Estates Gazette Property Podcasts

EG’s Sarah Jackman catches up with Falcon Chambers barristers Daniel Black and Edward Blakeney to discuss the Leasehold Reform (Forfeiture) Bill. The private members Bill, introduced in the House of Lords, is awaiting its second reading. They discuss the rationale behind it, provisions contained within it, along with its possible effect should it be enacted.

Bricks & Mortar starts its 2023 schedule with an interview with ex-Brecher managing partner, Nicky Richmond. Following a legal career spanning several decades, Richmond stepped down in 2021 and is now training to become a professional coach and mentor. EG’s Sarah Jackman speaks to her about her journey into the law, what she enjoyed about practising in the real estate sector, how she accelerated h...

Jess Harrold is joined by reporters Evelina Grecenko and Akanksha Soni to round up the week's news, with a special focus on their particular areas of expertise: life sciences and residential. Grecenko addresses how demand continues to outstrip supply for lab space, the ways that demand is being met and some of the issues involved in office conversions. Soni rounds up the drop-off in BTR figures fr...

Jess Harrold is joined by Matthew Bonye, partner and head of real estate dispute resolution, Shanna Davison, professional support & knowledge development lawyer and Martyn Jarvis, senior associate in the planning team, all at Herbert Smith Freehills, to discuss the firm's latest Forearmed report for 2023. Together, they look at the 12 major issues for the year ahead that HSF has identified as posi...

Jess Harrold is joined by editor Sam McClary and news editor Pui-Guan Man for the first podcast round-up of the year, beginning with a clarion call to the industry to keep decency at the top of the agenda in challenging times. Together, they discuss the state of the sheds sector, with Amazon setting out plans to shut three warehouses in the UK, which could bring some 1.3m sq ft of space back to th...

Following the lifting of the moratorium on forfeiture for commercial rent arrears on 25 March 2022, commercial landlords once again have a range of options available to either recover outstanding debt or regain possession of their premises. To discuss those options, Sarah Jackman is joined by Ian McEwan and Paula Green, property dispute partners at law firm RWK Goodman. They remind listeners of th...

Jess Harrold is joined by editor Sam McClary, deputy editor Tim Burke and news editor Pui-Guan Man for a special podcast review of 2022. Together they discuss how the year started out brightly before storm clouds gathered as a result of the war in Ukraine, rising energy prices, inflation and the economic and political volatility that resulted. What is the state of the property market and its vario...

In this EG TechTalk episode of the EG Property Podcast EG editor Samantha McClary is in conversation with Tripty Arya, founder of Tratvus, an AI technology company focused on multi-family real estate and John Helm, partner at RET Ventures, which recently led a $4m funding round into the business. In this 35-minute listen find out what it is like securing funding for a US business that is committed...

In EG's final 2022 episode of In on the Act, Sarah Jackman speaks to Falcon Chambers' Oliver Radley-Gardner KC about the requirements contained in the Agriculture Act 2020. They discuss the reasons why it was implemented, the timeframes for compliance and how landowners need to respond.  

In this EG Cities Live podcast, recorded at a breakfast briefing in Leeds, guests from across the built environment discussed how the city region could forge a new vision for its future while respecting the heritage of its past. Joining EG deputy editor Tim Burke on stage were Clare Bailey, director, commercial research, Savills Angela Barnicle, chief officer, asset management and regeneration, Le...

Welcome to the final episode of EG Property Podcast's Fundamentals of the Future series, recorded live at our Sustainable Outcomes: Make better ESG decisions event. This episode, recorded as part of a panel discussion, seeks to understand how real estate can better embed the E and S of ESG into corporate governance. We ask whether the real estate sector could ever have its own Yvon Chouinard and m...

Sarah Jackman and Jess Harrold present their annual count down of the 10 biggest property law decisions of the year. From planning to telecoms, from enfranchisement to proprietary estoppel, these are the judgments with the biggest implications - and, for the top five, some special guests lend their expertise to explain their importance. But which case will secure the coveted number one slot?

