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· Minister welcomes Roadshow aimed at stakeholders Hipag Services, the leading supplier of Home Information Packs to independent estate agents and solicitors, is holding a series of nationwide Seminars explaining the impact of the Packs that will become compulsory from June 2007 under the Housing Act. ‘The introduction of HIPs,’ says Rob Hailstone, Hipag’s CEO, ‘will change the way residential conveyancing is carried out beyond all recognition. Our Seminars are an information lifeline to the local estate agent and the local solicitors practice to tell them exactly what HIPs mean and what the impact will be on their businesses.’ ‘Our aim in Hipag is to bring together local solicitors, estate agents, surveyors and home inspectors, working in partnership, to achieve faster completions, reduce stress and impress clients.’ Among speakers giving presentations at the Seminars will be Denis Purshouse of the Office of Deputy Prime Minister, Jeff Whiteway, chief executive of OyezStraker, Hugh Dunsmore-Hardy, former NAFA President, non-executive director of Hipag, chairman of NALHI, Lesley Sorridimi of OneSurvey Direct and Rob Hailstone chief executive of Hipag Services. Welcoming the Seminars, Housing Minister Yvette Cooper said, ‘The Government estimates that around £1 million a day is lost by consumers in wasted costs through failed property transactions. Home Information Packs are designed to cut this waste and I welcome Hipag’s seminars as a way of keeping key stakeholders informed on just how HIPs will change the property market.’ Seminar dates are planned for: Bristol (01.06.06), Birmingham (09.06.06), Brighton (20.06.06), Manchester (27.06.06), Leeds (28.06.06), Newcastle-upon-Tyne (04.07.06) and Norwich (11.07.06) -- see below for further details. Topics covered will include :
Roadshows venues: Bristol Novotel 01/06/06
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