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Thursday, 25 June 2009 |
Thank you to everyone who took part and supported the annual LandAid Fun Run, sponsored by GVA Grimley yesterday evening (24 June).
As usual the Fun Run was a great success and we had over 400 enthusiastic members of the property industry taking part in the 5K around Battersea Park on a glorious sunshine. Even the Queen decided to show her support by cheering our runners over the line! That is Queen Boudicca and her ICENI tribe. New water brand, ICENI kindly sponsored the water and kept everybody refreshed and hydrated.
Well done to Jeff Pyrah (Scott Brownrigg) who was the fastest male (again!) with a very impressive time of 17.00. He saw of Mark Crane (Drivers Jonas) in second place and Nathan Pask (GVA Grimley) in third place.
Samantha Murphy (Scott Brownrigg) was the first female over the line in 20.46 beating her fellow rivals, Alexa Phoenix (Charles Russell) in second place and Evelyn Mullins (Capital and Regional) in third place.
Drivers Jonas walked away with the Surveyor’s trophy, Charles Russell took the Legal trophy and CLS Holdings won the Developer’s trophy.
Most importantly the Best Fancy Dress prize was won by Andy Brunden of Grosvenor who ran the whole way in a white rabbit costume.
Team Results
Female Team:
1st Drivers Jonas A
2nd Drivers Jonas B
3rd Hammonds |
Male Team:
1st DJ Male A
2nd DJ Male B
3rd CLS Holdings |
Mixed Team:
1st Charles Russell
2nd Capital and Regional
3rd Scott Brownrigg |
Male Veteran:
1St Dave Smith (Thompson Taraz)
2nd Mark Bourgeois (Capital & Regional)
3rd Richard Moir (Gerald Eve) |
Female Veteran:
1st Evelyn Mullins (Capital & Regional)
2nd Diane Suter (Thonpson Taraz)
3rd Gaynor Gillespie (Capital & Regional) |
Individual Results Here
Photos Here
Click on 'client area' the password is landidfunrun
Come back soon to see the photos!
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Monday, 08 June 2009 |
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Liz Peace (BPF), Jon Siddall (LandAid)
& Jo Allen (Frogmore)
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Property Week Article 10:27 | 05.06.09
By Giles Barrie
Ernst & Young exiles win Party near the Park
A quartet with long-standing links to accountancy giant Ernst & Young won 2009’s own `Stars in their Eyes’ `Party Near the Park’ in London last night.
Singing Lynyrd Skynyrd’s 1970s rock classic `Sweet Home Alabama’, Graham Protheroe, Andrew Ovey, Will Elgood and Craig Hughes won the text vote in front of 600 people at the Old Billingsgate Market event.
Proceeds from `Party Near the Park’ go to LandAid, whose president Mike Slade co-hosted the evening with Knight Frank commercial chief Alastair Elliott.
Cushman & Wakefield’s David Erwin and CB Richard Ellis’s Stewart Colderick, singing Stealers Wheel’s `Stuck in the Middle with you’, came second. BPF chief executive Liz Peace, representing Land Aid, also had a strong following after a knockout performance of `Cabaret’.
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Monday, 08 June 2009 |
 1st & 2nd of July, 7.00 for 7.30pm, at 295 Regent Street, London, W1
Property Week and The Property Merchant Group present, The Property Comic. An evening of comedy to bring a smile to the property market. A number of leading comedians are performing and you can have a go yourself on the 'open mic' slot. The best amateur will win the 'Property's Got Talent' prize.
Tickets are £25 each and include a free voucher for the 'Ridley's Famous Old Fashioned Burgers' stand and of course there will be a licensed bar.
Book by cheque to: The Property Comic
c/o The Property Merchant Group
107-109 Great Portland Street
London, W1W 6QG
Tel: 020 7299 1900
www.pmguk.com/comic
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Friday, 22 May 2009 |
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Mark Russell (Left) and Jon Siddall (Right)
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LandAid received £3,000 from Nick Leslau’s property company, Prestbury Investment Holdings this week.
A cheque was presented by Mark Russell of Prestbury to Jon Siddall, Chief Executive of LandAid.
Prestbury, which invests and manages a substantial investment property portfolio, launched a new 41,000 sq ft office building at 6 St Andrew Street in March. During the inaugural event the firm asked all attendees to make donations to the charitable cause.
Mark Russell of Prestbury Investment Holdings comments: “Following the huge success of the launch of 6 St Andrews Street, it gives us great pleasure to present this donation to such a worthy cause in LandAid. While we as a company have performed well, it gives us an almost greater sense of achievement to know we’re also investing in the wider industry.”
Jon Siddall, Chief Executive of LandAid comments: “We’re delighted to have received this generous donation from Prestbury. During these challenging times there remains an even greater need for sustained investment in young underprivileged people, and the source of this donation is testament to how sufficient funds can be raised.”
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Friday, 22 May 2009 |
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LandAid Raises £5,300 for Chartered Surveyors Training Trust's New Mentoring Scheme
This week LandAid donated £5,300 to the Chartered Surveyors Training Trust (CSTT), a charity that helps young people from challenging and diverse backgrounds become chartered surveyors.
Rob Bould a Trustee from LandAid and member of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors presented the cheque to Roger Southam, Chairman of the CSTT and Chief Executive of property management company Chainbow.
The money was raised through a successful classical concert LandAid held at Christ Church in Spitalfields in association with the Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors. The concert attracted a number of property professionals connected with the Livery who were keen to see the talented students of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama perform.
The donation will help the CSTT establish a new mentoring scheme that will benefit its current and future apprentices. The scheme is being developed in partnership with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors and the College of Estate Management. Trainees who meet the rigorous criteria will be placed with an approved employer and work their way towards RICS membership. Mentors will be young newly qualified surveyors introduced by these key partners who will provide both online and face-to-face support.
Rob Bould, Trustee to LandAid and Chairman to the National Charities Committee at GVA Grimley comments: “We’re delighted to make this donation to the CSTT, an organisation LandAid strongly endorses and believes in. Thanks to the support we receive from within the industry we can look forward to further sustained investment in people’s futures.”
Roger Southam, Chairman of the Chartered Surveyors Training Trust comments: “Thanks to LandAid’s ardent support and generous donation we are now in a position to progress with a mentoring scheme that will further strengthen our wider programme to provide underprivileged people with a genuine chance to make a better life for themselves.”
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