Channel 4 starlets, debates, refined journalistic prowess and not quite the response to the RICS we imagined

Look Dad, I’m on the telly

If you’ve caught Channel 4 quiz show ‘Unanimous’ you may not have been aware that you were in the presence of the progeny of one Roger Knowles. Yes, the great man’s daughter Beverley is battling against eight competitors to win £1m. The twist? The contestants have to agree amongst themselves who deserves to win or no-one will pocket the whopping cash prize. Beverley explains on the show’s website what she will do the money: “I’d invest it in my business, an art gallery in Notting Hill, because getting it off the ground is the most important thing to me. It’s not very sexy, but all my time and energy goes into it and I might not make any money for another two years. I’d also buy property because I’m living in my dad’s flat.” Go Beverley.

Knowles vs. Latham

Unfortunately Knowles’ diligent research came to nothing. He lost the debate

Speaking of Roger Knowles, we gather he called on our esteemed title in a recent debate on partnering with Michael Latham. Knowles swotted up on our report on James Nisbet’s book on contracts to take aim at the new ways of working in the industry at a discussion held by the Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors last month. Unfortunately his diligent research came to nothing. He lost the debate.

Nothing but the facts

A winning note to report, offering proof that journalists have some hold on the facts rather than simply making things up. A team including hacks from our sister magazine Building and QS News editor Phil Clark emerged as victors at the quiz night held by Mace QS arm Sense. It was tense stuff with victory only gained after a tie-break against investment bank Goldman Sachs.


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Good riddance

An interesting twist on the QS immigration issue currently being championed by the RICS and yours truly. We have been gathering a growing body of support for the cause of putting QSs on the government’s list of shortage professions earmarked for preferential immigration treatment. However, a sole dissenting voice has piped up. The boss of one of the major practices confessed that at times, when the visas of certain staff have expired it has come as a “welcome relief”.

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QS News