News P54 - Touchstone

We’ve been short-listed for a property management award

Following a nomination, Touchstone have been shortlisted for an award in Property Week's inaugural Management All Stars.

The awards recognise genuine talent across a broad spectrum of commercial and residential property managers and their partners. Touchstone is in the running for Residential AST Property Managing Agent of the Year this follows our Finalist position in the Property Awards earlier in the year.

We have completed our first trip to Malawi

In early 2016 Touchstone signed up to a three year partnership with Habitat for Humanity. Habitat is an international charity which stands together with the poorest and most vulnerable and with them build, toward a world where everyone has a decent place to call home and the opportunity for a life built on hope and potential, self-reliance and dignity.

We chose Habitat because we shared their visions and ethos and because the partnership gives our people the opportunity to engage directly in charitable work. Touchstone’s commitment is to fund the building of 24 houses and latrines for vulnerable children and orphans in Malawi over the next 3...

Touchstone team takes direct action

Touchstone supports a wide range of charities and last year donated over £100,000 to charity. The charities supported are broadly those dealing with housing, young people and the environment.

Whilst continuing to maintain our level of financial contributions to charities we want to engage the business and our people more directly in helping others Touchstone has, therefore, partnered with Habitat for Humanity to support their orphan and vulnerable children programme in Malawi. Mainly...

Touchstone represented at unveiling of Gift of Life memorial

Chief Executive, Tim Saunders, visited the National Memorial Arboretum on 7 April to represent Touchstone at the unveiling of the Donor Family Network’s new Gift of Life memorial.

The Donor Family Network exists to support greater awareness of the benefits of organ donation and provide the highest quality support for every donor family. Touchstone’s involvement with the Network dates back to 2010, when we sponsored the British Transplant Games in Bath. The Gift of Life...

MIPIM 2016 - “Housing the World”

The title of this year’s conference was “Housing the World”. It points to a much stronger focus on the residential market than used to be the case. Housing is now a top priority for many nations, not just the UK and the conference is now much more relevant to us than it was.

Chief Executive, Tim Saunders and Client Relations & Business Development Director, Jon Clark travelled to Cannes in March to represent Touchstone at the annual MIPIM conference. Over the past 27 years, MIPIM has become the leading worldwide property event gathering real estate professionals...

A brand that reflects our approach

No iPads, no iPhone or in fact no i-anything. Mobile and internet technology was in its infancy, only 7% of households lived in the private rented sector and property management was very, very traditional.

How things have changed! Now nearly 20% of households live in the private rented sector and technology, data and information surround us all – this gives Touchstone the opportunity to make more informed decisions, serve customers better and move faster. Fast-forward from 1991 and today...

Our News

We’ve been short-listed for a property management award

Following a nomination, Touchstone have been shortlisted for an award in Property Week's inaugural Management All Stars.

We have completed our first trip to Malawi

Touchstone team takes direct action

Touchstone supports a wide range of charities and last year donated over £100,000 to charity. The charities supported are broadly those dealing with housing, young people and the environment.

Touchstone represented at unveiling of Gift of Life memorial

Chief Executive, Tim Saunders, visited the National Memorial Arboretum on 7 April to represent Touchstone at the unveiling of the Donor Family Network’s new Gift of Life memorial.

MIPIM 2016 - “Housing the World”

The title of this year’s conference was “Housing the World”. It points to a much stronger focus on the residential market than used to be the case. Housing is now a top priority for many nations, not just the UK and the conference is now much more relevant to us than it was.

A brand that reflects our approach

No iPads, no iPhone or in fact no i-anything. Mobile and internet technology was in its infancy, only 7% of households lived in the private rented sector and property management was very, very traditional.

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