Jess Harrold is joined by news editor Pui-Guan Man and editor Sam McClary for the latest weekly round-up. After recounting her pedElle experiences cycling in gorgeous Slovenia, McClary turns her attention to whales, and why they are so important to real estate - specifically how they must be factored in to the sector's environmental impact. Man discusses the new RICS chief executive, Justin Young, and how his military experience -  including commanding a tank troop on Operation Desert Storm in the 1990s - can help whip the organisation into shape. And McClary offers her own thoughts on both the RICS and the results of EG's LGBTQ+ Attitudes and Actions in Real Estate survey. But who has been paying the closest attention to the rest of EG's headlines? Find out in the quiz of the week.

In this week’s episode of Bricks & Mortar, EG’s Sarah Jackman sits down with Nicky Richmond, ex-finance lawyer and former managing partner of specialist real estate legal firm Brecher, for the second instalment of their careers trilogy. They discuss early career development and cover a range of subjects including building confidence in the workplace, dealing with difficult situations and understanding your core values. Richmond also sets out why “imposter syndrome” should be banned from a young professional’s vocabulary, as well as offering plenty of other insights drawn from her expansive career in the sector. Richmond will return for the final part – accelerating your career – in a fortnight.

In this episode of the EG Property Podcast EG editor Samantha McClary is in conversation with three industry professionals that will be taking part in this year's JLL Property Triathlon.  The event, which takes place on 30 June at Dorney Lake in Buckinghamshire, is one of the biggest annual gatherings of real estate professionals. The triathlon is now in its 16th year and as well as helping real estate stay fit and healthy, raises huge amounts for charity. This year's event is supporting WWF for a second year and will be one of JLL's biggest fundraiser for the charity. Listen in to this conversation to find out more about why the JLL Property Triathlon is more than just a swim, bike, run event, why you should take part and what bringing real estate professionals for a day of competition really means for the industry. Expert commentary comes from: Steve Jack, COO - UK & international capital markets, EMEA, JLL Hannah Done, associate, office agency, JLL Jess Ford, asset manager, British Land      

For the latest weekly round-up, Jess Harrold is joined by news editor Pui-Guan Man and two special guests - Kelly Canterford, founder of Tigrou Consulting and Misa von Tunzelman, Head of Corporate Affairs & Marketing - Europe at Lendlease, who are the co-chair and a board member respectively  at Freehold – to discuss the results of EG’s latest LGBTQ+ Attitudes & Actions in Real Estate survey. Together, they dissect the key findings in respect of the percentage of LGBTQ+ respondents who are out at work, and a growing number that say they would recommend the industry as a good place to work to the LGBTQ+ community. In addition, they look at factors that still prevent some LGBTQ+ professionals from being out, the particular challenges faced in the transactions and capital markets sector, and what businesses and colleagues should be doing to make their workplaces more inclusive.

The latest episode of On the Case focuses on the Supreme Court decision in Nuffield Health v Merton London Borough Council [2023] UKSC 18; [2023] PLSCS 94 – a dispute involving gym premises and charitable relief from non-domestic rates. Jess Harrold is joined by Jessica Hopewell and Edward Gardner, both senior associates at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, to explain how the charitable relief works, and outline the dispute between the parties over the particular gym property. Hopewell and Gardner sum up the Supreme Court analysis of this important area of law, and the significance of a decision that will be welcomed by charities.

Jess Harrold is joined by deputy editor Tim Burke and reporter Akanksha Soni for the latest weekly round-up. Burke shares insights on the retail sector from this week's EG Interview with former Intu chair and current P-Three consultant, John Strachan – and offers a pair of contrasting stories that illustrate the state of the office market. Soni discusses the housing plans of London mayoral hopeful Samuel Kasumu, and Henley Investment Management's first mixed logistics and residential scheme. But how will they fare in the quiz of the week - and what will DJ Burke add to the EGLSM Certified Bangers playlist?: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0pBand693O5IhhaScVM6uZ

