We are excited to announce the next monthly instalment of the Derby Property Meet which takes place on 13th July 2022 at 7pm (networking from 6:30pm), to be held, at the amazing premises of our partners Nelsons Solicitors in Derby.
Nelson Solicitors, Stern House, Lodge Lane, Derby. DE1 3WD.
Click the link below to book now to secure your place at this exciting event.
Derby’s only independent property networking event held in the city returns to some more awesome property investment content and a chance to meet fellow property professionals. We had an amazing debut event in June which was a huge success and we are excited to announce we have more excellent guest speakers this month to share their expertise, knowledge and experience and will be there to answer your questions. Of course, there will be plenty of opportunities throughout the evening to network with fellow property professionals in the room.
We hope you will join us and we can’t wait to meet you and get to know you.
Speakers in July
Kimberly Shapcott
We are excited to announce that Kimberly from our partners, Shapcott’s Accountants, is joining us this month.
Kimberly writes:
“Shapcott Accountants are a firm of Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors based in Derby with a team of 20 staff to service the accounting and tax requirements of various businesses.
We have been established for over 35 years and look to support our clients and business owners with our philosophy of personal but professional service.
We service a wide range of sectors and industries with our client base which is spread not just across the city of Derby, but further afield in the Midlands, London, Cornwall, Scotland and Wales. We work with businesses in a range of industries and also, have a focus on property companies with one of our Directors actively investing in property projects in the area. We provide a tailored service covering all aspects of a business from payroll and bookkeeping to accounts, audit and specialist tax advice. Our dedicated and highly motivated team is ready to assist a business’s needs on a day to day basis, or as a rolling program of work for as long as required.
We aim to provide a practical solution to problems both as they arise, and in advance of them arising by appropriate planning and review. We use some of the latest technology and continue to invest in new ideas to support our team and in turn to support our clients. We believe this is the greatest compliment a client can pay by trusting us to help a friend, colleague or family member with their business.
We send free newsletters to our clients, business contacts and interested individuals on a fortnightly basis. The first newsletter of the month covers specific tax news that is likely to be of interest to business owners and the second is a more general newsletter for both individuals and business owners. In addition, we send out quarterly property specific newsletters, articles in relation to changes in employment legislation, budget announcements, and any other topical information that would be useful to business owners in running and managing a business.
As a progressive, and we would hope, dynamic practice we are active users of Facebook, Twitter and Linked In, using these mediums to keep our clients and followers informed on various business developments. We believe it is important to ensure the right information is with the right person at the right time and this method of communication allows for this to happen. Our Director, Kimberley Shapcott, provides a Property Accounting and tax YouTube Channel which provides bitesize videos about property topics in the accounting and tax space as well as shares some of her projects as well.”
Darren Burrows
Darren has a background of over 30 years in setting up & running start-ups and SME businesses in various industries – for the past 17 years in the residential construction, commercial property and facilities management sectors managing subcontract teams on numerous multi-million pound projects over the years.
During this period, he has been responsible for most elements of the business lifecycle including sales & marketing, business development, account management, operations, product/system design & specification, project management & finance.
Darren has been involved in and delivered refurb, renovation & conversion projects since 2007 and has made mistakes along the way as well as learning a huge number of lessons on how to streamline refurbs and conversion projects.
In addition to being an investor himself, his passion is working with other property business owners to help them to cut through a lot of the loneliness, overwhelm & procrastination that comes with starting a business and he trains, coaches & mentors people on the nitty gritty detail of the operational side of business as well as how to plan, structure & manage property refurb projects to mitigate risk to both the client and the team on site and to ultimately ensure that projects runs as smoothly as possible while staying totally legal and compliant – something that most property training courses do not cover.