Forthcoming Events

Our forthcoming schedule of webinars and other events is detailed below. You will find links to booking forms at the foot of each description. 

Quiet enjoyment – what is everyone shouting about?

Speaker: Roger Hardwick and Justin Bates
Date: 8th February 2012
Cost: ARMA/IRPM Members £40.00 + VAT (£48.00)
Non-Members £50 + VAT (£60.00), Brethertons Clients - Free

Despite its moniker, “Quiet Enjoyment” does not mean noise-free enjoyment, but enjoyment without interruption of possession. It is a Covenant of practical importance - it protects tenants from interference, which is a fundamental right. It can provide a tenant with a cause of action in a variety of situations, from harassment by a landlord, to a landlord’s failure to keep the property in repair.

This webinar will discuss the practicalities of "Quiet Enjoyment" and what it means for you, the property manager.

To book a place on this webinar, please complete the online booking form.

Insolvency in a Nutshell for Property Managers

Speaker: Edward Bible
Date: 15th February 2012
Cost: ARMA/IRPM Members £40.00 + VAT (£48.00)
Non-Members £150 + VAT (£180.00), Brethertons Clients - Free

This webinar will cover the following topics:

• Bankruptcy and Individual Voluntary Arrangements (IVAs) in a nutshell
• What they are
• What they mean
• How much is the lessee required to pay if Orders are made
• And what happens to the lessees assets including the home
• How bankruptcy and IVAs affect the payment of service charges and ground rents
• Freeholders- what happens when they go into liquidation?

To book your place on this webinar, please complete the online booking form

Year End Accounts and Service Charge Accounting

Speakers: Roger Hardwick and Nick Bullen
Date: 22nd February 2012
Cost: ARMA/IRPM Members £40.00 + VAT (£48.00)
Non-Members £150 + VAT (£180.00), Brethertons Clients - Free

As every property manager will know service charge accounts can take up huge amounts of their time when seeking to explain and justify the contents to lessees.

The changes in the accounting requirements over recent years will allow certain Residential Management Companies to produce statutory accounts in a less complicated  format with far fewer financial information disclosures potentially resulting in both accountancy and taxation compliance cost savings.

In this webinar, Nick Bullen a Chartered Accountant and Partner with Whitley Stimpson LLP, will explain  how the changes are likely to affect RMCs and Property Managers. Nick will also highlight the ways that service charge accounting is likely to be affected and also identify some  of the common problems/mistakes which appear in the statutory accounts of Residential Management Companies.

This webinar will also cover the following topics:

• How service charge accounts differ from company accounts
• Avoiding the conflict of section 20B
• What are accruals and pre-payments?
• How to prepare and present transparent accounts at AGMs
• Setting up your accounts procedures to comply with the Lease
• Setting budgets

To book your place on this webinar, please complete the online booking form.

Assured Shorthold Tenancy Possession Claims - Top 10 Mistakes

Speaker: Shaun Jardine and Amy Bell
Date: 23rd February 2012
Cost: Free

The one thing that Letting Agents and Landlords fear the most is the defaulting or uncooperative Tenant and not being able to recover possession as quickly as one would like.  Often this can be caused by a wrong date on a Notice or an incorrect form used.  The aim of this webinar is to provide Letting Agents with some practical advice on Assured Shorthold Tenancy Possession Proceedings and draw attention to the Top10 most common mistakes.

The subjects which will be covered during the webinar will include;

• An explanation of Section 8 and 21 Notices
• Accelerated Possession Proceedings (step by step guide based on service of Section 21 Notice)
• Rental Possession Proceedings (step by step guide based on Section 8 Notice)

To book a place on this webinar, please complete the online booking form.

The Risk of Working with International Companies

Speakers: Jitendra Patel, Jackie Ray and Dan Hancocks
Date: 29th February 2012
Cost: Free

• Review of Jurisdiction
• Claims against companies in a foreign jurisdiction
• Claims against companies within the EEA
• Claims against companies in England and Wales by companies based in a foreign jurisdiction
• European Enforcement Orders

To book your place on this webinar please complete the online booking form.

Bursaries and School Fee Recovery

Speakers: Jackie Ray and Steve Dicker
Date: 7th March 2012
Cost: Free

We understand that school fees need to be paid to ensure that your school can continue to operate and avoid a situation where the school becomes and unwilling credit provider as parents juggle their finances to pay those who make the loudest demands. The difficult balance that the school must make is getting the fees paid when they are due whilst working with the parents or guardians who may have their own financial problems, and also ensuring that the child’s education is not jeopardised.

This webinar will cover the following topics:

• Drafting terms and conditions which work to protect your business
• Obtaining relevant information when a child joins the school
• How credit checks can be undertaken and interpreted
• Alternatives to litigation – Mediation and alternative dispute resolution
• Issuing court proceedings if all else fails
•  Enforcement of Judgments against parents and third parties

To book your place on this webinar, please complete the online booking form.

