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Scaling the Summit: Skills topped the agenda at Greater Manchester Chamber’s Property and Construction Summit 2024
The event brought together leading figures in the industry to debate issues including the Construction and Skills Pipeline and Climate Change. Stewart Grant, the Chamber’s…
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Organisations celebrate as £1.5 billion Innovation Chain North framework announced
Great Places Housing Group has announced successful bidders for its latest four-year Innovation Chain North (ICN) framework of contractors and consultants. The framework has been…
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Empowering Clients: How Reinstatement Cost Assessments Enhance Confidence and Security in Construction Projects
Understanding how Reinstatement Cost Assessments (RCA) directly benefits clients is essential for delivering maximum value. This article explores the advantages of RCAs for portfolio holding…
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Leading the charge in Retrofit Excellence: 10 Steps to Mastering Retrofit for a Net Zero World
After our insightful third ‘Preparing for a Net Zero Future’ breakfast session at the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, we explored the optimal strategies for…
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Net Zero & Wave 2.2 – New Cash, New Rules, New Policy – Does it change your view of Retrofit?
Net Zero & Wave 2.2 – New Cash, New Rules, New Policy – Does it change your view of Retrofit? Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF)…
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Are you thinking about responsive maintenance payment methods?
Paying for maintenance works isn’t perhaps something we naturally get excited about but getting it wrong could spell disaster for your organisation. Here, Paul Newman,…
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Net Zero Carbon Event
At the end of last year Poole Dick held our second ‘Preparing for a Net Zero Future – Are we on track?’ breakfast event, focussed…
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Qatar 2022 World Cup Competition
As Southgate names his England squad we are launching our Qatar 2022 World Cup Competition in order to raise much needed funds for Crisis at…
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The benefits of MMC, perceived or otherwise?
With a range of experience in the fully off-site manufactured housing sector, and lots of discussion surrounding it, we thought it would be useful to…
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Creating cleaner spaces for Great Places Housing Group
Our team of volunteers helped Great Places Housing Group with their ‘Community Clean Up’ at Northmoor, Longsight, Manchester. Described as a “great success”, the clean…
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Valuations ‘Top 10’
In these challenging times, Emma Howarth, our Associate, has created a ‘Top Ten Tips’ to assist in valuing the works. 10. Value of Works From…
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Join our team!
We are always looking for talented people to be part of our journey and join our growing team of experts. Would you like to join…
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The Journey to Net Zero – Blog
Alex Booth, Engagement Advisor, GMCC. In Q4 2021, the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce hosted Poole Dick’s “Towards a Net Zero Future. Are we on…
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Our former Managing Director Peter Barlow (1931 – 2021)
On Friday, 7 January 2022, we paid our respects and said goodbye to our former Managing Director Peter Barlow, who sadly passed away between Christmas…
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Download our ‘Towards a Net Zero Carbon future – are we on track?’ podcast
‘Towards a Net Zero Carbon future – are we on track?’, Thursday 11 November A recurrent theme at our event – how keen everyone is…
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Congratulations Stewart!
We are delighted to confirm that Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce has announced Stewart Grant as their new Vice-Chair of the Property and Construction Group.…
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Singing to support the Norfox charity Christmas lunch!
It was great to be back in the room with our friends from Norfox to help raise money for charity – at the same time…
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A-Z Sustainability Terminology Handout
Among the handouts that all our guests received at our net zero carbon event was our ‘A-Z Sustainability Terminology’ booklet. A guide, at a glance,…
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Fantastic to see so many people at our net zero carbon event in Manchester!
‘Towards a Net Zero Carbon future – are we on track?’, Thursday 11 November What a brilliant turnout for our net zero carbon event in…
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Towards a Net Zero Carbon future – Are we on track?
8.15am – 10.30am, Thursday 11 November. The Elliott Suite, Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce. We are delighted to be hosting an in-person live debate to…
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Things to consider when project managing the installation of fully off-site manufactured housing
With a range of experience in the fully off-site manufactured housing sector, we thought it would be useful to provide an overview of our considerations…
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Delighted to announce the launch our new business arm, Poole Dick Plus
We’re delighted to announce the launch of a new arm to our business, Poole Dick Plus, offering a range of new services that support both…
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Inform, Educate, Inspire – the ‘Poole Dick Academy’
“Do you find yourself sitting on the sofa in the evening, TV remote in hand, flicking through the channels trying to decide what to watch?”…
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Poole Dick Selected for Innovation Chain North Framework
Poole Dick has been chosen to provide consultancy services for the new Innovation Chain North (ICN) framework, managed by social landlord Great Places Housing Group.…
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Saying Adios to a Poole Dick Legend
Do you remember what you were doing in October 2004? It was a significant time for me (my youngest son Jack was born that month);…
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What’s in a Name!
Have you ever tried to name something? If you’re a parent I suppose the answer is “yes” and you quite possibly agonised over the choice.…
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The Footprint We Leave Behind
Pop into our Stoke office on a Monday morning and there’s a good chance you’ll stumble upon a training session taking place in our board…
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Taking Poole Dick to New Heights
A few weeks have passed since our company Away Day in deepest Cheshire, but that time has given us an opportunity to reflect on what…
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