The News on the Block Awards 2021 
Incorporating The Property Management Awards and The Enfranchisement & Right to Manage Awards for one night only! 
The winners for the News on the Block Awards 2021 were announced at our prestigious awards ceremony on 30th November at Old Billingsgate, London.

We had over 1000 guests in attendance who celebrated the achievements of their peers over the last 18 months, making this our biggest event to date! After such challenging times we were delighted to welcome you all back and bring both ERMAs and PMAs audiences together.

May we take this opportunity to thank our panel of judges who had an extremely difficult task on their hands with a huge amount of entries this year and some extremely close and competitive categories. 
We are delighted to announce the winners for this year's NOTB Awards 2021. Congratulations to all of our highly commended and winners this year. However, it is also a fantastic achievement to be a finalist, especially this year.

This year the judges' chosen charities were MIND and Macmillan Cancer Support. We are delighted to say that we raised a total of £1,890.  Thank you so much for all of your donations. 

Of course, a huge thank you to our sponsors and supporters, who this event would not be possible without.

Congratulations to all of our winners and highly commended!

Watch this space for our 2022 awards! Details will be announced in due course.
Location
Old Billingsgate, London
Date & Time
November 30, 2021, 18:00 - 1:00 AM 
PMA AWARD CATEGORIES & FINALISTS
Event Highlights
Check out the highlights video from the NOTB Awards 2021!


London Property Manager of the Year
Sponsored by Data Energy

WINNER
Katie Riches, London Block Management Limited

HIGHLY COMMENDED

Elena Pletea, JCF Property Management Ltd & Lisa-Marie Bradnock, Premier Estates

FINALISTS


Chantelle Gibbs, FirstPort
Daniel Robertshaw, JFM Block & Estate Management
Elena Pletea, JCF Property Management Ltd
Katie Riches, London Block Management Limited
Lisa-Marie Bradnock, Premier Estates Limited
Rob Cox, Eight Asset Management
Yarden Sharon, Pbm Property Management
Regional Property Manager of the Year
Sponsored by ILECS

WINNER
Vivian Emanuel, JFM Block & Estate Management 

HIGHLY COMMENDED

Emily Gillam, Parkfords Management Ltd & Jodie Fraser, Fraser Allen Estate Management

FINALISTS

Alex Wilson, Pbm Property Management
Dale Jones, Pennycuick Collins
Emily Gillam, Parkfords Management Ltd
Jodie Fraser, Fraser Allen Estate Management
Meg-Anne Pearson, Homestead CSL
Rachel Fitchett, Premier Estates Limited
Vivian Emanuel, JFM Block & Estate Management
New Property Manager of the Year
Sponsored by Howard Kennedy

WINNER
Paul Tolley, Premier Estates

HIGHLY COMMENDED

Andreea Bertaru, FirstPort

FINALISTS


Alex Metrebian, FirstPort
Andreea Bertaru, FirstPort
Brandon Bryan, Parkfords Management Ltd
Jada Firth-Moore, Pbm Property Management
Joe Cotton, Homestead CSL
Lisa Kearney, London Residential Management Ltd
Paul Tolley, Premier Estates
Concierge of the Year
Sponsored by Zenith Management

WINNER
Antonio Furtado, FirstPort

HIGHLY COMMENDED

Alex Connor, JFM Block & Estate Management & Daniel Jordaan, London Residential Management Ltd

FINALISTS

Alex Connor, JFM Block & Estate Management
Antonio Furtado, FirstPort
Daniel Jordaan, London Residential Management Ltd
Daniele Frau, Savills
Gary Towerton, Pbm Property Management
George Tsavaras, FirstPort
Property Management Company of the Year
Sponsored by Realty Law

WINNER
Eight Asset Management

HIGHLY COMMENDED

Encore

FINALISTS


Blocsphere Property Management
Crabtree PM Limited
Eight Asset Management
Encore
Evolve Block & Estate Management
FirstPort
Fraser Allen Estate Management
Homestead CSL
JFM Block & Estate Management
Premier Estates
Remus Management
Zenith Management
Employer of the Year
Sponsored by Abbatt Property Recruitment 

