Experience

Home Buying & Selling Group

• United Kingdom
• Information Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chair

  • Jan 2018 - Present

  I set this group up with MHCLG (now DLUCH) to provide buyers and sellers with a better home moving process. The group consists of different sectors involved in home moving from Government departments such as DLUCH through to Land Registry and lenders through to removals. I set this group up with MHCLG (now DLUCH) to provide buyers and sellers with a better home moving process. The group consists of different sectors involved in home moving from Government departments such as DLUCH through to Land Registry and lenders through to removals.



Propertychecklists.co.uk

• Owner

  • Nov 2004 - Present

  Propertychecklists.co.uk provides everything companies and consumers need to carry out a residential property project well. We provide strategic consultancy to help grow excellent residential property businesses through to creating fantastic content for your website, newsletters, guides and even white labelled books. Our content is unique. It is tried and tested through live seminars and on our own consumer education website: www.propertychecklists.co.uk. Our newsletters have average open rates of 25% and click throughs of 5%. We know what consumers want and most importantly, what makes them engage with residential property businesses, so they email, call or visit you. We also help create new products and services for the residential property industry to differentiate you from your competitors. This includes relocation tools for large corporates, the National Self Build and Renovation Centre in Swindon and the UK's first Residential Property Information Portal. By knowing the real numbers and trends in the residential property industry, companies can take advantage of the enormous opportunities which are available to help grow business over the coming years as the property market changes rapidly. As a business, we understand the trends and property statistics and as consumer experts on First Time Buyers, Buy to Let Investors, people trading down and up and renovating or self building, we can help grow your company's business through consumer education and spotting opportunities no-one else has seen. Show less



Which?

• United States
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Author

  • Dec 2005 - Dec 2017

  Until (about!) 2017 I authored four books for Which? Buy Sell and Move House, Renting and Letting, Property Investment and Property Developer. Until (about!) 2017 I authored four books for Which? Buy Sell and Move House, Renting and Letting, Property Investment and Property Developer.



BuildStore

• United Kingdom
• Insurance

• Head of Marketing

  • Nov 2004 - Nov 2005

  Head of Marketing, helped to secure sales and create marketing launch programme for the National Self Build and Renovation Centre in Swindon. Also carried out strategic marekting review of the company and did a complete re-brand for less than £40k in less than a year! Head of Marketing, helped to secure sales and create marketing launch programme for the National Self Build and Renovation Centre in Swindon. Also carried out strategic marekting review of the company and did a complete re-brand for less than £40k in less than a year!



Unilever

• United Kingdom
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• National Account Manager

  • 1988 - 1993

  I looked after in excess of £70 million worth of business at director and buyer level on behalf of Unilever. I was on the team which created one of the most successful product launches ever: Chicken Tonight and was a key co-ordinator for the major changes to PG Tips from a square Teabag to a the pyramid bag in a tea caddy. I looked after in excess of £70 million worth of business at director and buyer level on behalf of Unilever. I was on the team which created one of the most successful product launches ever: Chicken Tonight and was a key co-ordinator for the major changes to PG Tips from a square Teabag to a the pyramid bag in a tea caddy.