AGENDA

11:00am – 11:30am Registration

11:30am-11:45am Welcome by Master of Ceremony Peter Littlewood, (Founder & Director of iHowz, Chair & LLAS/ATLAS Trainer)

11:45am-12:15pm Speaker 1: Jeni Browne, Business Development Manager Essential Buy to Let Market Insights and Landlord Opportunities. Given the current economic and political landscape, what is the future for buy to let mortgage interest rates? Expert analysis and insight into the current mortgage market, ongoing legislation debates, and how the upcoming election could impact the rental market. Plus, the opportunities landlords should be taking advantage of.

12:15pm – 12:45pm Speaker 2: Pete Blackmore- Partner and Head of Litigation at SCS Law The Common Mistakes and Pitfalls. How to Avoid Them. Pete will identify some of the common mistakes made by landlords and explain what you should expect if you need to go to Court to recover your property.

12:45 – 1:15pm Speaker 3: Maxine Fothergill -Managing Director of Amax Estates Maxine will highlight the real value of using a qualified letting agent for property management. It covers key aspects such as ensuring deposit security in a ring-fenced client account, understanding the terms and conditions. It emphasises the agent’s role in handling legal documents, deciding on furnishings, ensuring timely rent collection, planning lease renewals, rent increases, and managing property issues.

1:15 – 1:30pm Break

1:30pm-1:40pm Speaker 4: Azad Ayub- Founder and Managing Director of Azad Ayub Limited Azad will give us an insight on what it takes for one to be successful in Property Investment and management for over 40 years

1:40pm-2:00pm Speaker 5: Tony Gimple & Andrew Lees, Risk Group Ltd.  “What insurance really is”, in reality, a form of risk management, primarily used to protect against the risk of a contingent or uncertain loss and what that means in practice for the insured, the insurer, and the broker.

2:00pm-2:40pm Speaker 6: David d’Orton-Gibson- CEO & Founder of Training for Professionals (TFP)– Legal update: Will discuss a couple of gas safety cases, council tax disaggregation, right to rent update, damp and mould guidance.

2:40-3:30pm PRS QUIZ Session: Hosted by Peter Littlewood -Founder & Director of iHowz & LLAS/ATLAS Trainer & Lisa Williamson- Senior Partner IA Services UK

3:30pm – 6pm Closing remarks by the Chair & Direction to the Courtyard, BBQ Area etc.