“We are delighted to join the UKRN and to be able to contribute to delivering excellence through collaboration. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ Standards and Regulation Board oversees the independent regulation of 140,000 RICS practising, non-practising surveyors and students and 10,000 regulated firms operating worldwide. Our primary responsibility is to act in the public interest, with our regulatory activities ensuring high standards of entry to the profession, the development of relevant professional standards and rigorously maintaining those standards to uphold confidence in the diverse surveying profession. Our approach to professional regulation is forward looking, focussing on upstream proactive assurance as much as possible – with this perspective it is important that we continue to learn and adopt the best practices from a range of regulatory sectors, models and jurisdictions. The regulatory landscape is dynamic and continually changing, and we look forward to collaborating with UKRN members to build world-leading regulatory practices.”

“I am delighted that the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) are joining UKRN, at this exciting time in regulation. With such a deep heritage in their sector, it again underpins the importance and value of cross-cutting perspectives being nurtured and further developed within the UKRN. We are looking forward to RICS engaging, benefiting and fully contributing to a number of our professional networks.”