Blocktalk - the podcast for UK Property Management Professionals

Blocktalk Bitesize is the short 8-minute segment from latest Blocktalk podcast. This week we have a bitesize piece from Ronald Dalley's podcast.  Ronald is this year's winner of the PMAS Award for Property Manager of the Year Award and is Senior Development Manager at James Gibb. Ronald has been with James Gibb for over 3 years now, being promoted to senior development manager just over a year ago...

Blocktalk Bitesize is the short 8-minute segment from latest Blocktalk podcast. This week, listen to a snippet from the one with Hugh Macgregor,  Development Officer Social Housing at Cycling Scotland.  Hugh manages the Social Housing Partnership Fund at Cycling Scotland, which provides support to registered social landlords to improve walking and cycling facilities. Hugh facilitated a workshop at...

We're back after a short hiatus! In this new episode our guest is Hugh Macgregor, who is the Development Officer Social Housing at Cycling Scotland. Hugh manages the Social Housing Partnership Fund at Cycling Scotland, which provides support to registered social landlords to improve walking and cycling facilities. Hugh facilitated a workshop at the SFHA Scottish Factoring Network Conference back i...

Welcome to a new season of the Blocktalk podcast, and this week's Blocktalk Bitesize, which is an 8-minute section taken from the full podcast. In this short episode you will hear a section from the Clientcast, an episode dedicated to an update for CPL clients.  We hope you enjoy the episode, and if you have any questions, or comments, please do reach out to us. About the Blocktalk podcast The Blo...

Welcome to our regular quarterly Clientcast episode of the Blocktalk podcast with Brian, Will, Crawford, and Jaxx giving our clients an update on what's happening at CPL HQ.  Timestamps: 1:54 CPL news 5:34 CPL 2.0  6:42 CPL 3.0 9:19 Housing Associations  11:58 Blockworx update 15:30 Blocktalk podcast We hope you enjoy the episode, and we welcome any questions! About the Blocktalk podcast The Block...

Welcome to a new season of the Blocktalk podcast, and this week's Blocktalk Bitesize, which is an 8-minute section taken from the full podcast. In this episode we're joined by Neale Bisset, and we've chosen the part of the podcast where Neale discusses the new Property Institute's Diploma, developed by professionals in Scotland, for Scotland; recruitment in the industry; mental health in the indus...

 On this week's Blocktalk Podcast, we're delighted to be joined by Neale Bisset, Co-owner and Chairman of PMC Property Management and Lettings.  Brian chats to Neale about all things property management including a new Diploma for Scotland, via The Property Institute, the PMAS Conference, and owner's associations. 3:15 Qualification 4:04 Management buyout 7:26 Mental health in the industry 8:02 Ow...

Welcome to a new season of the Blocktalk podcast, and this week's Blocktalk Bitesize, which is an 8-minute section taken from the full podcast. In this episode we're joined by Malcolm Perryman, Commercial Manager at The Property Institute, and Zoe Southwell, Senior Management at Block Recruit to talk about the challenges facing the industry around recruitment.  We hope you enjoy the episode, and i...

Welcome to a new season of the Blocktalk podcast.  In this episode we're joined by Malcolm Perryman, Commerical Manager at The Property Institute, and Zoe Southwell, Senior Management at Block Recruit to talk about the challenges facing the industry around recruitment.  We hope you enjoy the episode, and if you have any questions, or comments, please do reach out to us. Timestamp 1:58 Background r...

🎙️2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣2️⃣ A Year of Blocktalk 🎙️ A MASSIVE thank you to all of our guests who joined us on the Blocktalk podcast in 2022! Our first full calendar year and what a year it was! 🎙️We started the year with some health and wellbeing, and went on to have conversations about leadership, cladding remediation, sustainability, owners associations, training, and much more. We've put together a collectio...

Welcome to the last Blocktalk Bitesize of 2022! It's a short 8-minute piece from Kyle Murtagh's podcast. Kyle is a presentation skills speaker. In 2020, Kyle created and published a book, 'The 5 Pillars of Effective Public Speaking' which received outstanding reviews. And in 2021, he went on to become the European Champion of Public Speaking and competed in the World Finals. Today we’re going to c...

Welcome to our last Blocktalk podcast of 2022! And we've got a good one for you, as we have a guest who can give you the tools to be and to feel much more confident when speaking to clients, suppliers, colleagues, and the managers and Directors when you are presenting to your teams. Kyle is a presentation skills speaker. In 2020, Kyle created and published a book, 'The 5 Pillars of Effective Publi...

