More people than ever are competing for the prestige of becoming a RICS award-winner for 2010. In the East Midlands alone, there is a 45% increase in the number of entries for the most sought-after prize in the UK property ...

In 2008 BMX became an Olympic sport for the first time and now Rider Levett Bucknall has been appointed to work on a new national standard BMX track in the West Midlands. The £320,000 floodlit track and clubhouse facilities at ...

There is good cause for celebration at GVA Grimley's Manchester office where six of the company's graduates have achieved 100% pass rate in their professional exams. Barbara Turner, Paul Aylmer, Mark Gill and James Pickles have all passed the Assessment of Professional Competence (APC), ...

Commenting on today's House Price Index from Communities and Local Government (CLG), RICS chief economist Simon Rubinsohn says: "The latest data on house prices from CLG provides further evidence of the recovery in the residential market. Land Registry numbers show a ...

Max Crofts, RICS PresidentSSBV members set to adopt the RICS mark of property professionalism demanded by financial institutions, corporations, governments and organisations. All existing members of The Society of Share and Business Valuers (SSBV) have been invited to ...

Graduate intake is increasing at Fisher German (the chartered surveyors and specialist property consultants) despite recent press coverage that graduate recruitment by small to medium-sized businesses is decreasing. This bucking of the trend has been demonstrated by the recent ...

Each year hundreds of surveying trainees reach the end of their two- to three-year structured training period and complete a final assessment to achieve Chartered membership of RICS. In session two of 2009 1,090 candidates passed, with 485 completing their assessment through ...

Most students don’t need to go much further than their nearest city for a work placement, but Shona McLean, 22, needed a passport to reach hers. Shona, who is studying towards a BSc (Hons) Estate Management degree at ...

Peter Lewis, 54, from Richmond in North Yorkshire, gave up his job of 16 years running an international packaging company to pursue ...

As a result of a recent demand for professionals in site management, quantity surveying and estimating roles, Hays Construction, an international recruitment company, is holding open days across the UK on 14th January 2010. You can go along ...