WINNER
Deacon

HIGHLY COMMENDED

Encore

FINALISTS
 
Deacon
Encore
Future Group
JFM Block & Estate Management
Michael Laurie Magar Ltd
Realty Management
Xenia Estates
Legal Services Provider of the Year

WINNER
Commonhold & Leasehold Experts Limited

HIGHLY COMMENDED

Brethertons

FINALISTS

Brethertons
Commonhold & Leasehold Experts 
Forsters LLP
Howard Kennedy LLP 
Realty Law
Professional Services Provider of the Year
Sponsored by Commonhold & Leasehold Experts Limited

WINNER
Fixflo 

HIGHLY COMMENDED

Howe Chartered Surveyors & Project Chartered Surveyors 

FINALISTS


Abbatt Property Recruitment
Adiuvo
DMG Building & Maintenance Specialists 
EK Reinstatement Cost Assessment Ltd
Fixflo
Future Fuel 
Howe Chartered Surveyors 
Project Chartered Surveyors
NEW for 2021  
Pandemic Response Award

WINNER
Fraser Allen Estate Management

HIGHLY COMMENDED
Abbatt Property Recruitment

FINALISTS

Abbatt Property Recruitment
Encore
FirstPort
Fraser Allen Estate Management
JFM Block & Estate Management
STM Group (UK) Ltd
ERMA AWARD CATEGORIES & FINALISTS 
Chambers of the Year
Sponsored by Forsters LLP

WINNER
Falcon Chambers

HIGHLY COMMENDED

Landmark Chambers

FINALISTS
Falcon Chambers 
Landmark Chambers 
Tanfield Chambers 
Solicitor of the Year

WINNER
Shabnam Ali-Khan, Russell-Cooke LLP

HIGHLY COMMENDED

Aashu Oberoi, Housing and Property Law Partnership Solicitors

FINALISTS
Aashu Oberoi, Housing and Property Law Partnership Solicitors
Katie Cohen, Keystone Law
Lucy Zaremba, Forsters LLP
Mark Adcock, Adcocks Solicitors
Mark Chick, Bishop & Sewell
Sarah Goodall, Shoosmiths
Shabnam Ali-Khan, Russell-Cooke LLP
Swita Kothari, CMS CMNO
Solicitors Firm of the Year

WINNER
Forsters LLP

HIGHLY COMMENDED
Adcocks Solicitors Limited & Commonhold and Leasehold Experts Limited

FINALISTS

Adcocks Solicitors Limited 
Bishop & Sewell LLP 
Brethertons LLP 
Commonhold & Leasehold Experts Limited
Forsters LLP
Young Professional of the Year

WINNER
Dani Green, Brethertons

HIGHLY COMMENDED 
James Carpenter, Forsters LLP

FINALISTS

Dani Green, Brethertons 
James Carpenter, Forsters LLP 
Linz Darlington, Homehold 
Matt Hollamby, Commonhold & Leasehold Experts Limited 
Vibuhti Parmar, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Valuer of the Year
Sponsored by JPC

WINNER
Julian Wilkins, Julian Wilkins & Co Chartered Surveyors

HIGHLY COMMENDED 
Alison Stone, Alison Stone Surveyors

FINALISTS

Alison Stone, Alison Stone Surveyors
Colin Horton, Hortons Valuers Ltd
Julian Wilkins, Julian Wilkins & Co Chartered Surveyors
Justin Shingles, Justin Shingles Ltd
Valuers Firm of the Year
Sponsored by JPC

WINNER
McDowalls Surveyors Limited

HIGHLY COMMENDED
myleasehold ltd

FINALISTS 

Hortons Valuers
Julian Wilkins & Co Chartered Surveyors
McDowalls Surveyors Limited
myleasehold ltd
Scrivener Tibbatts Ltd 
Photo Gallery 2021 
Our Judges 
Thank you to our panel of industry professionals who will be judging this years awards.

