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The Hollies – A Night at the Awards
If you're looking for an opportunity to get glammed up, have fun with work colleagues or friends and support a good cause... Our Charity Dinner returns this year, and we’re going all out with The Hollies: A Night at the Awards! Friday 28th November 2025.
There'll be music, celebration, inspiration and photo fun - all on our 'red carpet'.
📍 Hatherley Manor 🍽️ 3-course meal 🎟️ Individual tickets or tables of 8 or 10 available
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FirstPort Launches New Service Update to Promote Greater Industry Transparency
FirstPort, one of the UK’s leading property management companies, has published its first Quarterly Service Update. The report reinforces the company’s commitment to driving greater transparency and accountability across the sector.
This new quarterly update outlines key service performance metrics, measuring both the level and quality of service provided to customers. These focus areas align closely with the Government’s leasehold and freehold reform agenda, particularly in relation to customer engagement, responsiveness, training, and transparency. Quarterly metrics cover:
- Development visits and resident meetings
- Property Manager training and qualifications
- First-time resolution of customer enquiries
- Complaints and feedback
- Customer portal interactions
FirstPort has been making significant changes to its operations to deliver a more responsive, customer-focused service for residents. This has included upgrading systems, refining processes, and enhancing customer support as part of a new regionally led operations model, as well as ensuring teams have the right skills and qualifications. Its regional approach has also strengthened collaboration between property management, customer service and service charge accounting teams, to deliver a more local service for customers.
This first quarterly service update shares the progress FirstPort’s operations teams are making with their professional qualifications with The Property Institute (TPI). In the second quarter of 2025, 371 FirstPort colleagues completed their Level 2 TPI qualification, and a total of 90 colleagues have either completed or are currently progressing through the 18-month Level 3 TPI programme since it was introduced. The business remains on-track for all Property Managers outside their probation period to have at least a Level 2 TPI qualification by the end of this Autumn.
Martin King, Managing Director of the FirstPort Group, said:
“I’m proud to introduce FirstPort’s new quarterly service update, sharing our performance against a number of key service measures. These measures sit at the heart of our commitment to driving continued service improvement and greater transparency across our industry.
“In an increasingly complex industry environment, building greater trust in our sector is key. Publishing these quarterly service updates demonstrates how we are continuing to improve our services for our customers, their homes, and their communities, and working to raise standards within both our business and the wider sector.”
This first update covers Quarter 2 (April–June) 2025. The next update, covering Quarter 3 (July–September), will be released later this year. These Quarterly Service Updates will be available on the FirstPort website.
Eight Apartment Investment in Gloucester in Bond Wolfe’s October Auction
A substantial four storey Grade II listed investment property in Gloucester is up for sale in Bond Wolfe’s October auction with a guide price of £565,000.
The vacant freehold building has been converted into eight self-contained apartments, including two 2 bedroom and six 1 bedroom flats.
The building is on Eastgate Street in Gloucester city centre within a mile of Gloucester Royal Hospital and the railway station.
The property has secure off-road parking and benefits from an electric heating system, electric water heaters installed in each flat, intercom door entry system, emergency lighting, smoke alarms, fire doors and double glazing.
Gurpreet Bassi, chief executive of Bond Wolfe, said: “This is a significant investment opportunity on one of Gloucester’s four central streets which dates back to Roman times when they established a Roman fort at Kingsholm in 48 AD on the site of the city which soon became the Roman settlement of Glevum.
“Gloucester is a vibrant city with a very popular Premiership rugby club at Kingsholm stadium less than a mile away, and an exciting hospitality offering with a wealth of bars, restaurants and clubs.”
The apartment development will be among 179 lots appearing in Bond Wolfe’s next auction which is due to start at 8.30am on Thursday 23 October.
The auction will be livestreamed via Bond Wolfe’s website with remote bidding by proxy, telephone or internet.
For more details and to register to bid please click here.