October
2008
Successful Completion of the Berwick-upon-Tweed
Borough Council Housing Transfer
IMA, as advisor to the Council, successfully
concluded the LSVT environmental warranty insurance
market review – particularly with reference
to the changing financial circumstances and
the credit-worthiness of the insurers involved.
For more information contact: environment@i-martin.com
September
2008
IMA introduces a new insurer to the LSVT Environmental
Insurance Market
For more information contact: environment@i-martin.com
July
2008
IMA wins Eastlands Homes Partnership LSVT Housing
Transfer Risk Management Project for the Manchester
“East” Transfer
This success follows closely the successful
work with City South Manchester Housing Trust
and their transfer on 3rd June 2008. Eastlands
is an established Housing Association having
been set up to receive some 2,800 homes from
Manchester City Council in 2003. This new “East”
transfer is more than twice the size of the
earlier transfer and will increase the Eastlands’
portfolio to some 8,200 homes. Environmental
risk management is seen as critical to the transfer
– hence the appointment of I Martin Associates
Ltd.
June
2008
IMA’s Innovative Approach helps another
challenging LSVT to complete
Working closely with the client and their advisors:
the environmental consultants, lawyers and housing
consultants; and with the funders, we succeeded
in engineering a menu of options to enable the
negotiators to complete the LSVT with confidence
that the environmental risk management would
there for the final shape of the transfer.
For more information contact:housing@i-martin.com
May
2008
IMA wins Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough Council
LSVT Housing Transfer Risk Management Project
The Council requires the environmental survey
to be specified, tendered and managed, an environmental
insurance market review and support to the warranty
negotiations in preparation for the housing
transfer on 3rd November 2008.
For more information contact: housing@i-martin.com
April
2008
IMA wins City South Manchester Housing Trust
Ltd Housing Transfer Environmental Risk Management
Project
Working with the receiving Housing Trust, as
part of the “Manchester Model”,
we helped review Manchester City Council’s
environmental survey, and that of the Trust’s
own environmental consultants – assessing
the options open to the Trust and putting everything
in place to support the Trust’s negotiation
of the warranties.
For more information contact: housing@i-martin.com
March
2008
IMA’s Innovative Solutions Helps Two LSVT’s
To Complete
Both completed in double-quick time –
one including the rapid specification and oversight
of the environmental survey in time to support
the environmental insurance market review and
to directly contribute to the closing stages
of the environmental warranty negotiation. The
other presenting unique challenges with the
structure of the transfer – IMA working
closely with the environmental consultants and
the leading environmental insurer managed to
create a solution that became integral to the
successful completion of the transfer.
For more information contact: housing@i-martin.com
February
2008
IMA
wins London Borough of Havering Mardyke Estate
Housing Transfer Risk Management project.
With the transfer planned for the end of March,
the need to establish risk management options,
available insurance etc was critical as part
of the regeneration of this estate and the planned
transfer on 31st March 2008.
For more information contact:
housing@i-martin.com
January
2008
IMA wins Three Rivers DC Housing Transfer Risk
Management project.
The Council required the environmental survey
to be specified, tendered and managed, an environmental
insurance market review and support to the warranty
negotiations in preparation for the housing
transfer on 17th March 2008.
For more information contact: housing@i-martin.com
December
2007
IMA Concludes Another Successful Year –
8 Risk Management Contracts
Another tranche of councils has learnt the added
value that IMA can bring to complex housing
transfers, regeneration projects and environmental
risk management. Registered and authorised by
the FSA, IMA can negotiate and place environmental
and other commercial insurances and is able,
where required, to place insurance as part of
a client’s risk management strategy.
November
2007
IMA wins Torridge DC Housing Transfer Risk Management
project.
IMA was selected because of its specialist knowledge
to advise the council on its environmental risks
associated with the housing transfer, set out
the options open to the council and to undertake
an environmental insurance market review –
double-quick time for the transfer taking place
on 10th December 2007.
For more information contact: housing@i-martin.com
October 2007
IMA designs, tenders and places an environmental
risk management solution to enable a council
to proceed with a Sale & Purchase Agreement
for a redevelopment project which otherwise
was at risk of stalling.
For more information contact: environment@i-martin.com
September
2007
IMA successfully concludes the Watford Borough
Council LSVT environmental risk management project
through to the planned transfer on 10th September
2007. IMA has been involved in the placing of
environmental insurance with all four insurers
capable of providing this insurance to the standard
required for such a ling-term risk.
