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JOIN THE

ASSET VALUATION CIRCLE

The ASSET VALUATION CIRCLE offers local authority valuers and finance staff the most practical, valuable and cost-effective asset valuation training and support available anywhere. 

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This is your opportunity to become a member of THE ASSET VALUATION CIRCLE. 

 

This new subscription based club which will provide you with all the following benefits.​

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  • Pre-recorded MODULAR ASSET VALUATION TRAINING AVAILABLE 24/7

    • ​so you can fit your training around your work schedule and your life

    • PAUSE, STOP, REWIND and RE-START the pre-recorded training modules as many times as you like during your Asset Valuation Circle annual membership

    • TOTAL FLEXIBILITY on how, when and where you access the training

    • ACCESSIBLE on your mobile phone, laptop or tablet (or SMART TV if you have one!)

    • WATCH THE TRAINING AGAIN AND AGAIN so there is no need to worry about lost or illegible training notes

    • If you find yourself STUCK with a tricky asset valuation scenario just WATCH THE TRAINING AGAIN​

    • What's more, our pre-recorded training sessions will be REGULARLY UPDATED to reflect CIPFA and RICS requirements

 

(For more information on the content of the training modules see below)​

IT'S NOT JUST PRE-RECORDED LEARNING...

  • Full access to quarterly LIVE ASSET VALUATION LABS

  • AROUND 3 OR 4 LIVE 90 MINUTE SESSIONS PER YEAR

  • MIXTURE OF SESSIONS with a combination of:

    • General: get your questions aired, discussed and answered, where you can literally ask anything asset valuation.  We can work through real life examples for you if you have any.

    • Theme based: picking up on regulatory changes or specific topics, such as Covid-19 or new accountancy standards.

    • Challenge based: with a focus on a specific asset valuation challenges or scenarios such as DRC modern equivalent asset or componentisation.

    • Expert Guest Speakers: valuation approaches in specialist market sectors​.

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Full access to monthly LIVE ASSET VALUATION SURGERIES

The agenda is set by members with their asset valuation questions or challenges, with EACH SURGERY lasting A FULL HOUR.

  • Exclusive and private access to our ASSET VALUATION CIRCLE CHAT ROOM where you can ask 'real-time' questions on all things asset valuation within the circle, and engage with others in the Circle.

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  • For particularly tricky valuation scenarios you can access your FREE and confidential asset valuation 'EMAIL 'HOTLINE'

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  • Just drop us your question by email for a PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL response

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  • Plus periodic VALUATION ALERTS direct to your mailbox

Our ASSET VALUATION VAULT contains examples of tools, methodologies and templates shared by members of the Asset Valuation Circle

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ALTOGETHER THAT MEANS EVERYONE IN THE ASSET VALUATION CIRCLE HAS ACCESS TO THE EQUIVALENT OF OVER THREE YEARS' WORTH OF RICS CPD!

INTRODUCING 'CPD ON THE GO!'

Having so much pre-recorded learning available, means it is always there for when you need it, and how you need it. Many of the modules can be treated like podcasts, which means you can fit the learning around your lifestyle.

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Out running

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Commuting

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Out cycling

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At the gym

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At the beach

In the kitchen

TOTAL FLEXIBILITY

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Mobile App

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Who delivers the training? 

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The modular training and Q&A sessions will be delivered by Chris Brain, who is widely known and respected for his knowledge and expertise in local authority asset valuation.

 

Chris has been delivering asset valuation support and training to the local government sector for over 12 YEARS.  In that time he has trained over 3,000 PEOPLE in asset valuation.  He has been a member of the RICS Public Sector Asset Valuation Group for over 12 years.

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Chris has served as Valuation Liaison Officer to ACES Council since 2019.

 

There really is no-one else out there delivering asset valuation training with anything like the experience that Chris is able to offer.

 

It will be a 'no holds barred' training, rooted in the practicality and reality of asset valuation. 

 

Membership of the ASSET VALUATION CIRCLE can deliver you from your asset valuation misery!