The judges marks will count for 100% of the final results. Each finalist will receive a mention at the Awards.  The judges also have the discretion to make a “Highly Commended” Award in deserving cases.
Dr Nigel Glen
CEO, ARMA 
Nigel has an extensive international career in downstream oil, financial software and investment banking. He founded a property management company in 2009 and joined the board of ARMA in 2015. In 2016 he was appointed as ARMA’s CEO. 
 
Nigel represents ARMA in its interactions with Government Ministries, Parliament, relevant bodies, TV and press. He is a frequent contributor of articles and presentations on all aspects of leasehold.
Damian Greenish
solicitor
Damian Greenish has been a solicitor for over 40 years. Until his retirement as a partner in 2016, he was senior partner and then chairman of Pemberton Greenish LLP. He is now a consultant to Forsters LLP. He is a leading authority on residential leasehold reform, having been involved in many of the landmark enfranchisement cases in the Supreme Court, House of Lords, Court of Appeal, High Court and the valuation tribunals.  He has been the joint editor of Hague on Leasehold Enfranchisement since 1998 the 7th Edition of which was published in 2021. He is well known as a speaker at and as a regular chairman of the leading conferences and seminars in this specialised sector of the law.
Ian Fletcher
director, bpf 
Ian Fletcher is Director of Policy (Real Estate) at the British Property Federation, the trade association for the property investment sector. His team covers a wide range of housing, commercial property, planning and development issues. He was a member of the Government’s Montague Review Group, which examined how to encourage greater institutional investment in rented housing. He is currently sitting on the Government’s Review looking at Client Money Protection. Ian has also worked in banking and teaching, holds professional qualifications in finance and market research, and is an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Residential Property Management.
Tracey Hartley
Head of Residential, JLL - The Crown Estate Central London Portfolio   
Tracey is a Chartered Surveyor specialising in residential property. After a spell in British Airways followed by eight years at the Local Government Ombudsman, Tracey eventually found her way into property spending several years working in estate agency sales and lettings in the North-east of England. In 2006 Tracey joined Grainger plc where she became Director of Residential Operations and Fund Manager of GRIP. After a decade at Grainger Tracey spent a year with Foundation Real Estate working on Build to Rent developments in the regions. In October 2017, she joined as Head of Residential for London’s Howard de Walden Estate and in August 2021 moved to her current role at JLL Managed Services as the Head of Residential for The Crown Estate Central London Portfolio.
Yashmin Mistry 
partner, jpc
Yashmin Mistry is a Partner and leads JPC Law’s Property Practice Group. Yashmin is a leading expert in leasehold enfranchisement and landlord & tenant matters and is widely acknowledged as a thought leader in her field. She is influential not only as a practitioner and commentator, but increasingly as someone asked to play an active role in shaping how the law works.  Yashmin is a “Recognised Expert” in the prestigious Legal 500 guide as well as receiving recognition in the 2014 to 2018 “Top 100 Most Influential People in the Residential Sector” property guide.
Andrew Bulmer
CEO, INSTITUTE OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 
A Fellow of the Institute of Residential Property Management and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Andrew started his own residential lettings and block management practice in 1995, selling a majority in 2011. He chaired the RICS UK Residential Professional Group Board before becoming UK Residential Director at RICS in 2013. In October 2016, he took the CEO role at the Institute of Residential Property Management. His passion is raising standards in the residential property management sector and encouraging property professionals to be a progressive and ethical force for good.
Richard Berridge
CEO
Richard is a Residential Investment, BTR and Single-Family Housing expert. He is author of Understanding Build-to-Rent: a guide to the changing face of the private rented sector, and more recently ’Single Family Housing: The Home of Residential Investment. Richard’s career in property spans 40 years and over that time has been an estate agent, property developer and investor, analyst and consultant. He has been part of the BTR sector since its inception, is currently Head of Strategy and Enterprise at digital property management & lettings innovators Howsy.com, sits on a number of advisory boards and committees, is a trustee of the Grayshott & District Housing Association and a member of the Institute of Residential Property Management (MIRPM)
Craig Stevens 
Business Development Manager, gigabyte software 
Craig started Warwick Estates in 2007 and grew it to be one of the most successful companies in the industry employing over 300 staff during this time. Before falling down the Property Management rabbit hole Craig worked for Datamonitor and Morgan Stanley where his inner maths geek came in handy and then set up his own buy to let company in 2002.

