Special offer:
If you buy 1 ticket for the Leadership Summit at £199 then you can buy up to 10 tickets for your staff to attend the Future Estate Agency Seminar for just £49 per ticket.  Offer valid until 31st October 2008.

A small, select group of business owners and senior directors will have the chance to hear John McGrath’s keynote speech and then have a highly interactive Q&A session with this world class agency principal. Peter Knight will share the very best ideas he and his team picked up at this year’s AREC, Principals Workshop and NAR, all of which he has distilled and translated into actions UK agents can take to have high impact. Davina Mackail is the therapist actors, musicians and other celebrities run to to get their lives back on track when its all got too much and she will show you how to manage stress, sleep longer and deeper than ever before and how to feel much better despite all the pressures. 

There will also be a presentation on the economy with insightful and realistic forecasts and predictions to enable you to plan your way to recovery and to prosper more in the future.

John McGrath, of McGrath Real Estate, Sydney, Australia
Founder and CEO of McGrath, Sydney – regarded as one of the most dynamic estate agencies in the world, whose offices had a turnover of $8,000,000 each on average last year.

Peter Rollings
Peter is joining our panel of estate agents, including John McGrath, for an intimate Q & A session. Recognised as one of the most experienced and professional London estate agents, his dynamism, business acumen, energy and unparalleled knowledge of the London residential market is widely recognised both in the market and the media. With over 25 years experience in the business Peter has an unrivalled track record. Indeed, he was described by the Negotiator Magazine in 2005 as being a strong contender for “Britain’s most successful estate agent”. In 2005, after almost 20 years at Foxtons he resigned as Managing Director and with Irish Partners, the Sherry FitzGerald Group acquired the London firm of Marsh & Parsons which has since grown significantly.

Julie Twist
Julie Twist will be joining Peter Rollings and John McGrath on our panel of estate agents. Julie is one of the most dynamic and knowledgeable agents in the North West. With over 20 years experience in the industry, Julie was the first agent to open a branch in Manchester city centre in 1994 and for the first three years, hers was the sole agency dealing with the rapidly expanding Manchester residential market. Winner of the overall Estate Agency of the Year Awards in 2005, Julie has also since sat on the judging panel for the awards and is recognised as an expert in the northern residential and lettings market.

Dennis Turner
Will deliver an authoritative forecast, with particular reference to the property industry, of what it will take for the economy to turn round and more importantly when this will happen and why. Dennis Turner is Chief Economist at HSBC, heading a team advising bankers on economic trends both within industry sectors and at national and international level. Dennis began his career at the National Economic Development Office in Whitehall. With staff drawn from management, the civil service and trade unions, the remit was to assess the constraints impeding performance. Throughout his career Dennis has had regular contact with policy-making bodies. In a personal capacity, he was one of a small number of private sector economists who advised the pre-Blair Labour Party. He retains high level Government contacts.

Peter Knight, Phoenix plc
The Chairman of Phoenix and The Academy will discuss the tough market strategies he has seen being employed across the UK and globally, following presenting at The Principals’ Workshop in Australia and the National Association of Realtors in the USA.

Davina MacKail, of The Academy
TV personality and celebrity stress consultant who will show you ways to manage pressure, sleep better and be in a better frame of mind to deal with business and personal stress.

More speakers to be confirmed shortly