The Association of Relocation Professionals
Point2Point Nov 09
Point2Point Issue 11 - November 2009
Conference Report
National Relocation Conference 2009
The ARP’s National Relocation Conference was held at St Hugh’s College, Oxford on the 24th September in glorious Autumn sunshine. I was delighted to welcome over 120 delegates, which given the current financial situation, represented a very healthy, 1.5% increase in delegate numbers over 2008! For the full article, click here.
For a photo gallery of the event, click here.
Webinar Programme 2010
Free-To-Attend Sessions for ARP Members
During 2010 we will be delivering a series of 14 free to attend webinars for ARP members. We’re delighted to announce this new members only programme covering a wide range of topics across the relocation spectrum. For full details, click here.
ARP Launch Standard Lease
Marveen Smith
The ARP has collaborated with Marveen Smith of PainSmith Solicitors, to produce a new tenancy
agreement, which specifically addresses the needs of relocation professionals and their clients. The agreement is designed to remove the normal 'landlord bias'. For full details, click here.
Tough Times for Small Companies
Jo Higgo
Having been married to a Retailer let alone a South African ( ! ) for 32 years we have had to move countless times in our life including back and forth from South Africa twice, which meant each time starting off afresh. For the full article, click here.
ARP Member Focus
King Relocation Services
New to the ARP as an Associate member and new to the market, KRS are an independent Relocation Management Company, with a full range of flexible services designed to support corporate and private clients. For the full article, click here.
Property Update November
Camilla Stephens - The Relocation Company
The Relocation Company is this month showing you the housing survey, which is based on over 6,000 agents and surveyors across all 2,300 postcodes in England and Wales. For the full article, click here.
News Digest November
Annie Panton
I wish I was like Malcolm Gladwell – author of books like Blink and Outliers www.gladwell.com He’s apparently one of the world’s most original thinkers who describes how a snap judgement can be far more effective than a cautious decision. For the full article, click here.
Affiliate Member Focus
My Family Care
My Family is the UK’s leading provider of what are loosely called “Family Friendly Benefits”. The company specialises in helping parents and carers combine work and family and counts multinationals, professional firms and public sector bodies among its clients. For the full article, click here.
ASAP News
New Website Launched
The Association of Serviced Apartment Providers (ASAP) has just launched a new website - www.theasap.org.uk
Each of their 30 members has an individual profile on the site and both the homepage and the individual provider pages feature a great selection of apartment images. The website also includes the Association's latest news and events.
ARP News Update
Tad Zurlinden
With a strategy of improving the visibility of the Association in the Press, the Council has begun to consider alternative ways in which this may be achieved. At a recent Council Meeting a presentation was made by a PR Agency. For the full article, click here.