Suffolk is showing its resilience to the gathering economic storm clouds thanks in large part to the influence of Britain’s busiest container port, Felixstowe, which is boosting activity levels across the logistics and warehousing sector, according to Penn Commercial founder and managing director Vanessa Penn. Penn Commercial, located in Ipswich, transacted the most space in Suffolk in 2022 and currently sits in second place in the 2023 On Demand Rankings for Suffolk, with 44,205 sq ft transacted across 14 deals. According to Penn, logistics and non-food retail warehousing are performing strongly this year, although activity levels in high street retail and offices has slowed, while most speculative development has been put on hold until costs come down. She believes the key thing for agents in the current climate is to keep the short to medium term churn of deals going and not get bogged down in longer term projects where planning can be time consuming.

Jess Harrold is joined by news editor Pui-Guan Man and offices reporter Chanté Bohitige for the latest weekly round-up. Bohitige shares important insights on diversity and inclusion from Crown Estate chief executive Dan Labbad, speaking at the Real Estate Balance annual conference, and Man rounds up the week's news, including LondonMetric's confidence in the urban logistics sector. But, still in mourning over the end of the acclaimed TV series Succession, how will Man fare when she is put to the test on the real estate featured in the show (fear not, there are no plot spoilers for the finale)? And what classic track will Bohitige add to the EGLSM Certified Bangers playlist? https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0pBand693O5IhhaScVM6uZ       , you've done it again! And Pui, it has to be you this week. Any chance we could record an EGLSM tomorrow afternoon to chat D&I, urban logistics and post-grieving the end of a certain TV show?

Time is fast running out for the UK to meet its target to reach net zero by 2050 and nowhere is this more apparent than in the public sector. Local authorities across the UK own millions of sq ft of assets that need to be brought up to standard. Never before has it been more vital for public and private sectors to work together to create communities where people and business can thrive. In this EG Property Podcast, recorded live as part of a breakfast briefing session at UKREiiF in Leeds in May, EG gathered key players from both the public and private sector to understand more about the scale of the challenge and the opportunities that true partnership could deliver. Expert commentary comes from: Ramona Jones, deputy director, Office for Investment Shravan Joshi MBE, chairman planning & transportation, City of London Corporation Jackie Sadek, director, Urban Strategy Andrew Wallis, partner, Clyde & Co Jonathan Wilson, managing director, Citu

Jess Harrold is joined by Imogen Dodds, of Falcon Chambers, to discuss the Renters (Reform) Bill recently introduced to parliament – legislation intended to deliver the government's long-standing promise to abolish so-called "no-fault" section 21 evictions. Dodds explains the political background to the Bill, offers a comprehensive outline of the proposals contained in the current draft and details the practical implications for landlords and tenants – including increased security of tenure for the latter and new grounds for seeking possession that will become available to the former. In addition, Dodds appraises how well the Bill as drafted addresses the issues facing the residential sector and balances the competing interests of landlords and tenants, and offers thoughts on how smooth its passage through parliament may be.

A place of “ambition and progressive thinking,” is how Sheona Southern, managing director of Marketing Manchester, describes her city. She points to “trailblazers and change makers” including Alan Turing, L.S. Lowry and Emmeline Pankhurst. Now she’s thinking about how the city – which her agency promotes nationally and internationally – can position itself for its next phase of growth. In this podcast recorded at the UKREiiF conference in Leeds, Southern tells EG deputy editor Tim Burke about the factors and influences shaping Manchester’s pitch to investors – and the role that the real estate industry has to play in that.

