The China Challenge 2007 Presentation

The China Challenge 2007 group were presented with the Chartered Surveyors’ Company Endeavour Award at a Court Luncheon held on the 2^nd July 2008 at the Brewers Hall in London. Richard Moxon received the award on behalf of the whole group as he instigated the event and in his capacity as Chairman of RICS England.

The award is made annually to the group or individual who has given outstanding support in raising funds for LionHeart, the charity for RICS members and their families. The China Challenge raised a total of almost £79,000 with an excess of £27,000 being donated to LionHeart.

Richard hosted an event for the trekkers at RICS HQ on the 15^th July so all who took part could share in the award. We were all really proud to receive this. Peter was also part of the team but unfortunately was away on holiday and thus unable to attend.

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Pauline's Retirement

For some reason or other Pauline has decided to retire and become a lady of leisure.  We wish her all the best in her retirement despite the fact that Brian Robinson believes she will become very bored.

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"Challinors Solicitors Charity Quiz" 

Pennycuick Collins are pleased to be supporting Challinors in their charity quiz night on Tuesday 22^nd April by entering a team and donating half a case of fine wine to the auction. 
Property auctioneer Stuart Tullah will be running the auction and the quiz team will be going for glory!  
Proceeds from the evening will be donated to Birmingham Focus On Blindness, a local charity supporting children and adults across the city who are blind or partially sighted. 

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“Sport Relief Mile

Thank you to everyone who sponsored Lucy and Adam to run the Sport Relief Mile on Sunday 16^th March.
Even with the wind and rain against them they managed to complete the mile and so far have collected almost £200.

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China Challenge Update

Pennycuick Collins are delighted to announce that thanks to your generous support the firm raised over £14,000 on behalf of the Birmingham Children’s Hospital and RICS Lionheart.
We were part of the national RICS team which raised a phenomenal total of £76,000* so a huge THANK YOU to everyone.
*This is to be distributed between RICS Lionheart and various regional charities.

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Congratulations to Stuart Tullah

Pennycuick Collins are pleased to announce that Stuart Tullah has been accepted as a Fellow of the National Association of Valuers and Auctioneers. Stuart is the firm’s Auctioneer running quarterly auctions at Birmingham City Football Club, offering all types of property for sale. Please refer to the ‘Auction’ section of our website for details of our forthcoming auctions and a summary of our auction services.

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Congratulations to another member of our team

Pennycuick Collins is happy to announce that Diane Ward has now become a fully qualified accounting technician and has now gained her AAT Full Membership

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Congratulations to another member of our team

Pennycuick Collins is pleased to announce that Jenny Atkins in Residential Lettings has passed her ARLA Competency Test and is now as member of the Association of Residential Lettings Agents. Well Done Jenny

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Auction December 11th 2007

Pennycuick Collins’ auctioneer, Stuart Tullah, is delighted to report that following the December auction the total value of property sales in 2007 topped £7 million. This represents growth of 28% over 2006 and demonstrates how Pennycuick Collins’ auction saleroom has become one of the strongest and most successful in the West Midlands.  

The 2008 auction schedule can be found on the auction pages and entries are now invited to the Spring auction – Tuesday 18^th March.

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Congratulations to two more members of our team

We are delighted to announce that a further two member of our Residential Service Charge Team have become
Associates of the Institute of Residential Property Management having passed their Part 1 exam with flying colours!
 
They are Laura Lock, Property Manager and Natasha Batik, Property  Administrator.

This further cements the skills, professionalism and knowledge of the department. Congratulations to Laura and Natasha!

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Sarah Hammond interviewed by RICS Journal

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Pennycuick Collins has always been actively involved within the organisations that represent the profession and in particular the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Recently one of our senior property mangers Sarah Hammond was invited to join the Residential Lettings and Management Group of the RICS and as a result of this contributed a Q&A article for the RICS journal. The article is reprinted here and if you have any further questions for Sarah she may be contacted on sarah.hammond@pennyucick.co.uk

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The retirement of Robert T Brown FRICS FARLA MIRPM

Following an illness Robert Brown will be retiring as a Partner from the Practice on 30^th June 2007 but will continue to practice as a Consultant with responsibility for Residential Lettings and service charge. We are delighted to say that Robert made a complete recovery from his illness but  following medical advice decided to reduce his commitments. 