  • 46 years in and around local government, including:

•24 years in local government

•17 years as local government consultant & trainer at CIPFA

  • 10 years delivering CIPFA asset valuation events and training

  • Trained over 3,000 people in asset valuation across the UK

  • Joint author of CIPFA asset valuation handbook

  • 12 years on RICS PSVG (including 9 years as CIPFA representative)

  • Red Book drafting and amendments

  • Member of working group and editorial panel for RICS DRC guidance

  • Joint author of forthcoming RICS guidance on Existing Use Value

  • Former member of the RICS UK & Ireland World Region Board

Who is the Asset Valuation Circle for?

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Membership of the ASSET VALUATION CIRCLE will provide you with absolutely the best support in asset valuation that you could ever hope for. Whether you are a valuer or a capital accountant, you can benefit equally form everything that the ASSET VALUATION CIRCLE has to offer.

 

It is ideal for you if you are:

  • completely NEW to asset valuation and is after a quick introduction followed by ongoing knowledge development.

  • OVERSEEING asset valuation and want to know what it involves.  You might be an accountant that commissions, either internally or externally, the assets valuations and you want to understand more about the process and what you should expect.  You might be a property team leader that manages the asset valuation programme, and want to know more about what your team should be doing and how they should be doing it.

  • an EXPERIENCED asset valuer that wants:

    • regular refresher training

    • the opportunity to discuss latest developments in asset valuation with their peers from other authorities

    • to be challenged to improve

    • the opportunity to have their asset valuation challenges 'answered' live

 

You will get great benefits from membership of the ASSET VALUATION CIRCLE whether you are a VALUER or an ACCOUNTANT​, or simply a manager of an asset valuation service.

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Chris Brain has a famous reputation for making the complex, seem simple.  So there is no need to be afraid of the training provided in the ASSET VALUATION CIRCLE, or feeling out of your depth.

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The rules around asset valuation can seem very complex and confusing.  You might find yourself flicking between the RICS Red Book and the CIPFA Code, wondering what it all means and what you should be doing. 

 

This training support package will help you to stop all that.  This will become your number one source of advice, information, guidance and tutoring on asset valuation.

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The sessions will explode some myths around local authority asset valuation, as well as revealing lots of secrets that you might not otherwise have been aware of.

What do the training modules cover?

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There are three training levels within the Asset Valuation Circle, as set out below:

 

FOUNDATION LEVEL: This will provide you with a firm foundation on the basics of local authority asset valuation.  These firm foundations are crucial to later training modules.  At this level we will be covering:

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  • The regulatory framework

  • Asset categories and basis of value

  • Asset Valuation for Accountants

  • DRC and EUV overview

  • Housing stock valuation overview

  • IFRS13 Fair Value overview

  • Leases overview

  • Depreciable amount

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COMPETENCE LEVEL: This training level will move you on from the foundation level, by developing some of the foundation thinking and applying it to practical situations.  We will also be going into a little more detail on certain aspects of asset valuation.  This will cover areas such as:

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  • Material accuracy

  • Valuation frequency

  • Practical application of IFRS 16

  • The modern equivalent asset in DRC

  • Practical issues with EUV

  • Fair Value hierarchy

  • Practical application of IFRS 13

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MASTERY LEVEL: At this upper training level, we will take you from simple competence by delving even more deeply into real and practical asset valuations challenges and scenarios.  This level will cover areas such as:

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  • Understanding obsolescence in DRC

  • Where componentisation goes wrong

  • IFRS13 disclosures

  • Preparing for audit

  • Valuation moderation

  • Commissioning external valuers

  • Achieving valuation consistency

  • PLUS a wide range of thought provoking worked examples, where we apply the theory into practical scenarios

 

 

Members have access to all three levels.  There is already over 60 hours of recorded cpd training available.  Alongside this there are exercises and homework associated with some modules which adds up to a further 10 hours of CPD. And it is growing all the time, with our monthly LIVE Asset Valuation Surgeries, and regular LIVE Asset Valuation Labs.

 

You will of course be free to access these (and future) pre-recorded modules at any time during your membership of the ASSET VALUATION CIRCLE.

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This already provides a minimum of 70 hours of CPD

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