Estates Gazette Property Podcasts

What's driving the exceptional growth in Canary Wharf office rents?

Faisal Durrani, head of research at Cluttons, discusses the drivers behind the exceptional rental growth seen in the Canary Wharf office market, and the potential effects of the EU referendum. 

"Glasgow ready for business" - Paul Broad, GVA

Bilfinger GVA predicts more than 1.2m sq ft of offices is under construction in Glasgow and a further 33m sq ft has planning permission after launching its new development map.

The BGVA development pipeline map summarises the key opportunities in the city centre for development as well as the peripheral areas around Glasgow. 

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BCO 2016: Sound expert Julian Treasure says productivity can plummet without proper design

The number one complaint in modern offices is noise, a sound expert told delegates at the BCO conference in Amsterdam this week.

Julian Treasure, founder of the Sound Agency said that productivity in open plan offices can plummet by 66% if they are not properly designed.

"Open plan has become the de facto of office design. Offices are designed for appearance but they should be designed for experience."

He added that other people's conversations and phones ringing are be two most distracting sounds in open plan offices: "things we have no control over that make us stressed, angry and less productive."

Avoiding parallel hard surfaces by installing wall panels, rubber slides on the feet of chairs on hard surfaces, sound absorbing carpets and mixing collaborative space with more enclosed, private areas are all ways to counteract the problem.

Treasure added that an overly quiet office can be just as disruptive to productivity as silence can be a stressful environment to work in.

He said that flexibility and a mixture of different work spaces to create a gentle buzz is the best way to create the optimum level of noise."

Knight Frank's Emma Goodford: South East take-up "highest since 2008"

Tim Davies, head of Bristol offices, Colliers International on the mayoral election results

Tim Davies talks to Shekha Vyas about how Bristol's new mayor must make sure Bristol remains a business-focused city. 

Deloitte RE Chris Lewis - "refurbs drive London office starts"

Almost half of all London office starts are refurbishments, according to Deloitte Real Estate's Chris Lewis, in the London Office Crane Survey

London's office boom pushes out the "grey market"

Richard Garner partner and head of commercial agency at Daniel Watney explains why London office boom can be bad for business growth. 

David Melhuish at the Scottish Property Federation analyses the Scottish election results

"Scotland must focus on staying competitive", says Melhuish

Chris Sutton of JLL comments on Welsh Assembly results

Chris Sutton says the property industry needs a proactive government to make bold business decisions.