Graham Smith's blog

With less than 100 days to go until the Olympics the country certainly seems to be in the grip of sports fever. Whether you are turning on the telly, travelling home on public transport, or reading a magazine you can’t get away from the vast numbers of lycra clad Olympians all vying for our attention (and suggesting we buy the brand of hair care product, face cream, snack bar, energy drink etc that  they are endorsing).

When I heard the story of Robbie Tomkins my heart went out to him.

Who is this Robbie you might ask? Well, he is the man whose plight journalist Ruth Bloomfield described in last week’s Evening Standard property supplement. Robbie and his two friends were left without a home only hours before they were set to move into rented accommodation, because they had been gazumped.

As I write my blog on Valentine’s Day my thoughts turn to the love that is currently being shown to the rental market by both the public and private sectors.

As the new managing director of Roomservice by CORT I am taking over from Roger Hollis as the author of the Roomservice by CORT blog.