Estates Gazette Property Podcasts

EG invited four experts of the planning world to give a hopefully simplified and certainly on point view of what was in the revised NPPF, and what the industry needs to know.

It was joined by

• Ian Fletcher, director of policy (real estate) at the British Property Federation
• Philip Barnes, group land & planning director, Barratt Development
• Jonathan Stoddart, head of London planning, CBRE
• Iain Painting, partner, Barton Wilmore

In this episode of TechTalk Radio Samantha McClary and Emily Wright bring you not one but two interviews in the run up to Mipim week. First they talk to David Twohig, the former chief development officer of Battersea Power Station who created new consultancy Wordsearch Place in January to help developers deliver successful projects. He discusses how the real estate sector can work with the likes of Google as its urban innovation arm sets its sights on building cities “ from the internet up” but warns that in 10 years’ time the property industry will not be able to get away with “racking and stacking” projects. In this episode we also speak to EG Rising Star Etienne Cadestin of Longevity Partners about Shrove Tuesday, sustainability and a rather long cycle ride.

While many braved the snow to attend the first TECHTALK Live event of the year, brought to you in partnership with KPMG, LGIM Real Assets, CBRE, Wiredscore and Metaprop NYC, not everyone was able to make it.

Those of you that couldn't make it missed one of the best events in real estate, with practical advice on how to properly futureproof your business. That advice came from experts across the real estate sector, from those who have done the hard work to get it right and from leaders outside of our industry.

A note to listeners that quality of sound may not be as high as EG's studio recorded podcasts, but the content is just as good.

Listen in to hear from: 

Dr Rick Robinson, Leader of Digital Property and Cities, Arup

Emma Long, Head of Corporate Strategy, LGIM Real Assets

Anton Ruddenklau, Partner & Head of Digital & Innovation, Financial Services, KPMG

Charlie Wade, UK managing director, TVS

Alex Price, chief executive, Palmer Capital

Darryll Colthrust, head of innovation, Palmer Capital

Alice Newton-Rex, vice president of product, WorldRemit

 

 

 

William Newton and Tom McClellan of WiredScore feature in this special extra episode of TECHTALK RADIO to talk about the company's expansion into Scotland, its rapid growth journey, plans to expand outside of the offices sector and, oddly, how sewers and sewage have had a role in its growth.

Listen in to find out more.

 

 

John Griffiths, head  of development in Birmingham, Savills, on the unheard of levels of optimism in the Birmingham property market. 

In this week’s episode of TechTalk Radio, co-hosts Emily Wright and Samantha McClary give you one last chance to attend the first TechTalk Live event of the year (register for your free place atwww.egi.co.uk/eg-techtalk-live-2018/), talk to Caleb Parker, the founder of uber-cool, flexible meeting space provider Bold, and discover they are the least zen of all the Xennials.

Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has called on the property industry to play a bigger role in delivering “inclusive growth” by regenerating underfunded town centres and supporting a new employment charter.

Listen to the full lecture to find out more.

In this week’s episode of TECHTALK RADIO find out about an exciting new tech magazine being launched by EG at next month’s MIPIM conference and meet the man and the money behind AI-powered property management platform Askporter. Co-founder Tom Shive and Spire Ventures and Pi Labs founder Faisal Butt talk about the journey from idea to capturing £500,000 of investment, how AI has the opportunity to turn big data into something useful and what makes for an interesting investment. And, of course, the usual chat between co-hosts Emily Wright and Samantha McClary.

Towards the end of 2017, we finally got confirmation of the marriage we had long been waiting for. No, not Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, but BNP Paribas Real Estate and Strutt & Parker.

It was a flirtation that had been talked about at several MIPIMs but always denied. But in August last year, the two companies finally confirmed that they were indeed merging, that BNP Paribas Real Estate UK boss John Slade was stepping down and that Strutt & Parker’s Andy Martin, who had been preparing to follow partnership rules and retire, would lead the merged company.

But while Slade had an office to himself while trying to grow the French bank-backed firm, Martin shares his with deputy chief executive and Frenchman (although you won’t necessarily know it from his accent) Etienne Prongue.

Could buying a traditionally British partnership and physically sitting an Englishman and a Frenchman together be the solution to BNP Paribas Real Estate’s long held dreams of finally cracking the UK?

Listen in to find out more and pick up EG on 24 February to read the interview

 

Sergo’s chief executive David Sleath talks to EG’s head of news & finance, David Hatcher, following the company’s full year results and explains why the company has been unable to proceed with major Heathrow development, how it is still accessing the land market despite the toppy prices being paid and how it has seen Amazon and other e-tailers evolve in the past year.