For more information contact: housing@i-martin.com
July
2007
IMA commissioned to design an environmental
risk management solution to enable a council
to proceed with a Sale & Purchase Agreement
for a redevelopment project which otherwise
was at risk of stalling.
For more information contact: environment@i-martin.com
June
2007
IMA wins the Wellingborough Borough Council
LSVT environmental risk management project through
to the planned transfer on 10th December 2007.
For more information contact: housing@i-martin.com
May
2007
IMA wins the Watford Borough Council LSVT environmental
risk management project through to the planned
transfer on 10th September 2007.
For more information contact: housing@i-martin.com
April
2007
Watford Borough Council awards IMA its LSVT
environmental scoping contract.
For more information contact: housing@i-martin.com
March
2007
IMA successfully concludes the Derwentside District
Council LSVT Environmental Risk Management Project.
For more information contact: housing@i-martin.com
February
2007
IMA successfully concludes the North Norfolk
District Council LSVT Environmental Risk Management
Project.
For more information contact: housing@i-martin.com
January
2007
IMA Achieves FSA Registration – What a
start to 2007!
This registration gives IMA authority to deal
direct with all parts of the environmental insurance
sector and to negotiate and put in place insurance
contracts, without necessarily working alongside
another broker. This gives IMA wider scope to
deliver client requirements and also opens up
new opportunities for IMA, both in its own right
and with other players. IMA was previously an
agent, where appropriate, to Heath Lambert.
FSA Registration was supported by Heath Lambert
and both companies see this as increasing the
services they can offer together
Contact:
ian@i-martin.com for more information.
December
2006
IMA
& Heath Lambert win another LSVT Risk Management
Contract – Derwentside District Council
– the 10th in 2006!
This represents 10 LSVT contracts won and undertaken
in 2006 by IMA – many springing from the
IMA/Heath Lambert Group close working relationship,
making this the most successful risk management/insurance
offering in this sector.
For more information contact: housing@i-martin.com
November 2006
IMA
wins North Norfolk District Council LSVT Risk
Management Contract.
This post transfer contract is in two phases
– risk review to develop risk management
strategy, followed by implantation of the strategy.
The latter in conjunction with Heath Lambert
Group.
For more information contact: housing@i-martin.com
October
2006
IMA
wins new LSVT contract with Pendle Borough Council
This is for the Environmental LSVT Risk Management
Contract
For more information contact: environment@i-martin.com
IMA
wins new Landfill PFI Risk Management Contract
Groundbreaking Midlands Landfill Redevelopment
– working with Heath Lambert, IMA is providing
environmental risk management support for this
new project.
August
2006
IMA
wins new LSVT contract with Sefton Borough Council
This is for the Phase II Contract Environmental
LSVT Risk Management Contract
For more information contact: environment@i-martin.com
July
2006
IMA
wins new LSVT contract
– Sefton Borough Council Phase I Contract
Environmental LSVT Risk Management Contract
For more information contact: environment@i-martin.com
IMA
concludes two LSVT contracts
Aylesbury Vale District Council and Rossendale
Borough Council
For more information contact: environment@i-martin.com
June
2006
-
Macclesfield Borough Council
IMA awarded LSVT environmental risk management
contract for the planned transfer in July 2006.
This another success for the IMA/Heath Lambert
strategic partnership. This brings to six the
LSVT contracts won by IMA in 2006.
May
2006
-
NHF New 2006 LSVT Consultant’s Directory
Launched
See IMA’s entry in the new updated NHF
LSVT Consultant’s Directory www.nhfdirectory.co.uk/consultants
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IMA wins another LSVT Contract.
Salford City Council has awarded the LSVT (Large
Scale Voluntary Transfer) Environmental Risk
Management Scoping Contract to IMA. This is
part of the preparation for Council’s
application to be on the Government’s
2006 LSVT programme, balloting in the autumn
and transferring in 2007.
April 2006
-
IMA address NHF LSVT National Conference, Manchester
The presentation ‘Environmental Risks
& Liabilities in Stock Transfer’ is
available from: housing@i-martinassociates.com
April
2006
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IMA wins another LSVT Environment Contract –
Rossendale Borough Council.
