Estates Gazette Property Podcasts

Ever wondered about how to get started on the journey to becoming a chartered surveyor? Or how to receive formal qualification after building up your work experience in the industry?

This week, Bricks & Mortar host, Sarah Jackman, catches up with Jen Lemen – chartered surveyor and author of a recently-published book on the subject – to find out what the options are for those getting started on their journey.

They discuss a range of topics from what it means to become chartered to the benefits of doing so, as well as exploring the various routes including T-levels, A-levels, apprenticeships, graduate schemes and work experience. Jen reflects on her own experience of becoming chartered and offers practical tips for taking the next step.

Jess Harrold is joined by Tim Burke and Emily Wright for the latest weekly round-up podcast.

Emily, making her eagerly awaited EGLSM debut, discusses her return to EG post-maternity leave, and the "crash course" in tech developments she undertook to get up to speed with a fast-moving sector... ensuring she could hit the ground running with this year's biggest ever EG Tech Awards.

Tim tackles the big story of the week — the government reshuffle that saw Robert Jenrick out as housing secretary, and Michael Gove in. How has the industry reacted to the news?

But, when EG's deputy editor and head of content go head-to-head in the quiz of the week, who will win the day?

In this episode of the EG Property Podcast, EG editor Samantha McClary wants you to close your eyes and image the scene. Because this episode is all about the moving picture. Audio is great, but one thing that the pandemic has taught us all is that asa global community, we love to consume TV and film.

Film studios have more than just their big box, tall ceiling, no pillar physicality in common with sheds, the sector – like logistics – is booming. And nowhere more so than in Enfield. A part of London becoming so synonymous with TV and film production, that those in the business have re-named the North London borough, EnFlix.

Listen in to this 50-minute conversation with Mark Bradbury, director of property & economy at Enfield Council, Becky Butler, head of operations at Location Collective, Helena McKenzie, head of inward investment & business development at Film London and Dan Holford, technical development director at SEGRO, to out more about how Enfield is making sure it can feed the increasing demand in the area for film and TV studios, what this growing sector of the market means for the regeneration of the borough and how the UK is fast becoming the place for TV and film production.

In this episode of the EG Property Podcast, EG editor Samantha McClary is joined by Louise Ellison, outgoing group head of sustainability at Hammerson, and Richard Wilson, vice president of debt & capital structure advisory at Lazard, to talk all about the rise of green financing in real estate.

Wilson, who advised Hammerson on its recent sustainability-linked bond, provides a dummy's guide to bonds, the difference between, green-, ESG- and sustainability-linked bonds, and a valuable insight into the future of green financing.

Ellison talks about what the sustainability-linked bond will mean for Hammerson and how it further underlines the REIT's commitment to combating climate.

All that and much more in this 30 minute listen. 

A year after prime minister Boris Johnson and housing secretary Robert Jenrick proposed the biggest shake-up to the planning system, the industry awaits the Planning Bill.

Since the release of the planning white paper, a number of policies including the new standard methodology, affordable housing exemptions and permission in principle on small sites have already been vetoed and adapted. As reports anticipate further culling of controversial zoning and targets, industry experts weigh in on the biggest priorities for reform and accompanying new legislation in the coming months.

EG residential editor Emma Rosser is joined by Ian Fletcher, director of real estate policy at the British Property Federation, and Victoria Hills, chief executive of the Royal Town Planning Institute.

In this 30 minute episode of the EG Property Podcast, EG editor and long time PedEller Samantha McClary sits down with three riders to find out more about the powerful impact the ride has had, not just for the charities it raises money for, but for the growing group of women in the built environment that are joining the PedElle club.

The ride, run by Club Peloton, raises much needed funds for children's charity Coram, and this year is taking place on home turf. Over three days, some 40 women from across the real estate sector will ride more than 430km in the Lake District, Forest of Bowland and Yorkshire Dales and summit almost the equivalent of Everest.

Listen in to hear how Natasha Rees, head of property litigation at Forsters, Alexandra Milne, director at DP9, and Emma Turnbull, an associate director in the leisure team at Avison Young, have been preparing for the ride, how the PedElle network has become more than just a cycle challenge and what being able to raise money for vulnerable children means to everyone involved.

If you'd like to help the riders raise money for charity, visit https://justgiving.com/campaign/pedElle2020

Every penny counts.

Jess Harrold is joined by news editor Pui-Guan Man and former EG editor (now director of market development) Damian Wild to review the week.

Damian shares his experiences in Cannes, at September's slightly smaller scale MIPIM event, and his hopes of a return towards normality next March.

Pui outlines the findings of Alison Levitt QC's 467-page report into the governance of RICS, the fallout at the organisation and the industry reaction.

But, up against a serial winner, can Damian claim glory in his first ever appearance in the quiz of the week?

With improved connectivity, an influx of wealthy occupiers an abundance of space with which to supply the Cambridge technology sector, Norfolk is poised for take-off according to Arnolds Keys managing partner Guy Gowing.

Arnolds Keys is the stand-out performer in Norfolk’s Radius On Demand Rankings with 222,232 sq ft of space transacted and 38 deals across the line so far this year, putting it ahead of the rest of the Radius community on both counts. This has principally been driven by an industrial sector responding to the pandemic as well as post-Brexit stockpiling and by an office sector that has held firm since the worst days of lockdown.

Gowing outlines why Norfolk can become a part of the Oxford Cambridge Arc, how rents are now at a level to justify speculative development, how a focus on wellbeing will benefit the county, why Norfolk is the new Gloucestershire and even whether Alan Partridge has been a blessing or a curse.

Jess Harrold, Samantha McClary and Piers Wehner discuss the results of EG's second annual Race Diversity in Real Estate survey, which suggest that, while plenty of words have been spoken on the topic, the industry is failing to take the necessary action.

As McClary offers insights into the survey responses, Wehner looks at a "lost decade" for Tottenham, 10 years after the London riots.

With its centralised location, ease of access to the motorway network and abundance of attractive countryside, Worcestershire is proving hugely attractive to occupiers and rentals are now at record levels, according to John Truslove director Ben Truslove.

John Truslove is way out in front of the rest of the Worcestershire Radius community in terms of deals numbers, with 56 signed off so far this year, and it sits second only to JLL in transacted space. Individually, Ben Truslove has done the most deals (62) across the broader West Midlands region.

Truslove says he has been surprised by the speed of recovery post-lockdown although he warns this may be tempered by the shortage of commercial land within the motorway corridors. He believes authorities need to have a strategy for releasing more land in order to provide employment for the occupiers of the housing developments springing up across the county.