The concept of 15-minute cities has gained traction in places as diverse as Paris, Barcelona, Copenhagen and Melbourne. Advocates say this approach can create long-term economic growth for urban centres but critics fear it would widen inequalities in communities. So what could this concept mean for the UK in terms of fairness, equality and levelling up? How can the UK embrace repurposing and retrofitting yet retain the historic and uniqueness of places? Listen in to this panel discussion, hosted in partnership with Landsec and recorded live at UKREiiF in Leeds, to hear what more can be done to increase collaboration between the public and private sectors to connect spaces to people, and establish healthier and happier places to live.   Expert commentary comes from: Jennifer Daothong, acting chief executive, Lewisham Council Mike Hood, chief executive, U+I, a Landsec company Andreas Markides, vice-chair, the Academy of Urbanism Michelle Sacks, deputy chief executive (growth), South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership

What once might have been a nice-to-have in terms of a real estate project’s environmental impact will soon be a must-have. From November, any commercial development will be subject to a planning condition requiring developers to show how they can increase biodiversity onsite by at least 10%. It marks the first time such a requirement will be statutory rather than voluntary. At UKREiiF, EG deputy editor Tim Burke sat down with Alexa Culver, general counsel at Environment Bank, and Ben Stansfield, partner at Gowling WLG, to discuss the new biodiversity net gain regulation, the challenges developers will face in factoring the new requirements into their planning proposals, and how an initiative from Environment Bank could give developers – and landowners – a new opportunity.

As Birmingham’s leaders map out a path for transforming the city, one project looks set to set the tone in terms of scale and ambition. The 42-acre, £1.9bn Smithfield project will eventually have 3,000 homes, 1.7m sq ft of commercial space and 40,000 sq ft of space for commercial use. Some 1,000 trees will green the city centre site, a new home for historic markets will be built and a new plaza, Festival Square, will be able to hold 8,000 people. In this podcast recorded at UKREiiF, EG deputy editor Tim Burke ios joined by Deborah Cadman, chief executive of Birmingham City Council, and Neil Martin, chief executive for Europe at Lendlease, to discuss the ways in which they want the project to become an impossible-to-ignore illustration of public and private partnership in action in Birmingham.

Lendlease’s Silvertown Partnership, a joint venture with Starwood Capital, has lodged plans for a sprawling £3.5bn scheme at Silvertown in London's Royal Docks that will include some 6,000 homes as well a redevelopment of the Millennium Mills into a new community centrepiece with more than 780,000 sq ft of work and creative space. In this podcast, recorded at the UKREiiF conference, EG deputy editor Tim Burke is joined by Bek Seeley, managing director for development at Lendlease Europe, and Dan Bridge, Royal Docks programme director at the Greater London Authority, to discuss the scheme. “Silvertown is, in our world, the opportunity to bring forwards the east of London, here and now,” Seeley says. “It's not often when you're doing a really large-scale regeneration project that you are gifted such history and such evolution."

Jess Harrold is joined by Chanté Bohitige and Akanksha Soni for the latest weekly round-up. Bohitige tackles the news that office refurbishments in London are at an all-time high - but what does the demand for prime, modern, environmentally friendly offices mean for values of secondary and tertiary space? Soni rounds up bumper activity in the PBSA and BTR arenas, and shares her experiences at UKREiiF in Leeds. But who will triumph as the quiz of the week returns? And what track will DJ Chanté add for your bank holiday listening pleasure to the EGLSM Certified Bangers playlist?: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0pBand693O5IhhaScVM6uZ  

In this week's Bricks & Mortar, EG's Sarah Jackman starts a new career development trilogy, with ex-finance lawyer and former managing partner of Brecher, Nicky Richmond. First up is networking: what it means, how to do it effectively - both in person and online - and how to approach it if you're an introvert.  Richmond draws on her own experience of networking, explains why advance preparation can be helpful and provides her top tips for getting started. She also explains what her networking acronym "APURR" means and why it's key in maintaining a strong network.    

EG's senior writer and former housing minister Mark Prisk are back for another episode of the property and politics podcast.  What will be the impact of this month's local elections on development? Is Labour a dead-cert to form the next government, or is some form of coalition more likely? And what policies can we expect either way? And, vitally, is this government running out of time to pass crucial legislation before the nation goes to the polls once more?

