Estates Gazette Property Podcasts

London Development Summit: “Genuine” motivation to solve the housing crisis is missing

Is there genuine motivation in the industry or in politics to change the way we build and deliver houses? Barry Jessop, managing director of First Base, talks about modular construction, what the industry can learn from Tesla and why there is a need for speed in housing.

London Development Summit: The Crown Estate's James Cooksey on development

EG head of news David Hatcher talks to The Crown Estate's James Cooksey about occupier demand, the impact on development and the challengers developer face.

 

TECHTALK RADIO: Meet the AI set to revolutionise lease agreements for SME landlords and tenants

In this week’s episode of the TechTalk Radio, Samantha McClary meets Chrissie Lightfoot (@thenakedlawyer) to talked about her freshly launched AI LISA. Robot lawyer LISA aims to provide legal services for the 9 out of 10 landlords and tenants that are unable to access pricey “human” lawyers. They talk about the market LISA will serve, how the lawyers might react and where the inspiration for LISA came from.

Also in this episode, co-host Emily Wright gets her own back.

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Tomorrow's Leaders: Frogmore's Jo Allen on professionalism, regrets and ice cream parlours

She’s one of the property industry’s few female chief executives, and a self-confessed “miss clipboard” who spends her days negotiating with investors, raising capital and flying the flag for the company she has dedicated the past 23 years to.

But away from the office, Jo Allen from Frogmore loves nothing more than a spot of gardening, watching cartoons, and relishes the opportunity to “pootle around looking like something that’s been dragged through a haystack.”

“I try to bring some of that sense of family to Frogmore, as does Paul (White, Frogmore Chairman). But I’ve filtered my way up the company to chief executive and I’ve been a mate and a friend to many in the team. Not anymore now though, as I’m the person they have to to go to if they want something.”

Straight talking Allen spoke to EG for its latest Tomorrow’s Leaders podcast.

She considers her resilience as one of her finest traits, and takes immense pride in the professionalism, honesty and transparency of Forgmore and it’s 40-strong team.

A “can-do attitude” will get young graduates through the doors of Frogmore, she says. Indeed it has before. She described a young Steven Pollack, now director at Buchanan Bond, who sat in the reception at Frogmore and waited until White had five minutes to give him some property advice.

“I ended up having a chat with Steve and he had the right attitude, it shone through. I said come and work for me for six months and we’ll see how you get on.

“’But there’s one thing’, I said to him, ‘you need to change your haircut’, it looked like the hair of a Premiership footballer.”

If Allen could turn back time on her career, she said she would adjust her management style, realising there was “a lot of collateral damage” when she was making her way to the top.

CBRE chief economist Prof Richard Barkham: How do global capital allocators view London property?

What is the current appetite from global capital allocators for London property? What will the impact of a rate rise be on the market? Is lending getting risky?

EG spoke to CBRE global chief economist Professor Richard Barkham following CBRE's London market insight breakfast. 

LOMA Q3: Pre-lets and the return of financial services

London's leasing market was dominated by pre-lets and a resurgence in financial services in Q3. What does that mean for the market going forward? Where is tech and media in all this? And what happened to the City Fringe? EG's head of London offices, Victoria Bajela, discusses these questions and more.

Is London's office take-up clouding the real impact of Brexit?

While London take-up recovers, net stock absorption is at a 15-year low. Occupiers are vacating more space than during the financial crisis. Simon Durkin, director of strategy, research and operations at Seaforth Land, discusses why this is happening and when we can expect a bounce back.

L&O and Lai Sun's 1.2m sq ft City of London skyscraper plans revealed

EG interviews London & Oriental partner Mark Cannell about L&O and Lai Sun's plans for a 56-storey tower at 100 Leadenhall Street. 

Former COO of tech giant Skyscanner on how start ups can conquer the world, separating good data from the bad, and the next big thing in tech

After appearing at EG's Edinburgh Question Time, former Skyscanner COO Mark Logan talks to Rebecca Kent with advice for scaling tech companies for maintaining innovation, he discusses "energising" offices and office locations, the devastating effect of Brexit on the UK's tech community, data over opinions and the next big thing in tech.

 

You can hear Mark at Edinburgh Question Time here.

Retail marketplace eLocations launches in London

There’s a new prop-tech platform on the block which is looking to revolutionise the way that retailers find properties in the UK.

Online retail marketplace eLocations has arrived in the UK. Despite only launching eight weeks ago, the website already has 2,248 registered users in the UK, of which 1,480 are in London.

Founder and chief executive Marc-Christian Reibe launched the platform in 2016 and it already has 10,000 registered users worldwide.