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PROPERTY INDUSTRY EYE: Why purpose built student accommodation could be the BTR sector to thrive in 2025

21st March 2025 – Clive Docwra

Managing Director of McBains, Clive Docwra shares his opinion in Property Industry Eye, looking at the purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) sector and its growth potential.

INSIDE HOUSING: Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund Wave 3 – Learning Lessons from Past Retrofits

18th March 2025

Following our recent roundtable, Associate Director in our ESG team, Alex Jahanshahi-Edlin, shared his insights with Inside Housing on how lessons from past retrofit programmes can help shape the next phase of social housing decarbonisation.

CIOB PEOPLE: Five ways employee engagement initiatives can help attract new talent

17th March 2025

McBains NextGen members, Laura Hennessy, Senior Quantity Surveyor, and Anya Blanchfield, Sustainability and Net Zero Consultant, shared insights with CIOB People on McBains initiatives that support attracting and retaining young and diverse talent.

McBains hosts industry roundtable on decarbonisation and retrofit

13th March 2025

On Thursday February 27, 2025, McBains hosted an insightful roundtable discussion on ‘The Pathway to Decarbonising and Retrofitting Social Housing’, chaired by Marie Kemplay, Deputy Editor of Financial Times Sustainable Views.

McBains secures place on South East Consortium’s Asset and Development Consultancy Framework

28th February 2025

The South East Consortium (SEC) has awarded leading property and construction consultancy McBains a place on Lot 3 (Zero Carbon Consultancy) of its Asset and Development Consultancy Framework.

McBains launches 2025 NextGen programme and welcomes new cohort

24th February 2025

We’re delighted to welcome a fresh cohort to our NextGen programme for 2025, as we continue our commitment to innovation and leadership development.

McBains Cooper Hellas celebrates fifteen years of excellence

29th January 2025

The Eastern Mediterranean hub of McBains is proud to celebrate its 15-year anniversary this month, having been founded in January 2010.