Jess Harrold is joined by deputy editor Tim Burke and offices reporter Chanté Bohitige for the latest weekly round-up. Burke surveys the deals market and finds little optimism out there for the rest of 2023 - but, between him and Bohitige, they find some players who do have plans to shout about, including flex office provider Clockwise and developer Art-Invest. Plus, Burke has details on this year's EG Awards - find out more and enter at: https://www.eg.co.uk/eg-events/eg-awards-2023/ And be sure out the ever-evolving EG Like Sunday Morning: Certified Bangers playlist at: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0pBand693O5IhhaScVM6uZ

This week’s episode of Bricks & Mortar sees EG’s Sarah Jackman discuss job sharing with Shoosmiths partners Lisa Tye and Kathryn Jump, who, together, run the firm’s planning department. The pair attribute their success to their job share, which has been running for 15 years and has seen them move job as a pair three times. They discuss the motivation behind their job share, how it has evolved over the years and why, despite the post-pandemic move towards flexible working, job sharing remains underutilised. They walk listeners through the benefits, dispel the perceived negatives and suggest how anyone interested in pursuing job sharing might go about approaching it.

Jess Harrold is joined by news editor Pui-Guan Man and offices reporter Chanté Bohitige for the latest weekly round-up. Bohitige offers an update on plans for a £5bn revamp of London's Fleet Street, set to take shape over the next five years. Man tackles Hammerson's sale of its 50% stake in a major redevelopment site in Croydon, south London, to its joint venture partner Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, after more than a decade in which the scheme never got off the ground. And, for your bank holiday listening pleasure, Bohitige adds a chilled-out track to the EG Like Sunday Morning: Certified Bangers playlist at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0pBand693O5IhhaScVM6uZ  

Jess Harrold is joined by senior writer Julia Cahill and residential reporter Akanksha Soni for the latest weekly round-up. Soni shares insights from her EG Interview with Socius Development, including their approach to mixed use, views on the future of the office, and integrating life sciences into schemes. She also offers an update on land values across various sectors. Cahill addresses Landsec's plans for its £20m Landsec Futures fund, including internships, student bursaries and data collection aimed at improving socio-economic diversity. Plus, the joy of the "walking office" - and be sure to share your views in EG's fifth annual LGBTQ+ Attitudes and Actions in Real Estate Survey at: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/EGLGBTQ23          

EG's Sarah Jackman is joined on this latest episode of Bricks & Mortar by Fiona Lomas-Holt, associate director in sustainability at planning consultant Turley for a look at the firm's employee ownership model and the benefits it brings to the business, not just from a financial and corporate governance perspective but in terms of securing and retaining talent and creating an inclusive workplace.

Long Harbour has set out plans to build a 5,000-home rental single-family housing platform in the next five years, with a total GDV of more than £1.5bn. Speaking exclusively to EG's residential reporter Akanksha Soni, Jack Spearman, head of Long Harbour’s single-family housing platform, says the developer has plans to acquire and build more than 1,000 homes a year for its portfolio, which will be operated by its property management brand Way of Life. Sowgol Zarinchang, managing director of Way of Life, also tells EG how she plans to operate the new platform - and the lessons learnt from multifamily.

Jess Harrold is joined by deputy editor Tim Burke and offices reporter Chanté Bohitige for the latest weekly round-up. Bohitige tackles an all-time high for London office move deals, and how a trend for downsizing has played its part in that. Burke shares what ex-Schroders boss and Sellar chair Duncan Owen has to say about dark green leases in this week's EG Interview, and shares Sam McClary's insights into the gender pay gap - and what real estate can learn on that front from Lego. But best of all, the two devoted hip-hop heads add the first tracks to the EG Like Sunday Morning: Certified Bangers Spotify playlist, here to enliven your Sunday afternoons - with more songs to follow each time they appear on EGLSM. Get in on the ground floor at: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0pBand693O5IhhaScVM6uZ

Forget thinking about a “green premium” for your top-tier ESG-focused office, says ex-Schroders boss Duncan Owen – the difference between the best and the rest is now a “chasm”. As he took the chair at Sellar, Owen sat down with EG deputy editor Tim Burke at MIPIM for a 40-minute conversation talk about dark green developments, office repricing and the value of making mistakes.

