From: Ian Vicary, ISVA Chairman and Martin Brown, ISVA Conference Chairman [memberonly] As you may have already gathered, due to COVID-19, there is no ISVA Conference in November. However, a new date has been set for next year - 13th…
[memberonly] Tom Littler, BSc FRICS of Isherwoods Chartered Surveyors and ISVA Council Member, reports: "Please see the Negotiator article below with link to Trading Standards consultation on Referral Fees. I have completed the exercise by commenting that referral fees should be…
[memberonly] RICS issues Practice Alerts, such as this, from time to time. This is an important component of RICS’ regulatory role, which includes guiding the profession, and ensuring work undertaken by RICS Members and Registered Firms complies with RICS’ Rules…
[memberonly] ISVA Council have not increased the annual membership subscription for 2020 which will remain at £99 per qualified surveyor in your firm. Membership renewal invoices were all sent out by post on 07 December and should have reached you within one…
[memberonly] We have received the following advice from Simon Marsh of Fraser Miller … Due to the problems in the Insurance Market, Chartered Surveyors need to be more proactive when dealing with the renewal of their Professional Indemnity Insurance. The…
[memberonly] An important message from Ian Vicary, ISVA Chairman RICS draft professional statement – Home Survey Standard Wake up Wake Up all residential surveyors - Please log onto RICS website and get your views recorded - "It's b...... serious" Apparently…
[memberonly] From Marin Brown, Vice-Chairman Please see below an important message received today from Simon Marsh of Fraser Miller concerning Professional Indemnity Insurance renewals. "Please be advised that a further major provider of Professional Indemnity Insurance to Chartered Surveyors undertaking…
[memberonly] ISVA WINS GOVERNMENT RECOGNITION IN NEW GOVERNMENT GUIDES ON HOUSE BUYING AND SELLING The Government’s ‘How to Buy’ and ‘How to Sell’ homes guides have just been published and are available at the following links: 'How to Buy' 'How…
[memberonly] Following our recent ISVA Council Meeting and discussions with Simon Marsh of our PII brokers, Fraser Miller, I am delighted to be able to circulate details of a major new ISVA membership benefit. I would encourage you all to…
From: Phil Deacon, ISVA Council [memberonly] Members will be interested to know that the annual Ecobuild / Futurebuild exhibition will take place on 5th, 6th & 7th March 2019 at Excel London. The conference programme is a good source of free…
From ISVA Office [memberonly] ISVA Members may be interested to sign up for this year’s Building Surveyors’ Oxford Briefing Conference which is to be held on Friday 12 October at the Culham Science Centre, near Abingdon, Oxfordshire. The Conference offers seven hours…
From David Hamilton, ISVA Council [memberonly] Members are reminded that by 6th August 2018 Ombudsman Services: Property (OS:P) ceases to take complaints about surveying services. THIS MEANS YOU MUST HAVE A NEW ADR PROVIDER, in accordance with Rule 7 of the RICS…