{"id":23705,"date":"2020-02-17T07:15:31","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T15:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/?p=23705"},"modified":"2020-12-25T02:24:20","modified_gmt":"2020-12-25T10:24:20","slug":"ukaa-expo-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/ukaa-expo-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"UKAA Expo 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was great to see 400+ people representing the UK\u2019s fast-growing build to rent sector last week at the UKAA Expo 2020; the third event of its kind hosted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukaa.org.uk\/\">The UKAA<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.co.uk\/\">Yardi<\/a> was there in full force with a team of seven passionate residential specialists, all eager to learn, ne<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-23699\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/ukaa1-300x190.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" \/>twork and engage with the market.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Early bird catches the reverse-trade show worm <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For many, the day started at 10am, but for the exhibitors and operators, it was an earlier start. A conventional tradeshow concept was flipped on its head at The Reverse Tradeshow, giving exhibitors the opportunity to attend 10-minute quickfire meetings with operators. It is great to see companies like <a href=\"https:\/\/ecoworldlondon.com\/\">EcoWorld<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foliolondon.co.uk\/\">Folio London<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.henleyinvestments.com\/\">Henley Investment Management<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/platform.life\/\">PLATFORM_<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.packagedliving.co.uk\/\">Packaged Living<\/a> investing time into further supporting the growth of the market.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Networking and more networking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was all systems go when the doors opened at 10am. The exhibition was home to suppliers from all corners of residential real estate, including PropTech companies, law firms and regulatory organisations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Market Perspectives <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We were keen to ask other eventgoers how they found the day and get a perspective of their understanding of the market.<\/p>\n<p>Justin Harley, Regional Director at Yardi interviewed Lesley Roberts, President of the UKAA and Partner &amp; Executive Director at Allsop, who advised BTR operators to be passionate about customer service, understand the market and find good suppliers.<\/p>\n<p>Justin also interviewed Paul Belson, PRS &amp; BTR Investment Consultant who recognised the increase in PropTech innovation and The UKAA\u2019s CEO, Dave Butler, who explained the key to success is to know your customer.<\/p>\n<p>Click on each image to watch the full interviews.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23700\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23700\" style=\"width: 357px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vPVeSRd7cdY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23700 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/ukaa2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"357\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23700\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Justin Harley interviews Lesley Roberts &#8211; President of the UKAA and Partner &amp; Executive Director Allsop<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23701\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23701\" style=\"width: 357px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Em3o0uxcfV4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23701 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/ukaa3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"357\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23701\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harley interviews Paul Belson &#8211; PRS &amp; BTR Investment Consultant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23702\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23702\" style=\"width: 366px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KwhZBlWcRHc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23702 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/ukaa4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"366\" height=\"206\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23702\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harley interviews David Butler \u2013 CEO of UKAA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Session Take-Aways<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Richard Lankshear, Innovation Manager of NHBC was first to take to stage where he gave some inspiring examples of innovation, including how French Gardner Joseph Monier combined two materials to strengthen plant pots and unknowingly created the most widely used material in modern day construction &#8211; reinforced concrete.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-23704\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/ukaa6-300x165.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Session two was a sobering, yet immensely powerful session, moderated by Tracey Hartley of The Howard de Walden Estate. Deborah Brown of Walker Morris explained the importance of understanding, recognising and acting upon behavioural and environmental impacts within residential communities. Stephanie Orr of Surviving Economic Abuse shared some eye-opening facts including results of a Crime Survey of England &amp; Wales that showed 10.7% of women in private rented homes have experienced domestic abuse \u2013 a figure not to be ignored by the industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Impressive Technology <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/ukaa5-300x176.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" \/>We were truly impressed by the technology presented in Session 3 by Ross Jenner, Sales Director of VU.City demonstrating the utilisation of gaming technology to create an accurate 3D model of London to within 15cm accuracy. Having mapped all 9,800 trees in London, Jenner claimed that it is potentially \u2018the most accurate tree survey of London ever done\u2019. Overlays of conservation areas, protected views, flood risk, air pollution, broadband speed, excellently serve the purpose of assisting the pre-application and planning process.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most popular sessions of the day was session 6 \u2013 Brand Marketing 2020. The relevance of digital marketing was expressed with how mobile use has increased by 50% in the past 2 years, compared to print which is down 25%. Influencer Marketing was also recognised as being able to increase marketing ROI and how todays spend of $5 billion will increase to $10 billion in 2022<\/p>\n<p><strong>Until Next Year\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dave Butler, CEO of The UKAA summarised the day nicely over a closing reception. He thanked sponsors, exhibitors, speakers and his team at the UKAA for collaboratively putting on another successful UKAA Expo.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was great to see 400+ people representing the UK\u2019s fast-growing build to rent sector last week at the UKAA Expo 2020; the third event of its kind hosted by The UKAA. 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