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CULS Member Robert Peto appointed RICS President for 2010/11

Date:

14/04/2010

RICS appoints President for 2010/11
 
Robert Peto was confirmed as President for 2010/11 at RICS Governing Council on Monday 12th April.

Want to give something back but not sure how you canmake a difference? Six alumni explain how they are contributing to University life.

Date:

27/11/2009

Current Society President, Gerald Parkes, teams up with Sir John Beckwith

Date:

09/11/2009

Gerald Parkes, current President of the Cambridge University Land Society, has teamed up with Sir John Beckwith of Pacific Investments to build a new real estate investment platform.

Roger Bright appointed to the Order of the Bath (CB)

Date:

15/06/2009

Roger Bright, Chief Executive of the Crown Estate and Honorary Vice President of the Cambridge University Land Society, has been appointed to the Order of the Bath (CB) for public service in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.

Robert Peto gets RICS top job

Date:

24/03/2009

DTZ’s Robert Peto, a CULS Member, has been elected as RICS president-elect for the 2010/11 period beating Aston Rose’s director of valuation Duncan Preston in a competitive election.

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Lowther Castle awarded £9 million Funding Grant

Date:

09/12/2008

Lowther Castle, visited by Members during the North West Regional meeting on 23rd September 2008, has obtained £9 million in grant funding from the Regional Development Agency.  The works to be funded include renovation of the building and landscaping of the gardens.

Maples Teesdale Advises US Embassy on London Site Acquisition

Date:

13/10/2008

Specialist commercial property law firm Maples Teesdale advised the United States Government in relation to its acquisition of an almost five acre development site for a new embassy building at Nine Elms Lane in Wandsworth, London from Ballymore Properties.

Professor Alison Richard proposed British trade ambassador

Date:

27/09/2008

Professor Alison Richard, Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, together with Professor Malcolm Grant, Provost and President of University College London, are among a number of leading business people and academics are proposed ambassadors for British trade in a high-level scheme to be revived by the Government.