3rd Annual
Homes for Scotland Conference
30 October 2014
Roxburghe Hotel, Edinburgh
Session Sponsorship Opportunities
As the voice of the country’s home building industry, Homes for Scotland is committed to
improving the quality of living in Scotland by providing this and future generations with warm,
sustainable homes in places people want to live.
Yet recently published official statistics show a sixth consecutive annual fall in housing
output with total completions in 2013 at 14,815 – a more than 40% drop since 2007 and the
lowest level since 1947. This is some 20,000 short of the 35,000 new homes the Scottish
Government wished to see being built each year by 2015 in order to address demand and
impact house price inflation.
Building on the success of our previous events, this year’s conference, which provides one of
the first opportunities to discuss housing supply following the referendum, will focus on
the key areas which must be addressed if this downward trend is to be reversed and
production across all tenures increased.
The conference will be of interest to all those concerned at the decline in Scottish housing supply, examining
what needs to be done to reverse the continuing downward trend.
With an ambitious programme featuring the following four distinct themes:
Session 1:
political context and Scotland’s housing market
Session 2:
planning for growth
Session 3:
satisfying need and demand
Session 4:
delivery challenges
an impressive line-up of speakers has already been confirmed, including:
Minister for Housing & Welfare
Margaret Burgess MSP
Phil Ford
Strategic Partnerships Director
(Scotland), CITB
Mike Quinton
Chief Executive, NHBC
Shadow Minister for Housing
Mary Fee MSP
The conference’s wide-ranging agenda
and quality speakers will be of interest to:
Professor Duncan Maclennan
Public Policy, University of
Glasgow / City Management,
University of St Andrews
Stephen Tucker
Partner, Barton Willmore /
Convenor, RTPI Scotland
home builders
RSLs
Local Authorities
other associated professions
Lynne Sullivan OBE
sustainableBYdesign /
Chair: The Sullivan Panel
Mike Galloway
Director of City Development,
Dundee City Council
Stephen Noakes
Home & Lifestyle Director,
Lloyds Banking Group /
Chair, CML
Douglas Millican
Chief Executive,
Scottish Water
Sponsorship opportunities
With sponsorship already in place for sessions 2 and 3, sponsorship of sessions 1 and 4 are
currently available at a cost of £3000 + VAT per session.
With our 2013 conference attracting some 160 delegates, this offers fantastic value for money
for companies to:

associate themselves with and promote
themselves at this leading sectoral event

reach a highly targeted audience

demonstrate support for the home
building industry and an understanding of
the challenges it faces
Benefits include:
As well as having its brand associated with this leading housing event, other benefits for
session sponsors include:
 On the day verbal recognition by event host
 Acknowledgement/logo inclusion within AV
presentation and event programme
 High profile branding opportunities within
refreshment area (including exhibitor space
for pop-up/pull-up banners, table for display
of literature and two chairs)
 Opportunity for 1 x A4 delegate pack insert*
 Complimentary delegate places x 2
 50% discount on additional delegate places
 Promotion in HFS member newsletter /
weekly update
 Promotion via conference Twitter account
 Promotion on conference web and booking
pages
High profile branding opportunities will allow sponsors to
reach a highly targeted audience, demonstrating support
for the home building industry and an understanding of
the challenges it faces.
 Logo on event programme
*to be provided by sponsor
For further details, please contact Membership & Communications Manager Jennifer Kennedy /
Membership & Communications Officer Lauren Trouten – 0131 455 8350