Welcome to RICS

As a globally recognised professional body, everything we do is designed to effect positive change in the built and natural environments.

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Find out about your professional fees, how to renew your status, apply for one of our concessions and how to pay your renewal fee.

RICS Professional Skills & Development Training

RICS Professional Skills & Development Training can help your business close the skills gap with bespoke, corporate, in-house training delivered by experts in the Built Environment.

Useful Links

Sector Standards

Log your CPD

Rules of Conduct

RICS Valuation - Global Standards 'Red Book'

Join an RICS Board, Committee or Engagement Group

RICS consumer guides

Navigating property decisions can be overwhelming. RICS has created a library of free, easy-to-understand consumer guides to help.

News & Insights

Meet the new Matrics UK Chair – Annabel Huffer MRICS

Annabel Huffer MRICS, Senior Building Surveyor at Knight Frank, London, has been appointed as the new Chair of the Matrics UK Board, from June 2026.

RICS publishes updated standard for multi-storey residential buildings with cladding

RICS has published the second edition of its UK professional standard, Secured lending valuation of properties in multi-storey, multi-occupancy residential buildings with cladding, providing updated guidance for RICS members and regulated firms undertaking valuations for secured lending purposes.

Update from Justin Young, RICS CEO – May 2026

The challenges facing the built environment right now, housing delivery, skills, technology, are significant. What's encouraging is the appetite for collaboration across the sector, from government, industry, and our own members.

Australia: NCC 2025 Training and Information Sessions Now Available

Australia is in the process of implementing National Construction Code 2025.

Australia: Federal Budget 2026-27 Released

The Australian Federal Treasurer, the Hon Jim Chalmers MP, has released the 2026-27 Australian Federal Budget overnight.

BCIS secures new investment to support continued growth and innovation

Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) has secured new investment from Bowmark Capital, marking the next phase of growth for the business as it continues investing in data, technology and customer experience.

Construction activity weakens as credit and cost pressures intensify in wake of Middle East conflct

According to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) UK Construction Monitor report for Q1 2026, the UK construction sector experienced a soft start with workloads declining across most major sectors and forward-looking sentiment weakening.

Transfer slabs in buildings: Advice and FAQs

This page contains answers to frequently asked questions and advice for the public and members regarding transfer slabs in tall buildings.

Supporting lifelong learning through high quality, industry aligned training programmes

Paul Wilson FRICS and Alan Northen FRICS, discuss how RICS training supports members to keep pace with a changing profession.

What the 2026 Scottish manifestos mean for the built and natural environment

With the 2026 Scottish Parliament election fast approaching, the built and natural environment sits at the heart of all major parties’ plans for economic growth, housing, and net zero.

DRS 50 Panel Member Spotlight: Ruth Farrell

In this spotlight, we speak with Ruth Farrell, Senior Rural Business Consultant and Arbitrator at DJM Consulting, who reflects on her work across rural business advisory and dispute resolution, and the role DRS plays in supporting confidence and consistency in resolving disputes.

Dispute Boards around the world – What we’ve learnt from global projects

This webinar explored how Dispute Boards (DBs) function across different regions and what global project experience tells us about the value they can add when implemented effectively.

Profession & Standards

RICS develops and enforces leading international standards, protecting consumers and businesses by ensuring the utmost level of professionalism is employed across the built and natural environment.

The regulatory functions of RICS relating to Standards and Professional Development are led and overseen by the Standards and Regulation Board (SRB).

Profession & Standards

Profession & Standards Quick Links

RICS Valuation - Global Standards ('Red Book')

Black Book

Fire Safety

Rules of conduct

RICS Professional Development Packages

Embrace your professional development, navigate your way to professional status or drive your organisation forward with our support packages.

Upcoming Training and Events

Conference

UK&I Rural Conference

Wed 13 May 2026 • 08:30 - 17:00 BST • 6 hours structured CPD • Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester GL7 6JS

From £183.83

Red Book

RICS Red Book Compliance Workshop

• 3.5 hours structured CPD • Online

Free

Networking

RICS in East of England: Norwich - Lunchtime Lectures - Geophysical surveying for offshore windfarms

Wed 13 May 2026 • 12:00 - 14:00 BST • 1 hour structured CPD • The Maids Head Hotel, 20 Tombland, Norwich NR3 1LB

£25

RICS Matrics Birmingham & RTPI Young Planners: Networking - Flight Club Social

Wed 13 May 2026 • 18:00 - 21:00 BST • Flight Club Birmingham, 13 Temple Street, Birmingham B2 5BN

£12.50

+ VAT

Networking

Brisbane: The Impact of Technology and AI on Commercial Property Management

Thu 14 May 2026 • 16:30 - 17:30 AEDT • 100 Wickham Street, Fortitude Valley, QLD 4006

Networking

RICS Matrics Liverpool & RTPI NWYP: Networking - Spring Social

Thu 14 May 2026 • 17:00 - 20:00 BST • The Pen Factory, 13 Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BQ

£15

+ VAT

Networking

RICS Matrics London & Savills Apprenticeship Committee & JPLA: Seminar - Real Estate Market Insights

Thu 14 May 2026 • 18:00 - 20:00 BST • Barings, 20 Old Bailey, London, EC4M 7AN

£5

+ VAT

Networking

RICS Matrics Edinburgh: Networking - Paint and Sip

Thu 14 May 2026 • 18:30 - 20:30 BST • The Red Kite Café, 7-8 Cadzow Pl, Edinburgh EH7 5SN

£25

+ VAT

Networking

CICES x RICS Member Engagement Event

Mon 18 May 2026 • 18:30 - 20:00 HKT • BK SURCO Training Centre - Room 1908, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong SAR

Webinar

UK&I Asbestos risk and compliance: what surveyors need to know webinar

• 1 hour structured CPD • Online

From £27

+ VAT

Seminar

Understanding the 2026 updates to Welsh Building Regulations to ensure compliance from 1st July 2026

Tue 19 May 2026 • 13:30 - 16:30 BST • 2 hours structured CPD • Conwy Business Centre, Junction Way, Llandudno Junction, LL31 9XX

DRS Training Courses

Dispute Resolution Programme for Advisers and Party Representatives

• 13 hours structured CPD • Online

From £325

+ VAT

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