Craig is currently working with Gigabyte software helping the leasehold industry to innovate and streamline their work flows. His knowledge of the industry and his current role with Gigabyte should mean that he will be able to sort the good from the great for us.
Bob Smytherman 
Hon Chairman, FPRA  
Bob has been a committee member of the FPRA for over 15 years and became Hon Chairman in 2008. Bob was first elected to Worthing Borough Council in 2002, and has served as the Cabinet Member with responsibility for Planning and Economic Development during 2003/4 and spent 12 years as a West Sussex County Councillor before retiring in 2021 to spend more time on Leasehold Reform. He represented the FPRA on the working group that produced the Fire Safety Guidance for blocks of flats which is being revised to reflect recent changes in the Fire Safety Act 2021 and is currently a member of the Commonhold Council and represents the residents voice on the Health & Safety Executive and Building Safety Alliance.
Natasha Rees
Partner, Forsters LLP
Natasha is an experienced property litigator particularly in the area of residential disputes and leasehold enfranchisement.  She advises and acts for estates, charities, commercial landlords and management companies primarily in London. She also acts for both landlords and tenants in relation to enfranchisement claims and enfranchisement related litigation including professional negligence claims. Natasha is recognised in the Legal 500 Hall of Fame and as a Band 2 Ranked Lawyer in Chambers UK 2021. She is noted as being “at the top of the tree when it comes to enfranchisement and service charge cases” and is described as "very focused, and always calm and collected."
Natasha is on the contributory board of the Property Law Journal, is a member of the PLA Law Reform Committee and regularly speaks at conferences and seminars on residential property litigation and enfranchisement. She joined Forsters from Pinsent Masons in 2001 and became a Partner in 2008.
Nicola Muir 
Barrister, Tanfield Chambers
Nicola Muir is a senior member of the Tanfield Chambers property team. She is a specialist in enfranchisement law and all aspects of landlord and tenant law. Nicola regularly appears in the FTT and Upper Tribunal in relation to enfranchisement claims, notable cases in which she has appeared include Tibber v Buckley (CA), Leaseholders of Foundling Court and others v Camden LBC, Allied London (Brunswick) Ltd and others (UT),   Eastern Pyramid Group Corp SA v Spire House RTM Co. Ltd (UT), Westminster City Council v CH2006 Ltd (UT), Corvan (Properties) Ltd v Abdel-Mahmoud (CA) and LM Homes Ltd v Queen Court Freehold Co. Ltd (FTT) . Nicola is recommended by both the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners which describes her as “Approachable, pragmatic and knowledgeable”. Nicola was shortlisted by the Legal 500 as Junior of the Year 2019 for Real Estate, Environment and Planning. In addition to her busy practice, Nicola has a regular column on legal issues relating to the residential property in the Estates Gazette.
Clare Grove 
MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER, ALEP
Clare Grove, a chartered marketer and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, has worked in marketing and events in a range of industries including housebuilding, automotive and healthcare over the past 20 years.

She is well known to the ALEP membership, having worked with the Association and in the leasehold sector for almost ten years. As well as overseeing the day-to-day management of ALEP, Clare works closely with the board and committee to support its strategy and planning.
 
Clare is a co-director of DRIVE Marketing, a marketing and events company working with  clients in a variety of sectors in London, the South East, Spain and the US.

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