the Group Board to define its purpose, vision and long-term goals. Before joining BRE Group, Gillian was an Executive Director at RICS, where she held a number of roles covering assurance and […]
Podcast Summary: 28 Surveyor Business Stories with Kevin Keane
Marion Ellis sat down to chat with Kevin Keane MRICS, who has been working at Walker Fraser Steele Chartered Surveyors since 2013. He carries out all aspects of Residential Valuations, Home Reports and Energy Inspections mainly within Stirling and the surrounding areas in Scotland, and has an interest in Historic Building Conservation and rural properties. […]
Podcast Summary: 027 Valuation and Diversity with Roy Albert
Roy Albert is a Chartered Valuation Surveyor at the Valuation Office Agency, where he has been working for the past 16 years in different roles. He is also an APC Ambassador at LionHeart, as well as The Surveyor Hub admin. He shares with us his journey from a small village in Dominica to building a […]
026 Podcast Summary – our journey so far
The Surveyor Hub Podcast Review With 25 episodes under the belt, this is a good moment to make a review of the most popular ones, ask for your feedback, and share the journey of The Surveyor Hub Podcast. One thing that was really important to me when I decided to launch this podcast was that […]
Podcast Summary: 025 Dyslexia and Neurodiversity with Garret Kellet and Chloe Gillie
In our conversations so far, at least five surveyors mentioned that they had dyslexia. The more we tuned in to this topic, we started to hear that more and more surveyors would declare themselves as neurodiverse, having different conditions. This is why Marion invited chartered surveyor Garret Kellett and Chloe Gillie who is the founder […]
Podcast Summary: 024 Conveyancing with Sarah Dwight
This week Marion Ellis is speaking with Sarah Dwight who is a conveyancer, with the goal that surveyors learn more about the other aspects of the business that we are in, which is to help people with their hom Qualified as a solicitor in 1990, Sarah Dwight has always focussed on trying to make the […]
Podcast Summary 23: Women in Surveying with Mandy Spencely
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 […]
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 […]