CPD Essentials

WEBINAR - Impact and Actions for Metal Roof and Wall Cladding Systems
2025-05-29 17:00 - 2025-06-12 18:30 UTC
Date: 29 May 2025
Speaker: Clare Horner, Euroclad
Time: 17:00-18:00 (with time for questions at the end)

WEBINAR - Highway Law and Car Parking Issues
2025-06-05 17:00 - 18:30
Date: 5 June 2025
Speaker: Ian Quayle
Time: 17:00-18:00 (with time for questions at the end)

WEBINAR - Safety at Height
2025-06-12 17:00 - 2025-06-26 18:30
Date: 12 June 2025
Speaker: Stuart Pierpoint – MSA Safety
Time: 17:00-18:00 (with time for questions at the end)

WEBINAR - Hidden Operational Risks That Undermine Asset Value: What Surveyors and Property Managers Overlook
2025-06-19 17:00 - 18:30
Date: 19 June 2025
Speaker: Deborah Israel
Time: 17:00-18:00 (with time for questions at the end)
Hidden Operational Risks That Undermine Asset Value: What Surveyors and Property Managers Overlook
This technical CPD session highlights the operational risks that often go unnoticed – but can quietly erode asset value and disrupt portfolio performance. From lease clause liabilities and non-compliant EPCs to failing M&E systems and poor service charge recovery, these issues can significantly affect valuation if not addressed early.
Delegates will gain practical insight into identifying high-risk red flags during inspections and reporting, and learn how to present these findings in a way that supports asset and investment strategy.
Learning Outcomes:

Identify hidden risks that directly impact value and tenant retention
Understand how leases, compliance, and asset condition contribute to long-term risk
Translate technical property issues into commercially relevant reporting
Apply a structured risk assessment approach to inspections and client updates

CPD Relevance:
Aligned with the following RICS competencies:

Property Management
Inspection
Valuation
Landlord & Tenant
Sustainability / Health & Safety

WEBINAR - Solar PV CPD
2025-06-26 17:00 - 18:30
Date: 26 June 2025
Speaker: Michael Williams
Time: 17:00-18:00 (with time for questions at the end)

WEBINAR - The Building Safety Act 2022
2025-09-11 17:00 - 18:30
Date: 11 September 2025
Speaker: Ian Quayle
Time: 17:00-18:00 (with time for questions at the end)

WEBINAR - Air Leakage & Fire Performance in Façade Systems
2025-09-18 17:00 - 18:30
Date: 18 September 2025
Speaker: Proctor Group
Time: 17:00-18:00 (with time for questions at the end)

WEBINAR - Passive House and Low Energy Housing Design
2025-10-02 17:00 - 18:30
Date: 2 October 2025
Speaker: Proctor Group
Time: 17:00-18:00 (with time for questions at the end)
This webinar gives an overview of the Passive House design principles, the benefits they provide in terms of energy performance, and the means by which these benefits are achieved. It also introduces some common fabric first systems and solutions to simplify the process of optimising low energy design using the passive principles.

WEBINAR - Recent and Upcoming changes to fire safety
2025-10-09 16:30 - 17:30
Date: 9 October 2025
Speaker: John Palmer, OWL
Time: 17:00-18:00 (with time for questions at the end)

WEBINAR - Building Regulations and their interaction with Listed/Historic Buildings
2025-10-23 17:00 - 18:30
Date: 23 October 2025
Speaker: John Palmer, OWL
Time: 17:00-18:00 (with time for questions at the end)

WEBINAR - Renter's Rights Bill
2025-11-05 17:00 - 18:30
Date: 5 November 2025
Speaker: Richard Snape
Time: 17:00-18:00 (with time for questions at the end)

Renters’ Rights Bill receives Royal Assent today, securing a fairer future for 11 million private renters in England

Renters’ Rights Bill receives Royal Assent today, securing a fairer future for 11 million private renters in England
Landmark legislation will abolish Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions, ending a practice that has threatened thousands of renters with homelessness
The Act will rebalance landlord-tenant relations across England as part of the government’s Plan for Change

England’s 11 million private renters were granted the most significant increase to their rights in a generation when the government’s Renters’ Rights Bill received Royal Assent today at 7.40pm.
The Renters’ Rights Act delivers on the government’s Plan for Change manifesto commitment to rebalance the relationship between England’s 2.3 million landlords and 11 million tenants, ending a system that has left renters vulnerable to unfair treatment and insecurity.
At the core of the Act is the abolition of Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions – a practice that has pushed thousands into homelessness. This seismic shift will empower tenants to challenge poor conditions and unreasonable rent increases without fear of retaliatory eviction.
The reforms will give renters the right to end tenancies with two months’ notice, while protecting legitimate landlord interests through strengthened repossession grounds that support continued investment in the sector.
In the coming weeks, ministers will outline how the reforms will be rolled out.