Terms and Conditions in a Nutshell

Speakers: Brian Auld and Kate Ollis
Date: 8th March 2012
Cost: Free

In these increasingly difficult times for businesses it is becoming vital to ensure that your terms and conditions of trading protect you as best they can. You may want to try and limit your liability. You may want to make it difficult for your customers to terminate contracts with you.

All business should have terms and conditions, as failure to do so could mean that it is left to the Court to decide on what terms businesses have entered into contracts. Who in their right mind would want a Judge deciding the terms on which you should do business when you have control over that decision yourself?

This Webinar will include:

• Why have T & Cs
• The principal clauses to use
• The clauses to avoid
• How to use T&C’s to your advantage
• How to win the battle of the forms

To book your place on this webinar, please complete the online booking form.

Employment of staff

Speaker: David Hodge
Date: 14th March 2012
Cost: ARMA/IRPM Members £40.00 + VAT (£48.00)
Non-Members £150 + VAT (£180.00), Brethertons Clients - Free

This webinar will cover the following topics:

• TUPE – taking over a block of flats
• Why you want to employ staff at all
• Subcontractors that are really employees
• Foreign workers – the rules and regulations
• Age discrimination
• Disability discrimination
• Hiring and firing – getting it right

To book your place on this webinar, please complete the online booking form.

Rugby HR Forum - Thursday 15th March

The Rugby HR Forum, a quarterly networking group, has been established with one key objective in mind - to provide a much needed local focus group for Personnel Managers and Directors, to share experiences and know how and to discuss and consult over changes that affect HR matters both regionally and nationally.

By attending the forum you will gain valuable information appropriate to HR professionals and an opportunity to meet and network with others at a similar level in HR.

NEST Pensions

Speaker: Richard Hall – Perry Appleton Financial Management
 
Richard Hall is a Financial Planner and Associate Director at Perry Appleton Financial Management Limited. Richard, an FSA registered Adviser, holds the Diploma in Financial Planning and is currently working to further develop his professional qualifications and aims to obtain the internationally coveted Certified Financial Planner status next year.  He currently manages the financial and investment affairs of circa 100 private clients on behalf of Perry Appleton and believes that designing clear and simple financial plans is key to his clients’ monetary success. Richard has 10 years financial services experience, 4 of which directly advising private and corporate clients. He previously worked for a national Life Company specialising in the Pensions arena.

Summary of the talk

The Government is rolling out new legislation surrounding workplace pension provision, from October 2012. This legislation includes the auto-enrolment of employees, and minimum statutory employer contributions, into approved pension schemes. Richard will be presenting an overview of the new proposals and will assess their impact on both employers and employees, and aims to discuss some additional HR related issues for our attendees' consideration.

Timings:

8.00 – Arrival
8.15 – A light breakfast                       
8.30 – Speaker Presentation
9.30 – Finish

Venue:

Warwickshire College                      
Rugby Centre                              
Technology Drive                                
Rugby                  
CV21 1AR
Parking:

Parking is available in the Business Sector at the Rugby site of the Warwickshire College. This is sign-posted from Technology Drive.

Directions: For directions please click here
Cost: £10.00 per person (payable on the day)

Book your place by completing our online booking form.

Water damage issues in apartment blocks

Speakers: Shaun Jardine and Trevor Palmer
Date: 21st March 2012
Cost: ARMA/IRPM Members £40.00 + VAT (£48.00)
Non-Members £150 + VAT (£180.00), Brethertons Clients - Free

This webinar will cover the following topics:

• What is and what is not covered in your insurance policy
• What action to take – the reporting process
• What to expect from your insurance
• Loss adjusters and loss assessors
• Underinsurance
• Alternative accommodation and loss of rent cover
• Risk management – what can be done to minimise losses?
• Prepare for the “mini ice age”! – Property Health Check 

To book your place on this webinar, please complete the online booking form.

International Trade

Speakers: Shaun Jardine and Jitendra Patel
Date: 28th March 2012
Cost: Free

International trade presents opportunities for all types of businesses both in the UK and overseas. Many businesses are exploring how to supply goods and services into foreign markets, whilst an increasing number of overseas businesses have in recent years set up in the UK or looked to trade with local partners. Some companies are experienced in exporting and importing goods and services, whilst small and growing companies are looking to take their first steps to expanding into overseas markets.

Trading internationally provides more opportunities for growth, development and success than remaining as a solely domestic player but there is also a downside in not taking timely professional advice. In conjunction with Lloyds Banking Group, Brethertons are running a webinar to provide an overview on risk management.

This webinar will also provide an overview on how businesses can work with professional advisers in structuring their expansion into overseas markets, and give useful practical tips on how opportunities can be managed and exploited, whilst at the same time avoiding legal and financial pitfalls. 

To book your place on this webinar, please complete the online booking form.