Today we are joined by David Doran, MD of Hacking and Paterson who is no stranger to the Blocktalk podcast. As well as being the Managing Director at Hacking and Paterson Management Service, David is Vice President of the PMAS and also a Fellow of the Institute of Residential Property Management.

In this episode, Brian and David dive into the future of property factoring and explore how technology, sustainability, and changing regulations are reshaping the industry. Or are they?

From innovations in property management to the evolving needs of homeowners and developers, David shares his invaluable insights on what’s next for property factoring.

Whether you're a seasoned professional or just curious about the industry, you won’t want to miss this conversation on how property factoring is set to evolve in the coming years.

On the show:

01:00 Major changes you foresee happening by 2030 in property factoring

15:48 Automation and digitisation in the property factoring industry

23:10 Sustainability and the environment in the property factoring industry

28:00 Will the BTL v ownership landscape affect what happens in property factoring

35:26 How do you think the potential shift towards the need for more human connection will affect property factoring? 

41:13 Is there ever a time when property managers are replaced by AI?  

Find out more about David here: https://www.hackingandpaterson.co.uk/about-us/our-team/david-ac-doran/

The Blocktalk Podcast is hosted by Brian Welsh and produced by the CPL Software team. CPL Software are software partners to property managers and produce the Blocktalk podcast to support our partners and the industry.

Catch up with Brian chatting to Vincent Goldie in this week's bitesize piece from the latest episode of the Blocktalk podcast.

Vinnie is the MD of Newton Property Management and in this shorter episode you can hear Vinnie's views on what's facing the industry in the next few years.

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Vincent Goldie, CEO of Newton Property Management joins us for the latest episode of the Blocktalk Podcast. Vinnie took up the position of CEO earlier this year, having previously served as the CFO for 14 months. Prior to joining Newton, Vinnie was FD at Creditfix, CFO for Together Energy, Director of Finance at Sure Thing Insurance and a Finance Business Partner with AXA Commercial Line

On the episode:

2:00 Changes in the industry: Tenement Working Group, Scottish Law Commission, Fire Safety.

9:55 Automation and digitisation

12:46 Environmental challenges

14:50 BTL v ownership

16:40 Will AI ever replace property management companies?

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The Blocktalk Podcast is produced by the CPL Software team.

Don't have time to listen to the full episode? Every fortnight we release a smaller 8-minute segment from the latest Blocktalk podcast.

This week it's an 8 minute snippet from Tom Beswick's rundown of his day the The Property Institute's Annual Seminar in May.

Listen to the shorter episode wherever you get your podcasts.

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Brian is joined by Thomas Beswick, BDM at CPL Software, to chat about his experience at The Property Institute Annual Seminar in May.

1:33 The focus of the event

2:58 Key points that were raised and any more insight from you

5:30 Statistics from the seminar

8:10 With your CPL focus, what can the system offer to help solve any pressing issues

11:00 Quote of the day - what Tom noted as being the 'QOTD'

We hope you enjoy the episode!

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The Blocktalk Podcast is produced by the team at CPL Software.

Listen to a snippet from the latest Blocktalk Podcast which is a special episode with producers of the podcast - the CPL Software team.

Damien and Tom achieved the Three Peaks Challenge as part of the Charity of the Year fundraising efforts and Brian chats to them about their climbs x 3! Brian is also joined by Helen Doyle, People & Culture Director and Andy Bright from Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis.

Donate to Damien and Tom's the Three Peaks Challenge:

https://www.justgiving.com/page/cplthreepeaks2024

Find out more about APF - https://www.actionpf.org/

Why did Damien and Tom do the Three Peaks Challenge?

As producers of the Blocktalk Podcast, the CPL Software team has hijacked the show for a special episode to hear from Damien and Tom who completed the Three Peaks Challenge on the weekend of the 14/15 June as part of the company's efforts to raise funds for Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis, the team's Charity of the Year.

Brian is also joined by Helen Doyle, People & Culture Director, organiser of the Charity of the Year initiative (and instigator of the Three Peaks Challenge idea!) and Andy Bright, Corporate Partnerships Co-ordinator for the charity, and he has personal experience of life as a PF patient having developed pulmonary fibrosis in his 40s and, following a 10 year journey, eventually receiving a life-saving double lung transplant in 2018.

You can show your support for their fantastic achievement by visiting the JustGiving page - https://www.justgiving.com/page/cplthreepeaks2024

Find out more about APF - https://www.actionpf.org/

On the show

02:16 Tom Beswick's Three Peaks story

11:16 Damien Porter's Three Peaks story

17:25 Helen Doyle

20:18 Andy Bright, APF

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On this episode of the Blocktalk podcast we're joined by Alec Rose, Strategic Partnership Manager at Blink Payments. Alec has been working within partnerships for the last 5 years across financial services at Lloyds Bank, Mambu a fintech platform and more recently delivering payment solutions to the market at Pay360 and Blink.

On the episode:

02:40 Role at Blink

06:50 Benefits of Blink to property managers

12:30 3 things property managers should look out for when choosing a payments provider

22:00 Changes in the FinTech space in the next 5 years

29:38 Developments at Blink in the pipeline?

Visit https://www.blinkpayment.co.uk/ to find out more.

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It's Bitesize week this week with Aaron McWilliam, Managing Director at Propcall. Aaron is responsible for the day-to-day management of the business, across everything from operational service delivery, business development, customer service, marketing, and process improvement.

Find out more about PropCall

https://propcall.com/

Thanks for joining us on the Blocktalk Podcast. Today we’re speaking to Aaron McWilliam, Managing Director at Propcall. Aaron is responsible for the day-to-day management of the business, across everything from operational service delivery, business development, customer service, marketing, and process improvement.

01:06 Tell us about Propcall, what is it and how will it help our listeners?

02:12 What advice would you give to anyone starting out in business?

15:10 What challenges do you think are facing the industry now and in the next 3 years?

24:30 We recently did a podcast about AI – what’s your perspective on AI?

Find out more about PropCall

https://propcall.com/