WEBINAR - Architectural Aluminium: A Complete Guide to Design & Specification
2025-11-13 17:00 - 2025-11-27 18:30
Date: 13 November 2025
Speaker: Ivan Colvil, Alumasc
Time: 17:00-18:00 (with time for questions at the end)

WEBINAR - Party Wall Update 2025
2025-11-20 17:00 - 2025-12-04 18:30
Date: 20 November 2025
Speaker: Ben Mackie – The Party Wall Collective
Time: 17:00-18:00 (with time for questions at the end)

WEBINAR - Pitched Roof Design Considerations: Energy Moisture & Air Permeability RIBA
2025-11-27 17:00 - 18:30
Date: 27 November 2025
Speaker: Proctor Group
Time: 17:00-18:00 (with time for questions at the end)

Christmas cracker webinar offer 2025
2025-12-03 08:00 - 2026-03-27 17:00 | Online, via Zoom, United Kingdom
Christmas Cracker webinar offer
Order 12 webinars for the price of 10 £150 plus VAT saving £30.
Choose 12 from the attached list of webinars 2025
Order your Christmas cracker below and then email alison@cpdessentials with your choices. I will then email you the links to watch at your leisure.
All webinars are a minimum of 40 mins up to an hour or just over

Webicard webinar programme 2026
2026-01-08 08:00 - 2027-01-08 17:00
After 5 successful years of running online events, CPD essentials is continuing to run a webinar programme for 2026 with 30 live webinars.
The cost of the Webicard which provides access to the 45 – 60 min long webinars (including the recordings) for the season is £180.00 plus VAT.
Individual attendance or a webinar recordings are £15.00 plus VAT). Each webinar is around 45 minutes, with time for questions at the end. Each webinar will be either on a Wednesday or a Thursday evening at 5pm.
If you sign up part way through the year up you’ll be sent the links to all the previous recordings, including handouts/information from the speaker if provided.
The events for 2026 are as follows:

21-Jan
Metal Roof Refurbishment
Sam de Rozarieux HD Sharman
3-4pm

28-Jan
Natural fibre insulation
Gavin Moore, Sisal Wool
1-2pm

04-Feb
A retrofit solution to building sustainably
Selectaglaze
1-2pm

11-Feb
Steel for roofing and wall cladding
Elen Worthington, Tata Steel
5-6pm

26-Feb
Commercial Leases Update
Richard Snape
5-6pm

04-Mar
Nordic Copper
Richard Parrett
1-2pm

11-Mar
TBA

18-Mar
TBA

25-Mar
Valuation and red book p1
Nick French
5-6pm

15-Apr
Boundary issues
Ian Quayle
2-3pm

22-Apr
Window Protection through Secondary Glazing
Selectaglaze
1-2pm

29-Apr
RIBA 2030 climate change challenge, how steel contributes
Elen Worthington, Tata Steel
5-6pm

06-May
Valuation and red book p2
Nick French
5-6pm

14-May
Rent review – lessons from recent case law
Ian Quayle
5-6pm

20-May
Valuation and red book p3
Nick French
5-6pm

27-May
TBA

03-Jun
Landlord and Tenant Act1954: When it Applies.
Richard Snape
5-6pm

10-Jun
High St Rental auctions
Ian Quayle
1-2pm

17-Jun
Valuation and red book p4
Nick French
5-6pm

The Autumn programme will be announced shortly
You can purchase your Webicard below.
Information and bookings on the individual events can be found on the event pages.
The link for the webinar will be sent to you at least 2 days before the live event starts and the recording will follow shortly after.