This is another success for the IMA/Heath Lambert
partnership – building on the past successes
of working together with Peterborough City Council,
the Borough of Broxbourne and currently with
Aylesbury Vale District Council.
As
Bill Sulman, Executive Director, Public Sector
of Heath Lambert, puts it:
“We have just won the contract for Rossendale,
making three out of the last three LSVT contracts-
Broxbourne, Aylesbury Vale and Rossendale. We
are I think now the acknowledged leaders here
and are recommended by Andrew Wiseman at Trowers.
We give independent advice on the pros and cons
of insuring plus I Martin Associates, our partners
in this initiative, provides an experienced
eye and added value to the negotiation of warranties
and the presentation of the risk…. I think
we can really provide value for money in [a
council’s] decision making process.”
For
more information contact: housing@i-martinassociates.com
March
2006
IMA
commences the Aylesbury LSVT Environmental Risk
Management Project with the selection of Enviros
to undertake the environmental survey and Heath
Lambert as the insurance broker to review the
environmental insurance market.
February 2006
IMA
and Heath Lambert successfully conclude the
Borough of Broxbourne LSVT Environmental Risk
Management Project – with the Council
‘thanking IMA and Heath Lambert for your
hard work with the transfer’.
January
2006
IMA
wins another LSVT Environmental Risk Management
Contract.
Aylesbury
Vale District Council has awarded IMA the Project
Management Contract to manage the LSVT Environmental
Risk Management Project.
November
2005
I
Martin Associates & Heath Lambert have teamed
up, following the success of the tender for
the Broxbourne LSVT Environmental Risk Management
contract to bid for further LSVT Environmental
Risk Management contracts.
For
more information contact: housing@i-martinassociates.com
October 2005
I
Martin Associates Moving Office 3rd November
New Contact Details:
I
Martin Associates Ltd, Yaxham House, Church
Lane, Yaxham, Norfolk NR19 1RH
Tel: 07968 349 543
August
2005
I
Martin Associates in association with the Heath
Lambert Group have won the LSVT Environmental
Risk Management Consultancy and Insurance contract
awarded by the Borough of Broxbourne Council.
For
more information contact:
housing@i-martinassociates.com
July
2005
ReMaDe
Kent & Medway’s annual green procurement
trade fair – ‘Buying Greener in
the South East 2005’. This was held at
Brands Hatch and included some 35 organisations
exhibiting and over 250 visitors. There were
seven workshops, and opening speeches from SEEDA
and WRAP. I Martin Associates played a major
role in the success of the event – particularly
in managing the trade exhibition.
IMA’s
“help … was very much appreciated
and your understanding of the exhibitors’
needs made you best placed to carry out the
role”
“Everyone
demonstrated great personal commitment to seeing
the job through and to making sure that even
the smallest details were attended to.”
“Thanks
again for all [IMA’s] help, it goes without
saying that you helped the day run smoothly
with your knowledge and ability to look after
the exhibitors”
For
more information contact: environment@i-martinassociates.com
May
2005
‘Kent
Green Buyers’ Club’ Seminar at East
Malling Research saw Ian Martin of I Martin
Associates launch ReMaDe Kent & Medway’s
first private sector green purchasing case study.
This was in conjunction with Jacobs Babtie’s
Ian Parker, Divisional Director. The seminar
had some 50 attendees and was introduced by
ReMaDe’s Steering Group Chairman, Richard
King, Kent County Council Cabinet Member with
responsibility for Environment & Transport.
For
more information contact:
environment@i-martinassociates.com
April
2005
I
Martin Associates teams up with Heath Lambert
Group, the leading UK Insurance Broker, to tender
for the Borough of Broxbourne Council, LSVT
Environmental Risk Management and Insurance
contract.
For
more information contact:
housing@i-martinassociates.com
March
2005
ReMaDe
Kent & Medway meeting re-scheduled to May.
February
2005
Jacobs
Babtie ‘Green Buying’
I Martin Associates concludes Phase 1 of a major
‘green buying’ consultancy assignment
for Jacobs Babtie, under the auspices of ReMaDe.
The case study of the successful Phase 1 of
this project, part of Jacobs Babtie’s
commitment to the environment, will be launched
at ReMaDe ‘Kent Green Buyers’ Club’
seminar at East Malling Research, Kent on 3rd
March.
