2nd October 2024Dear MembersPlease find below details of our Annual Conference and AGM and links to the supporting documents for this event. We hope you will be able to join us on Wednesday 13th November.If you wish to book a 1:1 session with an adviser, please email the admin office info@fpra.org.uk to book, bookings are […]
Year: 2024
News on The Block, Issue 133, available to members
Posted onDear Members,Issue 133 of News on the Block has now been published online and includes a special Health & Safety Feature sponsored by Future Group.Some of the articles in this issue include: – Systematic dishonesty’ contributed to disaster– TPI’s flagship conference set to take place– Ensuring comprehensive fire safety– A decade of excellence in health and safety compliance for Future […]
Communal heating systems opportunities with BHESCo
Posted on24 November 2024Dear Member,The FPRA recently ran a joint webinar with the BHESCo | Brighton & Hove Energy Services Co-operative and they are undertaking feasibility studies for blocks of flats with communal heating systems powered by fossil-fuel boilers, i.e. oil and gas. Government grant funding under the Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES) scheme can fully […]
“Ask the FPRA” Cladding Remediation Webinar 23 October 2024
Posted onDear Members We are delighted to announce our next live webinar on Cladding Remediation hosted by our Chairman Bob Smytherman, and our guest speakers from Envoy Projects. In response to the Grenfell tragedy, Envoy Projects was set up to specialise in the cladding remediation of facades to residential buildings. As a specialist division of Colorminium […]
Flat Living September issue
Posted onWe are pleased to present Flat Living Magazine: September Edition This month’s issue focusses on Valuations in Property Management. Our amazing contributors have covered everything from equity release for leasehold flats to how insurance companies utilise reinstatement cost assessments. Flat Living and Property Management Recruitment are excited to announce the return of the Property Management […]
FPRA Events 2024-25
Posted onAGM Wednesday 13 November 5.00 pm – 8.00 pm Victory Services Club, London, W2 2HF. Please email info@fpra.org.uk for more information. Formal notices to be sent to the main contact by email in early October ALEP Conference – Thursday 15 October – Royal College of Physicians, Regents Park, London. The FPRA have a stand at […]
Gas Safety Week 2024
Posted onGas Safety Week takes place on 9 -15 September 2024. Celebrating its fourteenth year, the theme for this year is ‘Checking – Every Check Counts’, emphasising the importance of, amongst other things, regular gas safety checks.This theme can also be applied in multiple ways for example, checking an engineer’s Gas Safe ID card, checking in […]
Autumn 2024 FPRA Newsletter now available
Posted onDear membersThe autumn edition of the FPRA newsletter is here and ready for you to read now.It’s another bumper issue with its front page dedicated to FPRA’s forthcoming AGM in November – please save the date! – plus an article on page 4 regarding FPRA’s five-year plan and its future direction.In addition to a host […]
LEASE Buildings Insurance Survey
Posted onThe office has received a email from LEASE pertaining to the cost of buildings insurance, reproduced below….. We have launched a survey about the costs of buildings insurance. It will help ministers and officials create better policies to address these costs. Please click here to complete the survey This survey has been created with help […]
Flat Living August edition now online
Posted onWe are pleased to present Flat Living Magazine: August Edition This month’s issue focusses on Major Works and Service Charges. Our contributors have covered everything from reviewing and challenging service charges to the impact of the Leasehold Reform on service charges and the importance of internal works in residential blocks. Be sure to visit page […]