Webinar - steel for wall and roof cladding
2026-02-11 17:00 - 18:00
Steel for roof and wall cladding

Steel substrate and properties (Gauge, Galvanising, Different paint system properties and performance)
Structural performance
Fragility, Health and Safety and compliance with CDM Regulations
Aesthetics, Durability & testing and Fire performance
Part L and contribution of systems
Acoustics, Sustainability and Guarantees

Commercial leases update
2026-02-26 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker – Richard Snape
This lecture is aimed at: Property professionals and fee earners involved in both contentious and noncontentious property work
Learning Outcome: To give an increased knowledge of the subject matter. To update on current
issues, case law and statutory provisions and to be able to apply the knowledge gained in the better
provision of a service to the client.

Webinar - Nordic Copper
2026-03-04 13:00 - 14:00
Nordic Copper is the product range for architectural applications, e.g. facades and roofs, made by Aurubis. The unrivaled range of factory-applied surface treatments provides copper and brass with various stages of oxidation and patination immediately.
Nordic Copper stands for individual architectural solutions, a long life cycle for buildings and a responsible legacy for future generations.
Copper has been used in building envelopes for many centuries and is characterised by an exceptionally llongevity of several hundred years.
Copper is a beautiful and timeless material with unique properties and performance benefits.
It can be easily folded both mechanically and by hand, on site or in the workshop, and can take on virtually any three-dimensional shape.
Speaker – Richard Parrett – VM Zinc

Webinar - How climate change affects properties
2026-03-11 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker – Tim Kenny
Tim is a residential surveyor and has been a DEA, Home Inspector and Property Manager in the past. Along with authoring two sections of iSurv for RICS he has also a contributor to the RICS Building Surveying and Residential Journals. Both in teaching and in his own business Tim is focused on how surveyors can deliver the highest possible quality of customer service and benefit to clients.
Outside of his day job Tim is also a Yoga teacher and runs regular webinars for LionHeart, a charity that supports RICS members.

Webinar - Valuation and red book, part 1
2026-03-25 17:00 - 18:00
This is part one of 4 webinars on Valuation and Red Book for one of the most respected speaker on the topic
the four topics are:

Speaker – Nick French
Nick is a recognised expert in the area of property valuation and appraisal. Previously, he has worked at various Universities in the UK, Europe and the USA teaching extensively in the areas of valuation, investment and corporate real estate on BSc, MSc and MBA programmes. In 2018, Nick set up Real Estate Valuation Theurgy, a vehicle that allows him to continue writing papers, presenting conference papers and undertaking in-house training for the real estate profession at home and abroad. His research interests concentrate upon the interface of property legislation and regulation and its impact on value and valuation models. In recent years, he has won the RICS Prize for the Best Paper in Valuation and the Appraisal and the Appraisal Journal Prize for the Best Paper in Appraisal at European Real Estate Society Conferences. In 2018, he was awarded a “Lifetime Achievement Award” by the International Real Estate Society. Nick is the Editor of the Journal of Property Investment & Finance, the award winning academic international journal of the real estate industry. He also writes regularly for, the Journal of Property Investment & Finance, the Property Chronicle, the European Journal of Real Estate Research, the Journal of Corporate Real Estate and other professional and academic journals. He is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and has regularly served on the various committees such as the UK Valuation Board and the Corporate Real Estate Strategy Group. He was also a member of the Professional Board of the International Valuation Standards Council (IVSC).

Webinar - Boundary update 2025
2026-04-15 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker – Ian Quayle
Ian Quayle qualified as a solicitor and worked in private practice for 12 years specialising in property law matters including residential development work, commercial acquisitions and disposals.
Ian has delivered over 1500 property related training courses for city and regional firms, local law societies and local authorities. His training style and delivery is relaxed, but he is able to explain the law and practical issues relating to the training topic in a way that ensures delegates learn, or reinforce learning, and derive meaningful benefit from the training provided.
Ian has provided training to businesses in-house, public courses, and spoken at conferences. He is prolific in his delivery of webinars on conveyancing related issues, and he has delivered live and pre-recorded webinars nationally and internationally for leading legal training providers and continues to do so.

