The latest news, views and debates from the commercial property industry. A mix of regular short interviews and the weekly news round-up, covering the whole of the commercial property industry.
Episodes
Friday Aug 25, 2023
Friday Aug 25, 2023
In today’s episode of Bricks & Mortar, Sarah Jackman is joined by Marion Ellis of Love Surveying – a company that offers coaching and bespoke business support to those setting up and running their own surveying business. Marion established Love Surveying following 20 years in the residential property sector and today offers a range of support services including mentoring and the Surveyor Hub podcast.
Marion has also written on neurodiversity and the benefits that it brings to the industry for EG’s new Starting out in real estate publication – and expands on those themes in this podcast. She discusses her own experience, the benefits of having diverse thought in the workplace and how the industry has evolved its approach to it in the time that she’s been working in real estate.
Friday Aug 04, 2023
Friday Aug 04, 2023
Outgoing chair of the Climate Change Committee Lord Deben - perhaps known better to some listeners as former environment secretary and EG columnist John Gummer - speaks to EG's Piers Wehner in the latest episode of the politics and property podcast.
In a wide-ranging interview he talks about why he believes the government has failed to deliver on its green promises, why we need a Department for Land Use, what he would do to compel developers to be more green, and why he supports Just Stop Oil.
Plus what he would do if he were back in government, and what he wishes he had done better as Secretary of State.
“We are now at risk [from climate change] in a way which we have never been before, and we also know what we have to do," he says. "This is a challenge to humanity which will make or break us. And at the moment, it's breaking us."
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
The winners of the annual ULI Hines Student Competition – Europe 2023, have recently been announced, with a team from the University of Manchester scooping the top prize.
Sarah Jackman catches up with one of the winning team of four, Nimrah Maryam, along with Brian Moran, senior managing director and head of Hines in Ireland as well as member of the jury for the competition, and Emanuel Rebelo, senior associate at Hines and past winner of the ULI Hines student competition.
They discuss the benefits of entering a collaborative project-based competition, what it’s taught them and how those learnings can be applied to professional life. As Moran says: “I am constantly surprised at the talent we see coming through. We insist on diversity – gender and disciplinary – because when they work together and realise that they have to collaborate to bring the best out in one another, it’s quite astonishing what happens. When you see the team working together, you see the passion and the energy come through.”
Wednesday Jul 19, 2023
Wednesday Jul 19, 2023
Bottlenecks in the planning system are a bigger obstacle to the Shropshire market than the UK’s broader economic woes, according to Towler Shaw Roberts partner Toby Shaw, who believes demand is very much there for quality developments once they finally get built.
Towler Shaw Roberts sits comfortably at the top of the Radius On Demand Rankings for Shropshire, with 75,153 sq ft of space transacted across 38 deals so far this year.
Shaw highlights Shrewsbury’s historic Flaxmill Maltings - the world’s first iron frame building which has been imaginatively redeveloped by Historic England for office use and is now attracting record rents for the town - as evidence that demand is there. However, he also believes the market is being hampered by a planning system which means developments are waiting years for work to even start on site.
Wednesday Jul 19, 2023
Wednesday Jul 19, 2023
This latest episode of Bricks & Mortar features Richard Laming, senior director of economics at planning and development consultancy, Turley.
In a focussed discussion, Laming reflects on how technology has impacted planning over the last decade, its acceleration during the pandemic and what's potentially coming down the tracks by way of future developments - including AI.
He goes on to consider what this means for those working in planning. Has the planner's skillset changed? Do those working in the sector need to adapt and evolve their skillset to new meet new technology? What is the effect on the recruitment process?
Tune in to the full podcast to hear Laming's thoughts.
Friday Jul 14, 2023
Friday Jul 14, 2023
In this episode of the EG Property Podcast, EG editor Samantha McClary sits down for the final part in our trilogy in which we meet this year’s EG Future Leaders.
EG Future Leaders is our award-winning programme that seeks to showcase the very best and most diverse talent in real estate, putting them through an intense training programme that will see them deliver a 10-minute, Ted-style talk to a room full of 100s this September.
