With current regulatory requirements and increasing pressure on costs, landlords need to review the structures they use to procure maintenance services. A variety of approaches have been adopted which combine legal rigour with the potential to save costs, improve efficiency, enable technical innovation and add work-flow for in-house and group organisations by working for third parties.

   This session will outline current thinking with case studies including references to:

• In-sourcing with external management
• Total asset management
• Joint ventures
• Labour subsidiaries
• Cost-sharing vehicles.