In this latest In on the Act, Sarah Jackman is joined by Daniel Black and Fern Schofield, barristers at Falcon Chambers, to discuss the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard Regulations and the changes that took effect on 1 April. They cover the scope of the changes, exemptions, and penalties for non-compliance. They also look ahead to the evolution of the rules, as well as highlighting both legal and commercial issues that landlords and tenants ought to consider.

In the wake of the announced review of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 by the Law Commission, Jess Harrold is joined by the leadership of the Property Litigation Association to discuss the findings of the PLA's own survey of its 1,600 members on how the legislation could be improved. Dellah Gilbert, PLA chair and partner at Maples Teesdale, Mark Reading, PLA vice chair and partner at Mishcon de Reya, and Paul Tonkin, chair of the PLA’s law reform committee and partner at Hogan Lovells International, address the broad findings of the survey that the 1954 Act remains broadly fit for purpose and strikes a fair balance for landlords and tenants, and dig into the changes their members would like to see to streamline the process. In addition, they consider more controversial issues, including the role the courts should play in the commercial lease renewal process, and whether the "intention to develop" ground for opposing renewal should be extended to allow ESG works to be carried out.

In this episode of the EG Property Podcast, EG news editor Pui-Guan Man presents the second of three EG Interviews, recorded live at EG’s pavilion out at MIPIM this March. This EG Interview is with PfP Capital’s new chief executive Catherine Webster. In this 30-minute listen, hear how Webster has turned 30 years of ashamedly turning a profit for a business into something so much more worthwhile – turning a profit to deliver social value. It is a must listen for anyone in the business of housing and fund management who wants to find a way to become unashamedly capitalist, but for good reasons. You can also read this interview in the 8 April issue of EG Magazine or online at www.egi.co.uk/news 

This week’s episode of Bricks & Mortar brings together two lawyers from Withers Worldwide: construction lawyer Pauline Page and commercial real estate lawyer Ruby Dalal, for a discussion on their careers, the things that have helped them to progress and the joy of working in real estate. They highlight key attributes such as technical knowledge, commercial understanding and people skills and reflect on the importance of resiliance, networking, finding allies and keeping focused. Conversation also turns to how the industry has adapted to the environmental agenda and growth of technology, and how these growing areas have impacted the way that real estate lawyers work. As ever, there is plenty of advice for anyone looking to get inspired and develop a career in the industry.

This episode of the EG Property Podcast features a keynote speech, delivered live at the EG Pavilion at MIPIM 2023. The speech is delivered by investment minister Lord Dominic Johnson, who outlines his position as the UK's concierge for investors, the focus government has on increasing the rate of return for investors in the UK, and why he believes that the country offers some of the best opportunities in the world. It is a lively speech that also serves up an unprompted advert for the very wonderful EG magazine. Enjoy.

In this EG Property Podcast, recorded live from EG’s Pavilion at MIPIM 2023, EG deputy editor Tim Burke is in conversation with George Armitage, managing director for global real estate at Oxford Economics. Recorded on the morning of the UK’s budget announcement the pair discuss the good, the bad and the ugly of the economic environment. Listen in as Armitage shares his expert knowledge of the UK economy and its impact on the commercial real estate markets, key trends and challenges facing the sector and reasons we should all save a little bit of optimism for the remainder of the year.  

Piers Wehner plays host again this week, as Jess Harrold swaps seats to tell us all about the long-awaited consultation on the Landlord & Tenant Act. Nearly 70 years old and in need of a refresh. The legislation, that is, not Jess.  Meanwhile, editor Sam McClary joins to discuss the impact of April 1st's EPC changes, plus the government's underwhelming Green Day cover.   

