From Friday 30 July 2021, we will no longer be accepting direct cash payments at our offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh. While our offices remain closed to the public, due to the ongoing restrictions concerning the COVID-19 pandemic, a few of our customers still...
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Erskine Park Care Home
We continue our Charitable Giving Initiative 2021 this month with a £500 donation to Erskine, a charity which has been caring for Veterans since 1916. Erskine not only strikes a personal chord with many of our staff whose family members have been looked after in the...
Managing Director achieves Fellow status
Managing Director achieves Fellow status of the Institute of Residential Property Management. Hacking and Paterson Management Services is pleased to announce that our Managing Director, David Doran, has been awarded Fellowship of the Institute of Residential Property...
Property Factors (Scotland) Act 2011 – Code of Conduct for Property Factors
The Property Factors (Scotland) Act 2011, which came into force on 1st October 2012, provides protections for homeowners who engage with a registered property factor. The Act introduced a Code of Conduct that set out minimum standards of practice to which all...
Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity
Our monthly donation to a different local or national charity through our Charitable Giving Initiative 2021 continues in June. This month the Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity (ECHC) was nominated by one of our East coast team as the cause worthy of a £500...
The Fionn Brogan Trust
As part of our Corporate Social Responsibility, and our ongoing commitment to supporting local and national charities this year, we remain focussed on our Charitable Giving Initiative for 2021, with the company committing to donating £500 each month to a different...
MacMillan Cancer Support
As you will note from our previous articles, as part of our ongoing commitment to supporting local and national charities, Hacking and Paterson have decided to form a Charitable Giving Initiative for 2021. The company is committing to donating £500 each month to a...
Shelter Scotland
As part of our commitment to our Corporate Social Responsibility, our 2020 focus was on those sleeping rough and struggling families in temporary accommodation, all of whom, we are advised, are also especially vulnerable to the effects of the current COVID-19 virus,...
Scottish Association for Mental Health
As you will note from our previous articles, as part of our ongoing commitment to supporting local and national charities, Hacking and Paterson’s Corporate Social Responsibility Programme includes a Charitable Giving Initiative for 2021. The company has committed to...
Single Building Assessment: Expression of Interest
As a follow up to our recent article (where we reported that the Scottish Government had accepted all recommendations published by the Ministerial Working Group on Mortgage Lending and Cladding (MWGMLC) on the 19 March 2021, which included introducing a new Single...
Scottish Government making moves on Tenement Maintenance
We continue our series of news stories from the Working Group on Maintenance of Tenement Scheme Property and specifically its report, which was presented to the Scottish Government. We reported previously that the Group made three principal recommendations covering...
Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity
As you will note from our previous article, we are delighted to continue our 2020 Charitable Giving Initiative into 2021, with the company committing, in addition to our main charitable partners, to donating £500 each month to a different charity. We invited all our...
Easter Holidays Hours of Business 2021
During the Easter period, our office opening hours will be reduced as follows: Friday 2nd April – Closed from 12.45pm (Glasgow Office), Closed from 12.30pm (Edinburgh Office) Monday 5th April – Closed Normal opening hours of 9.00am – 5.00pm resume on Tuesday 6th...
Social Bite – March Article 2021
As part of our commitment to our Corporate Social Responsibility, our 2020 focus was on those sleeping rough and struggling families in temporary accommodation, all of whom, we are advised, are also especially vulnerable to the effects of the current COVID-19 virus,...
Free Safety Assessments for Homeowners.
Following on from our series of stories following the issues affecting many residing in high rise flats, we were pleased to hear the announcement coming from Scottish Government confirming that homeowners, whose flats have external cladding, will be offered free...
Changes to the ‘My H&P’ Web Portal
In 2016 we introduced our “My H&P” Web Portal, to provide you with access to your factoring accounts, from the comfort of your own home, at a time that suits you. The portal provides access for information relating to your factoring account, including: Access to...
Annual Management Fee Review
As part of the arrangements in place with our customers, annually we review our management fees for the provision of the core services provided. Despite the substantial additional costs arising from the COVID-19 Pandemic, coupled with our ongoing investment in areas...
January 2021 Charitable News Story
As you may already have noted from our company website, Hacking and Paterson made various charitable donations during the course of 2020, including donations to Shelter Scotland, Social Bite, and CHAS Hospice to name a few. As part of our Corporate Social...
Save the Children – Christmas Jumper Day
As part of our ongoing commitment to supporting local and national charities, the staff at Hacking and Paterson Management Services participated once again in this year’s Christmas Jumper Day on Friday 11th December. Whilst current restrictions meant we were...
Managing the Impact of Coronavirus
In anticipation of the further restrictions which came into effect this morning, through the Festive period, we implemented our COVID-19 contingency plans and measures, the extent of which continue to affect our customers as follows: All HPMS offices, reception and...