The credit crunch and subsequent downturn in the property market affected many people in the industry - none more so than young surveyors. Opportunities to network have been vastly reduced.

Investment surveyor Charles Curtis, at niche investment agency Finn & Co., together with Sara Brooks, a Jones Lang LaSalle surveyor, therefore set up ’Young Surveyors – The Next Generation’. Tim Monger-Godfrey who works in CBRE's Real Estate Finance team and Alex Springer who works at Knight Frank joined Young Surveyors in 2011.

Two events took place in 2009 in Central London attracting over 100 young surveyors eager to mix business with pleasure. In February 2010 Young Surveyors held its first event with a guest speaker ‘Breakfast with Mike Slade’. The fully booked event was sponsored by Lambert Smith Hampton.

In late 2011, Young Surveyors relaunched, with an exciting list of events planned over the next few months.