Estates Gazette Property Podcasts

EG's Rising Stars 2018: Kat Hanna

Kat Hanna doesn't have her life mapped out. "Every job I've had so far I've never known existed until I applied for it or was told about it," she says. So far that attitude has taken her from parliamentary research to the London Chamber of Commerce to the Centre for London, and finally to Cushman & Wakefield where she is an associate director in urban change.

She goes on to talk about the openness of property, her gripes with the term "millennial" and why Alexandra Palace should bring back Vanilla Ice on Ice.

EG's Rising Stars 2018: Oli Farago

A helicopter pilot in his spare time, Oli Farago is the chief executive and co-founder of property software company Coyote.

With a background ranging from television production to IT support, Farago entered the property industry through twists and turns. He talks through how he went from being a "geek in denial" to finding himself rewriting how property works and thinks about data.

EG's Rising Stars 2018: Jack Sibley

In two years, 23-year-old Jack Sibley has gone from interning at TH Real Estate to leading its global tech strategy.

He speaks to Karl Tomusk about how his journey from questioning whether property was the right industry for him to being a major player in a global firm, and how the industry can go one step further in thinking how to use tech.

EG Tech Live: Why is Manchester winning?

What is it like being a tech company in Manchester? Why do people choose to move into and stay in the city over other options?

Mike Anderson, chief executive of Padoq, speaks to EG about his experience of setting up businesses in Manchester - where the city is doing well and where it can improve.

EG's Rising Stars 2018: Tripty Arya

Kicking off a series with this year's Rising Stars, Tripty Arya, founder and chief executive of Travtus, drops by the EG studio to talk about her career leading the company behind the first automated property manager, Adam.

She talks about the acceptance of new ideas in property and why it's not just a question of change, but of survival. She reflects on what led her into the industry and, in keeping with the theme of rising stars, her favourite constellation in the night sky.

The collapse of Lehman Brothers: harrowing memories, lessons learnt and the next crash

The demise of Lehman Brothers and the global financial crisis that followed is the most significant economic event of recent memory. With real estate at the heart of the collapse, it scarred and devastated many in the industry as well as creating a plethora of opportunities for those with equity and a healthy dose of bravery.

With the market now reaching a later point in the cycle EG’s head of content David Hatcher caught up with Duncan Owen, global head of real estate at Schroders; Richard Croft, chief executive of M7 Real Estate and Margaret Doyle, partner at Deloitte to discuss gory recollections of the dark days of September 2008, the lessons learnt and whether another crash might be around the corner.

How meanwhile use is the best affordable option

There weren’t many parties marking the 10th birthday of empty rates regulations earlier this year. But the widely despised policy has not been entirely without an upside: it has forced property owners to put their thinking caps on.

Creative minds are coming up with ever more creative uses for buildings as they sit in that sometimes uncomfortable place between former and future use.

Full article: https://www.egi.co.uk/news/how-meanwhile-use-is-the-best-affordable-option/

 

Compete to get fit and end homelessness

Steptober, the first ever property industry-wide step challenge, is taking place throughout October. Raising money for LandAid, all you need are three colleagues to join you and a smart phone. LandAid’s Paul Morrish tells us how important the initiative is in helping to end youth homelessness.

Mark Glatman, CEO of Abstract Securities, explains why he is backing Steptober and lays down a step challenge to his lawyer, Pinsent Masons partner Mike Reid. All three want you to challenge your peers and step up for Steptober.

Lessons from Grenfell: ‘The next tragedy could be an office-block fire’

What has the commercial property sector learnt since the Grenfell fire tragedy last year? And how far-reaching are new building safety regulations likely to be following the Hackitt Review? In this podcast, EG, in partnership with the Business Sprinkler Alliance (BSA), speaks with five industry players on the likely implications for the sector.

The speakers:

Iain Cox, chair, Business Sprinkler Alliance (BSA)

Tom Roche, senior consultant, FM Global

Matthew Garwood, head of health, safety, security and environment EMEA, Cushman & Wakefield

Mark Cleverly, head of commercial developers, Arcadis LLP

Paul Bussey, technical design: CDM/fire/access lead, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris

Chair: Anna Ward, news editor, EG

Leading a business and being openly gay - and how property lags behind

Brian Bickell, chief executive of Shaftesbury, has been at the company for 32 years, seeing it grow from a £10m private property vehicle to a £2.9bn listed West End landlord.

In this conversation with EG, Bickell reflects on more than three decades in the industry and on being a role model for property's LGBT community as an openly gay chief executive. He discusses the strides property has made in inclusivity and where it still needs to improve.

He goes on to discuss everything from tech and Twitter to Brexit and Brighton. Now, on the "right side of 65", he touches on one more question: what's next?