In this episode of The Inventory Professional podcast; Sián talks with Melissa about the impacts of low rental stock levels, how lack of choice is affecting tenants and whether testing alarms is a legal or moral duty for inventory professionals?

Gas Safety Week has been running as an important initiative for 12 years helping to educate and support safety in the property. Although this year the weeks events were cancelled out of respect of the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the key message of safety in the home is extremely important in helping to keep the nation safe.

Missed appointments are the bane of every service industry business, from estate agents to plumbers, from lawyers to hairdressers and of course inventory clerks!. Time is indeed money and a missed appointment is not only time wasted but a lost opportunity for other work and therefore revenue so how, as an inventory provider, can you minimise the cost of missed appointments?

Propertymark Election Special - David Mintz of Kerfuffle talks to the candidates for the forthcoming ARLA Propertymark election for President Elect. Listen in as he interviews our very own Inventory Base team member and ARLA President Elect Candidate - Siân Hemming-Metcalfe

Complaints in the property industry are on the increase as tenants exercise their rights, as landlords expect better services and agents demand more from their suppliers. But how do you stop a complaint from ever materialising and what should you do should when they land in your inbox?

The property reporting profession is quite a varied role or at least it can be if you set your sights further than just inventories. But it can be limited if you don't look beyond your own services or settle for the same business model that agents expect of you. So why should you be thinking about diversifying your services and what are some of the services open to inventory professionals?

Inventory Base Academy hosts the first of a number of 'virtual panels' that will bring together service providers from across the reporting industry to discuss key subjects and issues impacting the private rental sector.

Sián talks exclusively with John King - TDS Ambassador, lettings professional, trainer and mentor to discuss the property industry, how technology is improving the way we interact with agents and the potential benefits of regulation.

In this podcast Sián interviews Zoe Taylor from Assist Inventories. We talk about how, over the past 7 years, Assist Inventories have added to their core services, why keeping in touch with clients helps build products around both their needs and new legislation, and why they are so much more than just an inventory provider.

It feels like 2021 has sped by with a busier than expected reporting period over the summer and winter now fast approaching. But despite the madness of student lets and high volumes of properties to assess and report on, the autumn/winter months provide the ideal opportunity for inventory providers to take a break and start the business planning process - are you prepared for 2022?