Webinar - Security through secondary glazing
2026-04-22 13:00 - 14:00
Windows are the most vulnerable parts of a building. This is especially true in Listed and Heritage buildings with their original, often fragile, single glazed primary windows.
This seminar provides a comprehensive understanding of how security secondary glazing can be used to upgrade their protection, and what needs to be considered – with particular emphasis on the impact of the Terrorism Protection of Premises Bill (Martyn’s Law).
Contents:

Introduction to secondary glazing for security benefits
The impact of the Terrorism Protection of Premises Bill (Martyn’s Law)
Types of security: intruder resistance, blast mitigation, ballistic attack, fire protection
Test standards and methods of assessing security levels of products
Suitable products for use and their performance capabilities

Webinar - RIBA 2030 climate change challenge, how steel contributes
2026-04-29 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker – Elen Worthington, Tata Steel
RIBA 2030 climate challenge: How steel building envelope solutions contribute
Covers:

Operational energy.
Embodied Carbon.
Potable water use.
Best practice health metrics.
How to meet the challenge.

Webinar - Valuation and Red Book part 2
2026-05-06 17:00 - 18:00
This is part two of 4 webinars on Valuation and Red Book for one of the most respected speaker on the topic
the four topics are:

Speaker – Nick French
Nick is a recognised expert in the area of property valuation and appraisal. Previously, he has worked at various Universities in the UK, Europe and the USA teaching extensively in the areas of valuation, investment and corporate real estate on BSc, MSc and MBA programmes. In 2018, Nick set up Real Estate Valuation Theurgy, a vehicle that allows him to continue writing papers, presenting conference papers and undertaking in-house training for the real estate profession at home and abroad. His research interests concentrate upon the interface of property legislation and regulation and its impact on value and valuation models. In recent years, he has won the RICS Prize for the Best Paper in Valuation and the Appraisal and the Appraisal Journal Prize for the Best Paper in Appraisal at European Real Estate Society Conferences. In 2018, he was awarded a “Lifetime Achievement Award” by the International Real Estate Society. Nick is the Editor of the Journal of Property Investment & Finance, the award winning academic international journal of the real estate industry. He also writes regularly for, the Journal of Property Investment & Finance, the Property Chronicle, the European Journal of Real Estate Research, the Journal of Corporate Real Estate and other professional and academic journals. He is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and has regularly served on the various committees such as the UK Valuation Board and the Corporate Real Estate Strategy Group. He was also a member of the Professional Board of the International Valuation Standards Council (IVSC).

Webinar - Rent reviews - lessons from recent case law
2026-05-14 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker – Ian Quayle
A review of case law from the past 12 months and the impact on rent reviews

Webinar - Valuation and Red Book, part 3
2026-05-20 08:00 - 17:00
This is part three of 4 webinars on Valuation and Red Book for one of the most respected speaker on the topic
the four topics are:

Speaker – Nick French
Nick is a recognised expert in the area of property valuation and appraisal. Previously, he has worked at various Universities in the UK, Europe and the USA teaching extensively in the areas of valuation, investment and corporate real estate on BSc, MSc and MBA programmes. In 2018, Nick set up Real Estate Valuation Theurgy, a vehicle that allows him to continue writing papers, presenting conference papers and undertaking in-house training for the real estate profession at home and abroad. His research interests concentrate upon the interface of property legislation and regulation and its impact on value and valuation models. In recent years, he has won the RICS Prize for the Best Paper in Valuation and the Appraisal and the Appraisal Journal Prize for the Best Paper in Appraisal at European Real Estate Society Conferences. In 2018, he was awarded a “Lifetime Achievement Award” by the International Real Estate Society. Nick is the Editor of the Journal of Property Investment & Finance, the award winning academic international journal of the real estate industry. He also writes regularly for, the Journal of Property Investment & Finance, the Property Chronicle, the European Journal of Real Estate Research, the Journal of Corporate Real Estate and other professional and academic journals. He is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and has regularly served on the various committees such as the UK Valuation Board and the Corporate Real Estate Strategy Group. He was also a member of the Professional Board of the International Valuation Standards Council (IVSC).

Webinar - Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 - where it applies
2026-06-03 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker – Richard Snape

Webinar - High St Rental Auctions
2026-06-10 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker – Ian Quayle
Ian Quayle, a property law trainer via IQ Legal Training, provides training on the new High Street Rental Auctions process introduced by the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023, covering key aspects like local authority roles, vacancy conditions, and advising landlords.

Webinar - Valuation and red book p 4
2026-06-17 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker Nick French
Part 4 of this essential series
