Remit Newsletter 13 - Summer 2006
Contents:
- of coffee and used cars
- Forthcoming events
- Articles and Papers
- Andrew Carter has joined the team
- 24 hour motor race at Le Mans
. . of coffee and used cars . . .
There are some mornings when you really need a cup of coffee and you don't care if it costs £1 or £2.50 as long as it arrives now.
What's great about Tim Harford's book, The Undercover Economist, is that it uses the analogy of coffee shops so well to ease you into the world of differential pricing that it is easy to forget that it also tells you why China has become so successful in the last 15 years and why good used cars are so rare.
If you don't think you need to know about NAMEed pricing, it is almost guaranteed that you are not making as much profit from your services as you could! That's not to say that you should just charge more - it means that some people are prepared to pay more for something at a given time than others; and coffee shops are masters of working out how to sell to both types of customer at the same time whilst satisfying both sets of expectations.
Have a look at The Undercover Economist on our bookshelf and maybe take a copy on holiday with you this year. It is full of "a-ha!" moments.
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Forthcoming events
Realcomm, Dallas, 26th-27th June
- We always attend Realcomm to find out what the US is doing and where they think they are being left behind by the new technology ideas in Asia. This year Andrew Waller is proud to be hosting a seminar based on his book, IT for Property People. There will be dozens of other sessions discussing the latest ideas in agency, investment, and property and building management.
Read more - www.Realcomm.com
If you plan to attend from Europe, there will be a "European" dinner on the Monday evening so please let us know if you will be there.
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PCS-Expo, Business Design Centre, Islington, 17th-18th October
- We are delighted to be helping with the seminar programme again this year. The key note sessions cover topics as diverse as recruitment and cities of the future, covering tenant relationships and property management in between. As ever, the seminars are free and the quality of speakers already confirmed will make this event unmissable.
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CoreNet Summit, Lisbon, 17-19 September
- We have just been informed that we are fortunate to have a session at the CoreNet summit to discuss the use of technology in Corporate Real Estate to report what really matters.
Read more - www.corenetglobal.org/lisbon
PROVADA, Amsterdam, 13-15 June
- Hans Gerritsen will be at Provada this week. This year, Provada has doubled in size and has increased its commercial property offerings considerably
PROVADA - www.provada.nl/english/index.htm.
Contact Hans if you would like to meet him there.
Contact Hans
Expo-Real, Munich, 23-25 October
- It seems very early to be considering Expo Real but since it is only one week after PCS-Expo, these are the dates for your diary.
Articles and Papers
Property Systems Review article - Is your Asset Management system working for you?
You have implemented your new asset system - does it work the way you expected? Increasingly, we are being asked to conduct short reviews of recently installed systems to see where they can be most quickly improved.
Mark has written an article for Property Systems Review about what to do once you have implemented your asset management system and a copy is on our website.
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European Union?
- You may remember that last quarter, Melita wrote an article for the Property Systems Review dealing with issues which arise when trying to implement systems across more than one office or country. Trace Systems asked Andrew Waller to speak on this subject at their User Conference and a PDF of the article and Andrew's slides are now on the website.
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Remit News
We are very pleased to announce that Andrew Carter has joined the team as a Director. We know Andrew from his time at Ernst and Young where he was Director of Facilities and for the last six years he has been a Partner of the Management Consulting team at EC Harris. Andrew's experience in strategic Corporate Real Estate consulting and facilities management processes will be invaluable in the increasing number of CRE projects with which we are assisting.
Rufus, our guide dog puppy - We have news and a new photograph which will be posted on the website in the next few days.
And finally
Many people in the property world attend the 24 hour motor race at Le Mans each year and Andrew Waller will be there for the weekend. If you are planning to go, let Andrew know and maybe there'll be a chance to meet up (to talk about cars, not property!) Contact Andrew Waller
