BORING BITS

This is the bit where the more traditional stuff exists. So bits of a CV and general background are here if you need it.

 
 

Peter Buglass MRICS C.Dir MIOD

CHARTERED DIRECTOR            CHARTERED SURVEYOR

EXPERIENCED NON EXECUTIVE WITH DEPUTY CHAIR EXPERIENCE

HIGHLY COMPETENT VISIONARY AND STRATEGIC THINKER

INNOVATIVE DESIGNER OF FORM AND PROCESS

COUNTER INTUITIVE THINKER
       
 
 

Peter is professionally trained with broad business experience and detailed property & construction knowledge. A supportive and motivational leader used to rebuilding teams and achieving goals. He is legally and financially astute with good analytical skills and trend spotting ability. Peter is currently working on a range of projects from developing a 54 storey tower through a new design for passenger shelters to supporting a youth based mental health charity in implementing their strategy. Calm and resilient under pressure, with experience of the highs and lows of business life, Peter has the knowledge and contact base to deal with most business situations.

 

Custard-pie Properties has been around since 1998. Most of my work since then has been done ‘under the radar’ as I’ve acted for clients who either haven’t sought publicity or who simply wanted to push their brand and keep silly pie people out of the picture. I still work that way if required. It suits me not to chase the limelight.
       
 
 

• He provides a support role to Strategy Office – a specialist company helping SMEs to focus on defining and implementing their strategy.
• He is a member of an Advisory Committee to SURegen – a Salford University led research project with academic partners across Europe.
• Ex Deputy Chair of Frontis Homes; Peter has gained detailed knowledge of social landlords and their operating environment.
• PFI, partnership working, flexible contracts and joint ventures along with complex funding arrangements have all been part of his role with clients.
• Strategic planning for a B2B healthcare business.
• Asset strategy and funding for a care village operator.
• Managing external consultants to obtain public relations, marketing and sales input.
• Generating ideas for a social enterprise to raise profile whilst meeting stated aims.
• Leading a charity through the strategic review to decide to relocate and build their new premises.
• Assisting a specialist start up business in the financial services sector with focus on robust service processes.
• Generating strategic planning for a recycling company to drive turnover and margins.

 
 

Since 1998 Peter has become a trusted confidant of several high net worth individuals and corporate clients, he advises them on property and general investment business. His work has broadened to include assets generally, financing and recovery of SMEs and a number of commissions to write start up business plans.

Peter specialises in the pre construction/operational phase where he is skilled in the legal, financial, planning and design aspects of developments and businesses. In his advisory role he is often required to lead by example and guide strategic action through others. Peter is often consulted on strategic issues outside of the property industry:

       
 
 

In those quite moments I also have a few personal projects:

  • A design of a passenger shelter for bus, tram or train networks.  The design is currently being assessed for patent.
  • A media based leisure business has also been progressed to proof of concept and discussions are ongoing with potential partners.
  • Developing, with charities around property and environmental solutions to involve chaotic young people, the homeless, and the physically disabled in engaging directly with society.
  • Taking to patent an innovative property design.
 

Back catalogue – that is the history of how we got here without any of the really interesting bits like the time Special Branch frog marched me out of the dining room at the Savoy.

1974 Peter began his working life with a firm of Surveyors & Auctioneers in Preston, Lancashire (E J Reed & Sons Ltd).  Having turned down University he readily took to the workplace and learned administration, customer service, marketing and business development as well as completing his surveying studies. 

1984 he joined North British Housing Association as an Assistant Director of Development responsible for new developments and marketing across the UK.  It was here that he learned to deal with large scale projects and complex organisations.  Peter was a member of the Management Team. 

1988 moved to Town & Country Homebuilders Limited (a subsidiary of Town & Country Building Society).  Peter set up and ran the new company becoming Managing Director in 1989.  One objective was to develop new products and he wrote two new mortgages for the lending of development finance – an equity participation mortgage and a rolling facility linked to a security register with built in flexibility.

1992 the building society parent merged with the Woolwich and Peter left to join Norbury Construction & Developments plc where he became Managing Director within 18 months.  Here he successfully turned the company around and left in late 1993.

1993 set up his own development company Penny Black Properties Limited.  The company secured and developed the first high density apartment conversion in Liverpool City centre but was forced to go into liquidation following an acrimonious battle with neighbouring insurance company.  Before its demise in 1997 the company had successfully built 86 homes.  Banks, creditors, colleagues and friends pushed Peter to start again. 

1997 worked as a freelance advisor to City Living, an Irish based developer of inner city apartments.  Project managed the pre construction process on over 200 units.

1998 Set up Custard-pie Properties Ltd through which Peter continues to work.