Estates Gazette Property Podcasts

In this keynote speech from EG's recent ESG Breakfast Briefing, Tom Willcock, director of innovation at Hollis, talks about the real estate industry’s failure to get the grips with the climate crisis, the meaningless arguments that have slowed progress in tackling the ESG agenda’s biggest challenges, and why, when there's any choice to be made within the sector, we must come down on the side of th...

Just before the Covid-19 pandemic hit, 10 years on from a landmark review by University College London’s Sir Michael Marmot’s into health inequalities in England, the Institute of Health Equity published a follow-up report exploring just how closely health and life expectancy are tied to socioeconomic position and the conditions in which people live and work. Some of the findings were bleak, under...

On this episode of Tech Talk radio, host Emily Wright is joined by Aviva Investors' head of responsible investment Ed Dixon as he cuts straight to the heart of what ESG is really all about - and it's not acronyms.  A former carpenter who lost his job in the 2008 recession, Dixon talks about his career path from "fifty quid weekend jobs" to "£50bn of real assets 20 years later" and discusses why "i...

In this episode to the EG Property Podcast, EG editor Samantha McClary is talking to the final three individuals that make up the latest cohort of EG Future Leaders. Listen in to the third of three episodes introducing you to cohort five of the EG Future Leaders to meet our early careers participants – Isabelle Walters from Savills, Callum Wyatt from CBRE and Priscilla Idowu from HB Reavis. A trio...

LISTEN: Piers Wehner is joined this week by content chief Emily Wright and London reporter Chante Bohitige. What other podcast gives you insight into London's rising rents, measuring the UK's cities, pricey buns and squirrels?   Emily says 'so long' (for a short while) and Piers takes advantage of Jess Harrold's absence to introduce a new game to the format. What could possibly go wrong?

In this episode of the EG Property Podcast, EG editor Samantha McClary is in discussion with four more of our latest cohort EG Future Leaders to find our just how excited and terrified they are about undertaking one of the toughest but most rewarding programmes in the sector. Listen in to this 35-minute conversation with Sophie Stewart from DLA Piper, Kat Strzalka from JLL, Jibram Saleem-Sheikh fr...

In this episode of the EG Property Podcast, EG editor Samantha McClary meets the first batch of Future Leaders joining the fifth cohort of EG’s award winning programme. Listen in to hear how Charlotte Paton from Savills, Sophie Levenson from Knight Frank, Megan Kennedy from Wilmott Dixon and Ola Alade from LCP are feeling about embarking on the intense two-month training programme and how they hop...

Jess Harrold is joined by editor Samantha McClary and senior writer Piers Wehner to reflect on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. In addition, they consider how King Charles III - who has long been known for airing his views on the built environment, and was ahead of his time on the importance of environmental awareness and sustainability - might continue to have an influence on real estate in his...

In episode five of In on the Act, Jess Harrold is joined by Paul Letman and Cecily Crampin, of Falcon Chambers, to discuss the Building Safety Act 2022, which was was given royal assent in April. Letman and Crampin address the key provisions of the Act, conceived in response to the Grenfell Tower tragedy and the resulting debate on remediating defective cladding, including the greater protections...

Covid led many to rethink their careers and follow through on aspirations to open shops and this has helped the retail sector bounce back with a vengeance post-lockdown but it now braces itself for a bruising winter, according to Creative Retail director Scott Robertson. Creative Retail, which is Birmingham-based but has an increasingly national presence, sits in fifth place on the 2022 Radius On-...

In this latest episode of Bricks & Mortar, Sarah Jackman catches up with Madeleine Davitt, senior partner at Davitt Jones Bould. A pioneer of remote and flexible working, the specialist real estate and planning law firm has a varied client base and operates a waiting list for those wishing to join. Listen as Davitt reflects on her journey into real estate, the challenges she faced when setting up...

Jess Harrold is joined by deputy editor Tim Burke and reporter Chanté Bohitige for the latest weekly round-up. Burke tackles the bleak prognosis contained in a lengthy report from investment bank Berenger that concludes that real estate faces the toughest market in a decade… as well as fears that the property industry will be ignored by the next prime minister. In addition, he covers the governmen...

In this edition of the EG Property Podcast, brought to you in partnership with Savills, EG editor Samantha McClary is joined by five experts from the south coast to find out more about what being awarded one of eight freeport statuses means for Southampton and the wider region. Listen in to this special EG Cities Live: Southampton recording to understand why collaboration between public and privat...

