Attendee Comments

I thought the conference was one of the most professional and well run that I have attended in my 40 years in the profession

Andy Trotter, Head of Property, EDF Energy Plc

Congratulations on putting together a really top drawer event.  I found the conference extremely useful and interesting and frankly very constructive given the state of the market currently. We were all impressed with the quality of the event, both in terms of organisation and the speakers involved

Duncan Hughes, Director, LRE Capital

Many thanks for a well arranged, hosted and informative conference. I thought that the variety of speakers, each with their own specialist area, delivered in rapid succession worked well

James Brennan, Finance Director, Ballymore

I found the Conference most helpful and informative so well done. There are a number of items that we as a Development Co now wish to follow up on.

Stuart Carruthers, Director, iCP Asset Management

I thoroughly enjoyed the conference, some very interesting views and statistics.  

Jerry Dalton, Director, Real Estate, Bank of Scotland

The conference really was first class, the best I have attended. The unexpected depth of quality throughout was particularly pleasing.

Simon Avery, Partner, Bell Cornwell

I thought that the conference was extremely well organised, timings were virtually perfect, beverages breaks/food/service were also near perfect, speakers right level, interesting and well focussed, high level attendees.

John Williams, Caddick Construction

Many thanks for organising yesterday's conference, which I certainly found to be a useful day. I look forward to attending next year's.

Richard Martin, Assistant Vice President, Property Finance, Bank Leumi (UK) plc

The format was excellent, plenty of time for networking, the panels work really well, the standing lunch was a great idea, drinks at the end minimises the amount of people who leave early

Suzanne Wadsworth, Senior Manager Property Finance, Deutsche Postbank

LDE manage to catch the zeitgeist – right topics at the right time!  Value courses in every sense of the word

Roger Southam, Chairman and Chief Executive, Chainbow

Very interesting and well organised event today thank you.

Craig Silver, Assistant Director, Close Property Finance Limited 

Great event and very well attended by quality audience. Full marks to you/your team and very well chaired by Nick.

Dominic Grace, Director, Head of Residential Investment & Development, Savills

I found the event very interesting and informative, I will certainly be taking advantage of meeting some of the speakers in due course.

Keith Lupton, Director Real Estate, HSBC Bank PLC UK

Once again LDE have organised an event which covered viewpoints and opinion on every key element of the challenges facing the residential development industry in these difficult times. The insight provided was crucial in order to prepare for the new market we are facing.

Mark Farmer, Partner and Head of Private Residential, EC Harris

Thank you for the seminar yesterday. I found it very informative and interesting particularly in terms of understanding more fully the viability issues relative to planning policy. I look forward to future events.

Annu Berry, Divisional Director, 3D Reid

I thought you had organised some excellent speakers covering a wide range of topics that were very relevant. Certainly everyone I spoke to said how good they thought it was. 

Victoria Mitchell, Chairman, The Berkeley Group and Consultant Director, Savills

Thank you for yesterday. I found the presentation excellent, focused and as we all know absolute priority for those of us from a Developer / Private sector back ground. 

Mike Walker, Development Director, Crest Nicholson

By using speakers who are proficient in their craft, the LDE seminars are always relevant, interesting and good value for money

Neil Connolly, Projects Director, Barratt West London

I have always found that LDE's events are thoughtfully put together and professionally run.

Barry Jessup, Director, First Base

Thank you very much for organising and inviting me to this thoroughly useful event.  It was extremely well organised and the speakers were excellent.  I met a number of interesting individuals and learnt a lot about technical solutions, what works and what doesn't - and what it costs.  I will be doing a summary for colleagues to disseminate the key points.

Amanda Stubbs, Trowers & Hamlins LLP

LDE's great strength as conference organisers is that they know the market issues and the people operating in those markets.  In my experience the presentations are highly relevant and you meet the right people.

Jim Ward, Director, Savills 

Many thanks for the day. I found it very worthwhile with a great array of experience in one room. The calibre of speakers was excellent and their delivery and content was great. Well done on pulling together a good day with such a high calibre list of delegates.

John Ennis, Director of New Homes, Foxtons

 A very well-structured and attended event. Congratulations!

Scott Hammond, Land & Planning Director, Oracle Residential Ltd

Congratulations on yesterday’s conference - it was excellent.

Christian Grahame, Development Director, Mirvac 

The conference subject matter and venue were excellent; the speakers authoritative and well chosen.

Mrs Harriet Townsend, Barrister, 2-3 Grays Inn Square 

It was a good day and highly informative.

Harry Lewis, Director - Development Agency & Investment, International Residential, Savills  

It was well attended and well organised – well done!

Philip Waterfield, Director, Strettons Chartered Surveyors

I thought the conference was very useful and informative

Hugh Quinn, Ravenblack Developments                

The conference yesterday was a thoroughly well run affair and proved very useful both on the learning front, and on the networking front.

Charlie Proddow, Partner, Bevan Brittan LLP 

I gained a great deal of knowledge and practice from speakers representing the high end of the private sector.

Susanna Campbell, Sales & Marketing Manager  - London & South East, Places For People  

I certainly enjoyed the Conference, especially the range of topics and opinions that were heard over the day. I found the whole day very informative and it was wonderful to have such a range of ideas and innovations to hear about over the course of the day.

Emma Strong, Environmental and Sustainability Consultant, Enplan llp

An excellent conference, very well co-ordinated session.  I have learnt a lot, the speakers were very good

Shahid Muhammad, Metropolitan Housing Trust 

London Development Events have developed an incredible ability to organise seminars that answer the questions that everyone is asking

Anthony Lee, Director - Development & Residential Consulting, Atisreal 

The seminar was very useful. I am going to attempt to present a shortened version to my colleagues.

Ben Kelly – Planning Perspectives LLP