Commercial Surveyors CPD & Mandatory Topics Bundle

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Complete your CPD efficiently with our combined package, designed specifically for commercial surveyors.

This bundle brings together the Current Property Issues Live Virtual Conference (6 hours structured CPD) and the RICS Mandatory Topics Webinar Bundle (3 hours structured CPD), giving you a total of 9 hours structured CPD in one convenient package.

Covering both current industry developments and the RICS mandatory topics (Ethics, Sustainability, and Data, AI & Technology), this package helps you stay up to date while ensuring you are meeting current CPD requirements.

By booking the bundle, you will also benefit from a saving of £39 per delegate compared to purchasing the conference and webinars separately — reducing both cost and administrative effort.

  • 9 hours structured CPD
  • Covers current issues and mandatory topics
  • Personalised CPD certificates
  • 120 days’ on-demand access to the live virtual conference from 24 June
  • 365 days’ on-demand access to the mandatory topic webinars from date of purchase
  • Designed for commercial surveyors
Sustainability: An Introduction to Concepts and Actions
An introduction for UK property surveyors to the key concepts and topics of sustainability, why they are important for our industry, how regulators and the markets are responding, and what actions property professionals can take.

Learning Objectives

  • Understand the meaning of ‘sustainability’ and related concepts
  • Comprehend relevant environmental and social issues
  • Recognise the key impacts from and on UK property
  • Be aware of market and regulatory responses
  • Identify actions you can undertake for positive impact
Alastair Mant, Sustainability Consultant

Date: Thursday 1st January 2026

Speaker(s): Alastair Mant

CPD Time: 1 Hour

Duration: 1 Hour

Leveraging AI for Surveyors - A Practical Approach
In this presentation Chris will take you through the basics of AI specifically for the UK's property sector. He will provide a practical explanation of how GenAI works and what its good at while exploring what the future is likely to look at. This will be followed by an overview of some of the best use cases for AI in the UK's property sector along with guidance on how to best deploy it. The session will include a number of practical demos of how to best leverage some GenAI capabilities in day-to-day work and will explore some more complex Machine Learning use cases.

Learning Objectives

  • Obtain a high-level understanding of the basics of AI and Machine Learning
  • Be able to describe how GenAI functions and what its limitations are
  • Be proficient at writing GenAI prompts and using them for day-to-day work productivity
  • Describe how AI agents work and deploy a simple one in your own environment
  • Be able to discuss AI Use Cases for the property sector and what benefits they might generate for an organisation
  • Understand what the future of AI is likely to be and how best to leverage its capabilities
Chris de Gruben, Senior Director and Head of AI in Property, Artefact LLc

Date: Thursday 1st January 2026

Speaker(s): Chris de Gruben

CPD Time: 1 Hour

Duration: 1 Hour

Ethics, Theory and Practice for Chartered Surveyors
RICS requires that members record at least an hour of ethical content every three years. This module will look at the five Ethical Rules and how these are carried into RICS Rules of Conduct. It will include practical commentary on key areas of risk.
  • The five Ethical Rules
  • The five Rules of Conduct
  • The Example Behaviours associated with each Rule
  • Key areas of risk in practice and practical commentary on them

Learning Objectives

  • To understand the Ethical Rules and Rules of Conduct
  • To understand areas of most risk
  • To understand how to deal with conflicts of interest, Informed Consent and Information Barriers
  • To understand the need to look at quality control, competence and experience
  • Consider how to treat others with respect Highlight "vulnerable persons" and how you might need to accommodate them
  • When and how to report issues to RICS
David Gilbert, Director & Accredited Mediator, Lambert Smith Hampton