Robert will normally be in the office every Wednesday from 1^st August onwards and may be contacted on the phone on 0121-665-4170 or email as usual robert.brown@pennycuick.co.uk 

Partner of Pennycuick Collins Peter Dening said “I am very sad to be losing Robert from the Partnership team after twenty five years but am delighted that we will continue to receive the benefit of his expertise  as a consultant in the future" 

As well as his role as consultant to Pennycuick Collins Robert will continue his work with the RICS on the Residential Lettings and Management Group.

Pictured here is the Pennycuick Collins team who marked the occasion of Robert Brown’s retirement from the Practice with a presentation and buffet lunch. Robert will be returning to the office in August to take up his new role as Consultant.

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FOR INFORMATION REGARDING THE NEW SMOKE FREE LEGISLATION PLEASE SEE THE INFORMATION ZONE

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PROPERTY AUCTION - 26^TH JUNE 2007 

Pennycuick Collins is pleased to report the completion of another highly successful property auction. Over £2 million of property was sold, taking the total for the March and June auctions to a shade under £5 million. 

Nineteen of the twenty two lots available for sale were sold - a sales success rate of 86%. These included residential properties (on a vacant possession, redevelopment and investment basis), commercial investment property, ground rent investments and amenity land.  

Our next auction is on Tuesday 9^th October and Auctioneer Stuart Tullah will be pleased to hear from prospective sellers who may wish to consider sale at public auction. His contact particulars can be found on the ‘Contact Us’ page.

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Re-election as RICS England Chair 

Pennycuick Collins is delighted to announce that their Commercial Property Partner Richard Moxon, has been re-elected as Chairman of RICS England for a second term of office. 

Richard is due to finish his first year in this position at the end of June and decided, with the support of the whole firm, to stand for a second term of office. Richard was elected unopposed for this second term of office. 

In his election statement Richard outlined his reasons for standing for a second term. 

“Following the imminent completion of a year in office as Chairman I realise how much work needs to be completed in pursuing the agenda of RICS England” 

He added “The continued development of our business plan is the key to the English regions delivering and extending the services to members while enhancing the resources available to all”. 

Moreover Richard believes the work now beginning on membership development will provide further benefits to the English members of the RICS.

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Building Surveyor’s success

The Practice would like to congratulate David Baker upon achieving full Membership to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), following his Final Assessment in May. David has been undertaking the Institution’s Assessment of Professional Competence programme for the last two and half years now and has played a key part in the development of the Building Surveying Department. Once again congratulations and we all wish you the best for the future.

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“A new face for Residential Service Charge”

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Gordon Scott BSc, FRICS, MIRPM to the Residential Service Charge team. 

Gordon brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience in the management of blocks of flats and will be assisting with both the day to day running of the portfolio and also the development and expansion of this busy and forward looking department. 

Senior Property Manager and joint Team Leader Bethan Griffiths Tame said “We are delighted to welcome Gordon to the team and look forward to improving and expanding the quality management services that we already offer” 

Gordon can be contacted on 0121-665-4170 or by email at gordon.scott@pennycuick.co.uk

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PROPERTY AUCTION - 20^th MARCH 2007 

Pennycuick Collins is pleased to report that their March auction proved a major success with overall sales totalling almost £3 million.

The Auctioneer, Stuart Tullah, said “this auction achieved an excellent sales success rate and sets a new record for what is a fast growing and dynamic auction house, yet one that offers a highly personal level of service tailored to the individual client and each individual property”.

Our next quarterly property auction is on 26th June 2007 and Stuart Tullah will be pleased to hear from prospective sellers. His contact particulars can be found on the ‘Contact Us’ page.