Tough times lie in wait for the industry’s squeezed middle, according to straight-talking Compton co-founder Shaun Simons, who warns of a very difficult year ahead both for average agents and for owners of mid-range office stock. Compton is a City Fringe office specialist and sits at the top of the area’s Radius On-Demand Rankings, with 818,000 sq ft transacted across 144 deals. Simons believes th...

Welcome to the third episode of EG Property Podcast's Fundamentals of the Future series, recorded live at our Sustainable Outcomes: Make better ESG decisions event. This episode, recorded as part of a panel discussion, dives into the S of ESG and questions whether measurement really matters, if a badge of some sort would drive more action and whether delivering social value is actually the core pu...

Welcome to the second episode of EG Property Podcast's Fundamentals of the Future series, recorded live at our Sustainable Outcomes: Make better ESG decisions event. This episode, recorded as part of a panel discussion, takes a look at what needs to change for real estate to deliver on its net zero ambitions. Listen in to hear what the industry can expect from former energy minister Chris Skidmore...

In this Fundamentals of the Future episode of the EG Property Podcast, Better Buildings Partnership chief executive Sarah Ratcliffe delivers a rousing - if not mildly depressing - call to action for the real estate sector. In this episode, the first of four recorded live at EG’s Sustainable Outcomes: Make better ESG decisions event, Ratcliffe takes a look at real estate’s journey through the lens...

In this 50-minute episode of the EG Property Podcast, EG’s Julia Cahill finds out how digital transformation is shaping the life sciences industry in Oxford.   Joined by experts from across the region, she uncovers how the real estate sector is striving to keep pace with the advances accelerated by the digital transformation; how Oxford compares to other cities; what space being delivered in Oxfor...

Jess Harrold is joined by Chanté Bohitige and Piers Wehner for the latest weekly round-up podcast. Wehner tackles the latest government announcements on housing targets, wind farm developments and more - and Bohitige covers the competition between law firms for the very best office space, with some already planning moves years in advance. Bohitige discusses doomed Chinese embassy plans, and Wehner...

In the first weekly round-up of December, Jess Harrold is joined by deputy editor Tim Burke and offices reporter Chanté Bohitige to see whether they - and the market - have summoned up their Christmas spirit. After preliminary discussions on advent calendars and the bane of a parent's existence that is "elf on the shelf", discussion turns to the increasing complexity of lease terms, with a couple...

"There are two things in the world you never want to let people see how you make 'em - laws and sausages" Leo McGarry, The West Wing. The levelling up bill has stalled in its passage through parliament, as Conservative MPs put forward rival amendments that could sink the government's flagship policy.  Is this an unfolding crisis, or is this simply the way the sausage is made?  Join former housing...

Piers Wehner is joined by EG's editor Sam McClary and senior writer Julia Cahill for a look at the week's news. Julia has been looking into the Places for Girls initiative, which wants to make communities safer by talking to the teenage girls who actually live there - which really shouldn't be as radical as it is.  And it's been another gloomy week, but have the Future Leaders worked their magic o...

Jess Harrold is joined by Stuart Andrews, partner and head of planning at Eversheds Sutherland, to discuss the Supreme Court's decision in Hillside Parks Ltd v Snowdonia National Park Authority [2022] UKSC 30; [2022] PLSCS 177  – a case concerning the relationship between successive grants of planning permission for development on the same land. Andrews outlines the facts of the case and how the S...

In this episode of the EG Property Podcast, recorded live in Edinburgh as part of our Scottish Cities Live event, EG editor Samantha McClary chairs a conversation with five key experts from across the commercial real estate sector to discuss how investors, developers and the public sector can find value in an ever-changing environment. Over the course of the 50-minute debate, you’ll hear about the...

In this episode of the EG Property Podcast EG editor Samantha McClary takes a look at the requirements for developers to deliver on biodiversity net gain, how the development community is reacting to the demand of the Environment Act 2021 and what challenges developers may face in delivering meaningful habits across projects. Listen in for invaluable advice and tips from an expert panel, comprisin...

In November's edition of In on the Act, Joe Ollech and Toby Boncey, barristers at Falcon Chambers, discuss Part 8 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill. The Bill, currently at report stage in the House of Commons, makes provision for local authorities to let empty commercial properties via auction if certain criteria have been met. They look at the detail of the proposals, how they might opera...