Date: Thursday 1st January 2026

Speaker(s): David Gilbert

CPD Time: 1 Hour

Duration: 1 Hour

Current Commercial Property Issues Autumn 2026
Case Law Update: Lessons For Surveyors In Practice
A practical review of recent commercial property and landlord and tenant cases, which will include:
  • 1954 Act: opposing on ground (g): Star Pubs v Gunmakers Arms
  • 1987 Act - the Court of Appeal defines ‘building’: SGL v FSV Freeholders
  • Commercial boundaries – evidence needed: Handy Cross Development v Vanni Properties
  • Adverse possession – gnomes, horses and mistakes: Dobson v Unsted; Cross v Welsh; Hayward v Suffolk CC
  • Restrictive covenants and ‘practical benefits’: Newton Poppleford Parish Council v Preston; Crossland v Fritchley
  • Proprietary estoppel or legally binding contract? Conway v Conway
Sarah Thompson-Copsey, Non-Practising Solicitor, Legal Lecturer and Trainer
Comparable Evidence In Real Estate Valuation – The Complexity Of Simple Comparison
The 2nd edition of the RICS global practice guidance “Comparable Evidence in Real Estate Valuation” is due to be published in the second half of 2026. Comparable evidence is the bedrock of all valuations whether looking at direct capital comparison or determining the appropriate market rent and yield in an investment valuation. The role of the valuer is to read the market, assess any appropriate and available comparable evidence to determine the market value of the subject property. All approaches use comparable evidence in some form. The overriding requirement of any market valuation is to “price to market”. That is to estimate the price that would be achieved for the property were it to be sold on the open market on the date of the valuation. No good valuer would simply replicate the numbers from comparable sales and other data without further analysis. It may be that the market is static and thus prices will not have changed, or the market may be falling or rising. In all cases, the valuer assesses what data is available, including the impact of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues, to make a professional judgement as to price in the market today. All valuations need to be placed in an economic context. Comparable evidence is the start of the valuation process and not the sole contribution. This talk will look at:
  • The new RICS Guidance on Comparable Evidence in Real Estate Valuation
  • The need to understand the dynamics of the market and to look at other “sign posts” to provide an estimate of Market Value
  • What is considered to be comparable evidence in markets, or conditions, where recent transactional evidence is not available?
Nick French, Real Estate Valuation Theurgy, Property Education
Landlord’s Consent: A Practical Guide To Alterations, Assignments And Sub-Lettings
Alterations, assignments and sub-lettings – why is obtaining landlord’s consent so often problematic and time consuming? This practical session will look at:
  • Preparing the application: tips for the tenant to smooth the process
  • Anticipating and handling landlord’s conditions: the tricky concept of ‘reasonableness’
  • Saying ‘no’ – when should the landlord consider this, and how?
  • How long should it take? How much will it cost?
  • What to do if either landlord or tenant breaches its obligations
Sarah Thompson-Copsey, Non-Practising Solicitor, Legal Lecturer and Trainer
The MEES Regulations – What The F/G Am I Supposed To Do Now?
  • What is the Government doing? (about MEES)
  • Avoiding the worst-case scenario – a landlord’s guide
  • Open goals for tenants – a tenant’s guide
  • Current lease drafting issues – everyone’s guide
  • How to improve an EPC – a building by building whistlestop tour
Ben Strange, Senior Director, Mobius
UK Economic Prospects And The Pre-Conditions For Commercial Real Estate Recovery
Dr Walter Boettcher, Head of Research & Economics at Colliers will offer remarks about what he sees as the pre-conditions for UK CRE recovery – lower interest rates and regulatory stability.  This talk will look at economics, politics, and their impact on UK commercial property.
  • Outlook on inflation, interest rates and debt, economic performance, and their impact on transactional activity and performance
  • Colliers is forecasting very modest a mid-single-digit UK property return for 2026 based primarily on income in the absence of capital growth. Will it be achieved?
  • Latest cross sector metrics for UK commercial occupier and investment markets
  • Expectations/Evaluation of the Autumn Budget and its impact on commercial property
  • Evaluation of international forces, especially the US mid-term elections and other known/unknown foreign policy shifts
Walter Boettcher, Chief Economist, Colliers
Navigating The Planning System - Tips And Traps
The Labour Government made a strong commitment to simplify planning, cut red tape and deliver growth. The National Planning Policy Framework 2024 (NPPF4) and its further draft revision published late 2025 intends to ‘speed up and streamline’ but how do day to day practitioners navigate the planning system? This session will review:
  • How the Planning system can be practically navigated
  • What to review first when looking at properties and sites
  • How to promote sites through the local plan system
  • Preparing and submitting planning applications
Ian Anderson, Senior Director, Lichfields