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Media Centre
At UPP we are proud of the success our team and university partners achieve. We are always pleased to see our unique model, staff and partners gaining recognition for all their hard work. Below you will find the most recent media coverage of our activities, if you would like to find out more please visit our Publications page, to read our latest newsletter – or - if you are a journalist please visit the Press Centre.
18/02/2010 - UPP Appoints New Group Construction Director to Group Board
Paul Goddard, UPP’s new Group Construction Director, has been appointed to the UPP Group Board. This appointment - and the creation of the new board level role - reflects UPP’s strategy of broadening the expertise and experience on the Board following significant and ongoing business growth, click here to read the full story.
08/02/2010 - UPP celebrates success in the Sunday Times Buyout Track 100
UPP has come fifth out of one hundred of the UK’s top companies featured in the 2010 Sunday Times Deloitte Buyout Track 100 league table. Being ranked fifth in this prestigious league table marks UPP out as one of the UK’s most successful private equity backed firms. The list, which is run by Fast Track, was published in The Sunday Times, click here to read the full story.
07/02/10 - The Sunday Times
08/02/10 - Building
08/02/10 - Education Investor
08/02/10 - FM World
20/01/2010 - UPP leads way on asset management
UPP has launched an asset management service, offering significant cost savings to their University partners. This “outsourcing initiative” allows universities to transfer the risk to UPP and frees up vital resources for education. Sam Bailey-Watts, Director, Residential Services talks to Education Investor.
12/01/2010 - Sean O’Shea on riding the credit crunch
UPP, the leading provider of campus infrastructure, student accommodation and asset management, has shown great success despite challenging economic conditions and has now invested over £1bn into the HE sector. Chief Executive, Sean O’Shea explains to Education Investor that UPP’s unique business model is central to this success.
04/12/2009 - Sean O’Shea named as the ‘one to know’ in the student housing market by Property Week
Sean O’Shea, Chief Executive of UPP, has been profiled by Property Week as the ‘man to know’ in the student housing market. The profile is part of a larger article which describes the student accommodation sector as the “newest emerging hot market in the property sector” and which highlights the increasing demand from investors, despite the recession, as banks look for reliable and long-term income streams.
Sean O’Shea has also been quoted in University Business after speaking at a high profile roundtable event regarding the future of higher education funding. The event, entitled ‘The Future of Quality Higher Education: How can we secure sufficient funding at a time of recession?’ was organised by the 1994 Group of leading research-intensive universities, in partnership with UPP. Click here to read the full story.