Future Leaders is more than a training programme, however. It is a movement showing how powerfully real estate can impact our places, planet and people and how exciting a career it can offer.
It really is the most powerful event you’ll ever attend in real estate.
And in this episode you’ll get a flavour for just why as we hear from Ellie Awford, senior associate at Nuveen, So Sum Lee, consultant at Inner Circle Consulting, and Georgie Roberts, associate partner at Knight Frank as they talk about the power and impact the programme brings and why if you don’t think it sounds like something you’d enjoy, you really need to attend.
To secure your free place at what promises to be the most inspiration-filled day in the property calendar, visit www.eg.co.uk/eg-events/future-leaders-summit-2023
And if you haven’t already, make sure you listen to episodes one and two of this trilogy to get a full flavour of just how impressive our Future Leaders are.
Thursday Jul 13, 2023
Thursday Jul 13, 2023
In this episode of the EG Property Podcast, EG editor Samantha McClary sits down for the second of three special interviews with the latest cohort of EG Future Leaders.
EG Future Leaders is our award-winning programme that seeks to showcase the very best and most diverse talent in real estate, putting them through an intense training programme that will see them deliver a 10-minute, Ted-style talk to a room full of 100s this September.
This is more than a training programme though. It is a movement showing how powerfully real estate can impact our places, planet and people and how exciting a career it can offer.
In this episode we hear from Georgie Manly, retail customer propositions director at Landsec, Nabeel Alhassan, senior treasury analyst at Aster Group and Alix Murtha, senior associate at Clyde & Co as they talk about why Future Leaders matters, why being great communicators is about more than just what we say and why it is absolutely vital that you attend our Future Leaders Summit on 21 September.
To secure your free place at what promises to be the most inspiration-filled day in the property calendar, visit www.eg.co.uk/eg-events/future-leaders-summit-2023/
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
In this episode of the EG Property Podcast, EG editor Samantha McClary sits down for the first of three special interviews with the latest cohort of EG Future Leaders.
EG Future Leaders is our award-winning programme that seeks to showcase the very best and most diverse talent in real estate, putting them through an intense training programme that will see them deliver a 10-minute, Ted-style talk to a room full of 100s this September.
This is more than a training programme though. It is a movement showing how powerfully real estate can impact our places, planet and people and how exciting a career it can offer.
In this episode Adnan Anwar, fund accounting lead at JLL, Lucia Sanderson, apprentice surveyor at CBRE and Bisi Brown, secretary at Real Estate Balance, share insights into their Future Leaders journey so far and tell us why they believe they have what it takes to showcase a brighter future for the UK real estate sector.
To secure your free place at what promises to be the most inspiration-filled day in the property calendar, visit www.eg.co.uk/eg-events/future-leaders-summit-2023/
Sunday Jul 09, 2023
Sunday Jul 09, 2023
Jess Harrold is joined by deputy editor Tim Burke and news editor Pui-Guan Man for the latest weekly round-up.
Burke celebrates the 60th anniversary year of the British Property Federation with insights from an EG interview with major figures from the organisation's past and present, including new president, Mark Allan.
Man offers an update on EG's survey into the future of the RICS, with news on what respondents believe should be the way ahead for the troubled body.
Plus, there's the tricky puzzle of office values to be pieced together, and a new track for the EGLSM: Certified Bangers playlist - check it out at: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0pBand693O5IhhaScVM6uZ
Friday Jul 07, 2023
Friday Jul 07, 2023
The latest episode of the politics and property podcast, hosted by former housing minister Mark Prisk and EG's Piers Wehner, is a whopper.
Piers meets North of Tyne mayor Jamie Driscoll, to talk devo deals, running as an independent, fixing the drains and building the pyramids.
Meanwhile Mark gives his views on the latest news, from the damning report on the government's (lack of) net zero progress, Michael Gove entering the (Placemaking) Matrix, housebuilders' concerns about planning and promises of more funding.