For more information email: environment@i-martinassociates.com
January
2005
‘Pipped
at the Post’
The I Martin Associates/FARR tender to Wakefield
City Council was just ‘pipped’ by
Marsh - one of the largest insurance brokers
in the UK and worldwide. The tender was commended
for its ‘commitment, experience, breadth
of services and enthusiasm’.
For more information email: housing@i-martinassociates.com
December 2004
‘Major
LSVT Bid’ – Wakefield City Council
I Martin Associates teams up with FARR PLC to
bid for the Wakefield City Council LSVT. This
is the largest single transfer in England. The
Council wants a risk management consultant and
insurance broker – hence the I Martin
Associates/FARR link. FARR is the leading insurance
broker to the social housing sector. The FARR/I
Martin Associates link goes back six years to
the development of specialist environmental
insurance for housing associations.
For more information email: housing@i-martinassociates.com
November
2004
‘NHF
LSVT Consultants Directory’
Following the successful contract with Peterborough
City Council for its LSVT, I Martin Associates
will be listed in the National Housing Federation’s
2005 LSVT Consultants Directory offering LSVT
Environmental Risk Management Consultancy and
Project Management services. For more information
email:
housing@i-martinassociates.com
October
2004
I
Martin Associates completes the environmental
liabilities management project for Peterborough
City Council's major Large Scale Voluntary Transfer
(LSVT) of some 10,000 homes to Cross Keys Homes.
'I Martin Associates' assistance during LSVT
was invaluable and we were all grateful for
your professional advice and support' said a
senior Peterborough City Council Officer'.'
September
2004
New
insurers enter the LSVT market after involvement
with I Martin Associates
July
2004
Kent
Green Buyers Club seminar at the University
of Greenwich, Chatham
May
2004
I
Martin Associates wins LSVT Environmental Project
Management Contract with a major council
April
2004
Green
Buyers Trade Fair to become an annual event
-July 2005 set for the next Trade Fair
March
2004
Trade
Fair success - 3 dozen exhibitors, 8 workshops
& almost 200 visitors - Key Speakers were
Rt Hon. John Gummer MP, Cllr Kay Twitchen -
Essex Countgy Council Cabinet Member and Kevin
Lynes - Kent County Council Member.
February
2004
New Trade Fair To Showcase Recycling
‘Buying Greener in the South East - Closing
the Corporate Recycling Loop’
Key note speaker: Rt Hon John Gummer MP &
Event sponsor: Cleanaway Limited
January
2004
Press Release
Sign Up For Sustainable Purchasing Power –
with CIPS
“Sustainable procurement is not just about
effective protection of the environment….
December
2003
Press Release
“Successful launch of the Essex Green
Buyers Club…….”
November
2003
Press release:
“Launching the Essex Green Buyers Club….”
October
2003
BBC Essex Radio interview
“Buying greener buying better…..”
May
2003
Inside Housing – What lies beneath
“Transfer does not end a local authority’s
liability for its stock. Ian Martin suggests
how councils, housing associations and funders
can work together to clarify their complex inter-relationships…”
Inside
Housing – Last-minute proposals mean bad
deals for associations
“Housing associations and councils have
often lost out to lenders in negotiations…”
Medway
Messenger – Buyers and sellers go green
“Businesses and local councils have pledged
to recycle more waste after signing up to a
green club. Kent Green Buyers Club….”
April
2003
Public Finance – Transfer know-how with
housing
“Housing transfers are evolving….”
March
2003
Recycling World – Making markets green
“Purchasing power holds sway….
Waste
Management – Green Buyers Club launched..
“…aims to encourage business and
public sector organisations to purchase goods
from recycled materials…”
February
2003
Kent Messenger – Dump the dumping
“An initiative to reduce the amount of
waste being dumped in landfills…”
Waste
Paper News – Green Buyers Club
“ReMaDe Kent & Medway has launched
an new initiative….”
September
2002
I MARTIN ASSOCIATES
I Martin Associates Limited, specialises in
providing Environmental, Regeneration and Business
Consultancy Services to industry and the public
sector, bringing together a network of experienced
specialists to address specific projects and
opportunities.
August
2002
Ian Martin On The Move…
Ian Martin, formerly Business Development Director
for Certa (UK) Limited, a leading Environmental
Underwriter in the UK on behalf of Allianz Cornhill,
has recently left Certa to form his own company
- I Martin Associates Limited
Contact:
info@i-martinassociates.com
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