South West Empty Homes Forum - Wednesday 3 June 2009

This summer's forum promises to be another informative and enjoyable event, with a good range of topics on the agenda. As well as the usual Agency reports, David Stott from Manchester City Council will be speaking about Manchester's success with Enforced Sales and its links to EDMOs. We will also be joined by John Earnshaw from Selectamark Security Systems who will be delivering a presentation on Crime Prevention & Empty Property. Furthermore, there will be presentations from Barry Walsh from Ad Hoc Property Management, who provide Guardians to ‘house-sit’ empty property, and Ian Robinson, the Chief Executive of the Affordable Housing Development Company who provide private finance to assist with the redevelopment of areas of deprivation in towns and cities throughout England.

The summer forum will be held once again in the conference facilities at Sandy Park (Exeter Chiefs Rugby Club) after continuing positive feedback from the autumn forum. The venue is about a 10 minute walk from the Sowton & Digby train station and is set just off the M5 at junction 30. We hope that you will very much enjoy spending the day there again. There are parking facilities on site for those coming by car, and there will once again be an excellent lunch.

The cost of the forum will be £60.00 + VAT = £69.00 per person, which includes a 2 course lunch, and tea and coffee throughout the day.

Please email me at claire.minter@exeter.gov.uk if you would like to attend. I will book your place and confirm by return of email.

The Forum is always popular, so please book as soon as possible to avoid disappointment!