It's the Blocktalk Bitesize episode from the latest Clientcast. In this 8-minute chunk from the full episode,  you'll hear from Will, our Technical Director, about some upgrades we're making. Enjoy! Any questions, please do get in touch. About the Blocktalk podcast The Blocktalk podcast is a podcast about the property management industry for the property management industry. It is produced by CPL...

Welcome to our regular quarterly Clientcast episode of the Blocktalk podcast with Brian, Will, Crawford, and Jaxx giving our clients an update on what's happening at CPL HQ.  Timestamps: 1:05   PMAS conference  2:53   CPL Team ConferenceTeam news 6:32   Equal Business Stature 11:58 CPL 2.0 and the new update process and 3.0 21:57 Housing Associations  33:57 Blockworx update 42:12 Blocktalk podcast...

Welcome to this 8-minute snippet from the recent Blocktalk episode with Ross Watt, MD North Scotland, at Newton Property Management. These 8-minute Bitesize episodes give you a little taster of what we're talking about on the full episodes.  We hope you enjoy! About the Blocktalk podcast The Blocktalk podcast is a podcast about the property management industry for the property management industry....

Welcome to another episode of the Blocktalk Podcast! We're delighted to chat to Ross Watt, who is Managing Director for North Scotland at Newton Property Management.  We cover a range of topics, including the differences between the North and Central belt, his challenges, and what property management looks like for him. We hope you enjoy the episode. About the Blocktalk podcast The Blocktalk podca...

In this week's Blocktalk Bitesize, catch a bit of the latest chat covering Leadership with Brian Welsh, MD CPL Software, Blockwork, and INSPCT. Brian is a software business leader, Clifton Strengths coach, and dad to Arthur.  About the Blocktalk podcast The Blocktalk podcast is a podcast about the property management industry for the property management industry. It is produced by CPL Software Ltd...

Welcome to another episode of the Blocktalk episode, and this week we are turning the tables on the host, Brian Welsh, who is MD of CPL Software, who produces this show.  Brian is talking about Leadership, his leadership style, Clifton Strengths, Equal Business Stature, his favourite books, what he'd call a book about leadership if he wrote one, and more! It's a colourful episode, and we hope you...

Blocktalk Bitesize is an 8-minute piece from the recent Blocktalk Podcast. This week's Bitesize is with Chris Ashurst, David Reid, and Hardip Devsi talking about the ongoing Cladding Remediation.  You can listen to the full episode which was published last week. About the Blocktalk podcast The Blocktalk podcast is a podcast about the property management industry for the property management industr...

Welcome to a special edition of the Blocktalk podcast, which is our first round table discussion. Today we are delighted to welcome Hardip Devsi, David Reid and Chris Ashurst to talk about the ongoing cladding remediation. This is an informative discussion that we hope you find useful, and one that is worth sharing with homeowners, landlords and tenants.  The podcast covers: Views on progress with...

A small snippet from our chat with Dr Nigel Glen on the recent Blocktalk Podcast. About the Blocktalk podcast The Blocktalk podcast is a podcast about the property management industry for the property management industry. It is produced by CPL Software Ltd, who are software partners to the industry. Follow the producers of the Blocktalk Podcast, CPL Software on LinkedIn

It's been a year since we launched the first-ever Blocktalk podcast, and to mark the occasion, we are delighted to have back our very first guest, Dr Nigel Glen, now Executive Chair of the newly created Property Institute. Another insightful and informative episode with Nigel, who talks about his new position and responsibilities, including 'Net Zero'.  We hope you enjoy the episode! About the Blo...

On this latest Blocktalk Bitesize episode we have an 8-minute snippet from the Round Table discussion with Alan Draper and Derek McDonald - both pioneers in the subject of EV Charging in the property management industry. Listen to Bitesize, and you can catch the full episode, which went live last week! Enjoy. About the Blocktalk podcast The Blocktalk podcast is a podcast about the property managem...

Welcome to another episode of the Blocktalk Podcast, and on this edition we have the pleasure of chatting to two industry leaders in the area of EV Charging. We caught up with both Derk McDonald, Joint MD at Newton Property Management who has been a pioneer in Scotland in the installation of EV Charging units across their portfolio, and Alan Draper, Technical Director at EV Solutions.   This is an...

A short 8 minutes from the recent Clientcast episode of the Blocktalk podcast, with Brian, Will, Crawford and Jaxx. We've got: Team news and promotions, and welcomes CPL new release Blockworx updates Upcoming PMAS conference Blocktalk podcast, recent conversations, and upcoming About the Blocktalk podcast The Blocktalk podcast is a podcast about the property management industry for the property ma...