Jess Harrold is joined by reporters Evelina Grecenko and Akanksha Soni to round up a busy week of news. Grecenko tackles Rishi Sunak's promise to relax planning laws for life sciences labs, and how the industry has responded - as well as Fujifilm's plans for expansion. Soni covers a big PBSA acquisition by M&G, what the soaring demand for university places in London from international students wil...

In this latest episode of Bricks & Mortar, Sarah Jackman catches up with ex-Nottingham Rugby Club player Ben Brownlie. Having played professional rugby since 2014, the pandemic forced Brownlie to reassess, enroll on a masters in building surveying and enter the real estate industry. Now an assistant building surveyor at Innes England, Brownlie is on course to take his APC and gain professional acc...

Jess Harrold is joined by reporters Evelina Grecenko and Chanté Bohitige for the latest weekly round-up podcast. Bohitige discusses GSK's search for a new London HQ, and what the current levels of office attendance will mean for the market - could there be a glut of redundant space in the capital? Grecenko tackles asset manager and developer Lateral's big plans for life sciences, and the high stan...

LISTEN A number of the big agents had results out over the past week or so - and pretty good ones too. Savills' first half revenue has broken the £1bn ceiling, Cushman's leasing revenues alone have topped a billion, JLL's revenues are up 17%... So why is EG's deputy editor, Tim Burke, so full of doom and gloom? Turns out, the good times might already be at an end... And we get to meet EG's newest...

In this latest episode of Bricks & Mortar, Sarah Jackman catches up with senior partner Sara Bailey, real estate partner Rebecca Wardle and real estate solicitor, Ugo Ebhogiaye, from Trowers & Hamlins. The firm has been working on a number of initiatives to help improve diversity and social mobility within the sector, including the Routes to Real Estate programme, which seeks to address the variou...

Jess Harrold is joined by news editor Pui-Guan Man and life sciences Evelina Grecenko for the latest weekly round-up of all the latest headlines. Grecenko tackles Oxford Biomedica's sale-and-leaseback plans, and the buzz around Manchester's Landmark Building. Man has news on industrial land values, Hammerson's latest results and a new digital twin of the commercial real estate market. But which is...

Jess Harrold is joined by Guy Fetherstonhaugh QC, of Falcon Chambers, to discuss the eagerly awaited Court of Appeal decision in the combined appeals in Bank of New York Mellon (International) Ltd v Cine-UK Ltd; London Trocadero (2015) LLP v Picturehouse Cinemas Ltd and others [2022] EWCA Civ 1021; [2022] PLSCS 125 - cases both arising out of rent arrears accrued during lockdown periods imposed as...

Jess Harrold is joined by injury-hit editor Sam McClary for the latest weekly round-up podcast. McClary shares Birmingham City Council chief executive Deborah Cadman's excitement for the Commonwealth Games, and how they are already helping transform the city for a golden future. She also hails the strong field vying for this year's EG Awards, as the finalists are named. In addition, Harrold addres...

In episode four of In on the Act, Sarah Jackman is joined by Falcon Chambers barrister, Oliver Radley-Gardner QC to discuss the Electronic Communications Code, which came into force in December 2017 and replaced the existing Code governing telecommunications.  Disputes between operators and landowners under the new Code have been higher than under its predecessor, with one case – Cornerstone Telec...

In this latest episode of Bricks & Mortar, Sarah Jackman speaks to Greg Manson, director of debt finance at OakNorth Bank. Manson practices within OakNorth's property finance team and recently received accreditation to become a chartered surveyor via the senior professional route.  They discuss his motivation for seeking MRICS accreditation, how he managed studying alongside his day-to-day work an...

On this week's episode of Tech Talk Radio, host Emily Wright speaks to someone not known to mince his words. Ility founder and chief executive Marcus Moufarrige pulls no punches when it comes to his thoughts on the future of tenant engagement apps as his platform is rolled out across portfolios within major real estate companies including L&G and Deloitte.  "I have always said that tenant engageme...

Just 13% of the UK real estate workforce is female. Even less – a lot less – of it is made of of black women. That is not right and it is not okay. As real estate continues to transition and understand its importance in delivering places and spaces for human beings to thrive the need to diversify our workforce and become a truly inclusive sector has never been more important. To help highlight and...