![[Original size] Chris brain associates.p](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8f0482_cccc73b995cc43089f731be99a403a09~mv2.png/v1/crop/x_284,y_423,w_228,h_235/fill/w_79,h_79,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/%5BOriginal%20size%5D%20Chris%20brain%20associates_p.png)
PUBLICATIONS
VALUATION IN A NET ZERO WORLD
Terrier Magazine Winter 2022
"The purpose of this article is to inspire valuers to think differently about how as the climate changes their role may be changing also. And, for managers to think about how valuers need to be supported through such change."
ASSET VALUATIONS - WHAT'S THE POINT?
Terrier Magazine Spring 2022
"Given the recently concluded emergency Code consultation by the CIPFA LASAAC Board, it is timely to perhaps remind ourselves why capital accountants and property asset valuers all across the UK, do what they do."
TRAINING OPTIONS
Terrier Magazine Autumn 2021
“Arrests, intimidation, dubious contracts and squandered millions - how England’s 10th biggest local authority failed the people it was supposed to serve.” That was the opening line in a recent story in the Independent on the report issued in March 2021 into the goings on at Liverpool City Council, including some rather dodgy looking property deals. There is no question that the reputation of Liverpool has hit a low.
CULTURE OF INTIMIDATION
Terrier Magazine Spring 2021
“Arrests, intimidation, dubious contracts and squandered millions - how England’s 10th biggest local authority failed the people it was supposed to serve.” That was the opening line in a recent story in the Independent on the report issued in March 2021 into the goings on at Liverpool City Council, including some rather dodgy looking property deals. There is no question that the reputation of Liverpool has hit a low.
ASSET MANAGEMENT PLANS: ADAPT OR DIE
Terrier Magazine Autumn 2020
One thing is certain over the recent months - that is the unprecedented use of the word unprecedented!
As I see it, there are 2 fundamental areas where the local authority asset management plan needs radically to change. The first is the scope of the plan. The second is the form of the plan.
LOVE WILL FIND A WAY: LOCAL GOVERNMENT’S PASSION FOR PROPERTY UNDER PRESSURE
Room 151
The Public Accounts Committee has criticised government for failing to manage the risk of local authorities investing in commercial property. For many councils, external sources of income are an essential ingredient in their finances.
ASSET STRATEGIES - TOP 10 CHALLENGES (PART 2)
Terrier Magazine Spring 2020
Execution is an odd word. On the onehand, it means “the carrying out of a plan or course of action.” On the other, it means, “the carrying out of a death sentence.”
CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Terrier Magazine Autumn 2019
"When property asset management stalls, it is because of a failure to embrace the changes that are needed to make things happen."
IT COULD BE A MATTER OF LIFE OR DEATH
The Voice Summer 2019
"Training and development is critical to keeping people safe on school premises."
DEVELOPING A CAPITAL STRATEGY FOR YOUR ASSETS
Terrier Magazine Autumn 2018
"The context and requirements for developing an authority’s capital strategy. He includes practical advice for surveyors to consider and follow – it’s a potentially daunting list to deal with effective asset management for informed decisionmaking, and comply with the capital strategy requirements by the deadline of 1 April 2019."
IFRS13 – LATEST CHANGES IN THE WORLD OF LOCAL AUTHORITY ASSET VALUATION, PART TWO
"Detailed guidance for valuation practitioners for local authority accounting purposes, Part 2."
WHALE WATCHING
Terrier Magazine Spring 2023
"I have just returned from a whale watching holiday in Baja California, and it was while on that trip that the idea for this article came into my head. I was kitted out with a life vest, sitting with eight other people on a 20 foot wooden panga boat, heading out to greet Grey Whales in San Ignacio Lagoon."
SUSTAINABLE PROPERTY SERVICES
Terrier Magazine Summer 2022
"The COVID-19 health crisis has placed great pressure on council budgets, and many are struggling with financial sustainability. This creates challenges to ensure continuity of services, including property services.
As a manager of a council property service, what are the things you need to be considering to meet this challenge? For me it boils down to just two things; the opportunity to save money, and the opportunity to make money."
5 SIGNS YOU ARE RUBBISH AT ASSET MANAGEMENT
Terrier Magazine Winter 2021
With over two decades supporting local authorities in the development of their property asset strategies, there isn’t much I haven’t seen. Whatever your problems are, there is a pretty good chance I have witnessed it elsewhere. I rarely encounter ‘new’ problems.
I sat down recently, to think through some of the bigger issues that my clients were experiencing before I started working with them. The purpose of this was to see if I could come up with a top five list of problems.
ALWAYS DONE IT THAT WAY!
Terrier Magazine Summer 2021
“We’ve always done it this way” is a phrase I hear quite a bit. In fact, it is one of the most commonly heard phrases in all the property consultancy and training that I have undertaken over the past two decades.
I first encountered this phrase over 30 years ago, as it was a phrase of choice at that time of a former work colleague of mine. I remember thinking at the time what a foolish phrase this was.
PROPERTY INVESTMENT AND PWLB
Terrier Magazine Winter 2020
Does this sound familiar? You have seen central government grant support to your local authority fall by around half over the past 10 years. To help fill that gap you have developed a capital and investment strategy that seeks to invest partly in commercial property acquisition.
Will that still be possible?
SLIDING DOORS
Terrier Magazine Summer 2020
What will society look like in the future? How will people want to draw upon services in the future?
​For those in the property teams within those organisations, the big question is what property assets will the organisation need going forward, and how will the assets we retain be used?
ASSET STRATEGIES - TOP 10 CHALLENGES (PART 1)
Terrier Magazine Winter 2019
Execution is an odd word. On the one
hand, it means “the carrying out of a plan or course of action.” On the other, it means, “the carrying out of a death sentence.”
CAPITAL STRATEGY
Terrier Magazine Summer 2019
“It is critical that those involved in both
managing and developing strategy on the property portfolio are involved deeply in the
development of the organisation’s capital strategy.”
MONOPOLY PROPERTY PURCHASES ENDANGER COUNCILS
The ALARM Journal Autumn 2018
"Property investments can be so risky they can potentially threaten the financial viability of councils."
COMFORTABLY NUMB – ARE WE GETTING LAZY WITH OUR ASSET MANAGEMENT APPROACHES?
Terrier Magazine Spring 2016
"practical advice about better ways of approaching
asset management plans to make them
more effective. For authorities: what is
their policy, what is their strategy and
what is their action plan?"
IFRS13 – LATEST CHANGES IN THE WORLD OF LOCAL AUTHORITY ASSET VALUATION, PART ONE
"Detailed guidance for valuation practitioners for local authority accounting purposes, Part 1."
BUILDING OUR INVESTMENTS –
HOW SOME LOCAL AUTHORITIES ARE
EXPANDING THEIR PROPERTY INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO
"Commercial property acquisitions are of growing importance to many councils, as austerity measures bite ever deeper."
SPLIT DECISION - DETERMINING THE LAND AND BUILDINGS SPLIT IN LOCAL AUTHORITY ASSET VALUATIONS
"As a response to the Editor’s awareness of a confusion among valuers about land and buildings split for valuations for capital accounting purposes, here is compelling useful guidance.