This conversation, recorded live at MIPIM 2023 to celebrate the launch of EG's latest UK Cities Investor Guide - produced in partnership with Avison Young and Shoosmiths - explores the opportunities and challenges that will affect our cities’ growth and what more cities need to do to attract innovation and investment. EG editor Samantha McClary is joined by a panel of experts to find out more about how public and private partnerships play a key role in delivering transformation and regeneration projects across the UK. Listen in to hear key insights from: Jo Davis, principal and UK executive chair, Avison Young Patrick Duffy, partner, Shoosmiths Jules Pipe, deputy mayor for planning, regeneration and skills, Greater London Authority Michelle Percy, director of place - Newcastle City Council, Invest Newcastle Pat Ritchie CBE, chair, Government Property Agency        

One of the most important issues facing real estate, and one that EG takes very seriously, is how to make the industry truly inclusive, and how to design the built environment to enable diversity and inclusion from the outset. This 45-minute discussion, chaired by EG editor Samantha McClary and recorded live at MIPIM 2023, takes a look at that very issue. Listen in to hear an expert panel discuss everything from the role of a leader in ensuring a diverse workforce, the importance of a next generation speaking up and how the real estate sector can – or should – lead in terms of the inclusive places it creates. Key insights come from: Barbara Cominelli, chief executive Italy, JLL; Melanie Leech, chief executive, British Property Federation; Roland Karthaus, programme Lead, Design Council Paul Modu, NextGen Committee, Real Estate Balance Dr Valerie Vaughan-Dick, chief executive, RIBA A must listen for any leader.

In this EG Property Podcast, recorded live at MIPIM 2023 in Cannes, EG’s deputy editor Tim Burke delves in to a debate about whether governance is key in enabling the real estate sector to solve the environmental and social challenges it faces, or whether leadership plays and essential role. Listen in to find out more about how companies are ensuring their supply chains and occupiers are driving change, and what future challenges should the industry be mindful of. Big questions are answered by:  Daniel Chang, managing director, ESG, Hines Jess Kennedy, associate director, climate and sustainability, Arup Petri Valkama, partner, NREP

In this episode of the EG Property Podcast EG editor Samantha McClary presents the first of three EG Interviews, recorded live at EG’s Pavilion out at MIPIM 2023. This EG Interview is with managing director of levelling up at the office for investment, Tim Newns. Newns is no stranger to investment. Prior to his appointment at the office for investment, he was chief executive of MIDAS and with his team successfully brought billions of pounds of capital to the city region. Now he has to repeat that success on a national scale. Listen in as the pair talk about how the work he is doing to secure genuine transformational  investment for the rest of the country and how through Newn’s collaborative role he hopes help governmental departments work more closely together and really level up the UK. You can also read this interview in the 1 April issue of EG Magazine or online at www.egi.co.uk/news

Levelling up the UK has long been on the government’s agenda, and London is often seen as the city that doesn’t need any help with its economic recovery. However, there are great areas of deprivation that still remain in London, and as EG editor Samantha McClary finds out in this important discussion. Recorded live at MIPIM 2023, she sits down with  Elizabeth Campbell, executive member of London Councils, and Jack Pringle, RIBA Chair of Trustees, to understand what investment is still needed in the capital city. Listen in to find out what is needed to drive growth in London and what pillars of resilience already exist that should help London dominate the market with the opportunities it can offer not just to its communities, but to the enable growth across the rest of the UK.   

The United Nations has declared that cities are where the climate battle will largely be won or lost, and although they are places of great innovation, real estate has a long way to go in creating environmentally better and more resilient spaces for business, society, and the natural world. Listen in to this important conversation, recorded in partnership with DWF, live at EG's Pavilion at MIPIM 2023, where host, DWF partner Melanie Williams, investigates how businesses are embing environmental resilience into the business model. She is joined by a panel of expert to discuss how important quality architecture and planning are in improving the quality of life for everyone, and how global education needs improving if the sector is to achieve it goals. The recording also features a special presentation from Christine Auclair, coordinator of the World Urban Campaign, UN Habitat, who speaks on the work they’re doing to help businesses accelerate their development. Listen in for fresh insights from: Christine Auclair, coordinator, World Urban Campaign Sue Bridge, president, Royal Town Planning Institute Susan Greenfield, world president, FIABCI International Real Estate Federation Julian Josephs, world president 2007-2008 (UK chapter), FIABCI  

Real estate knows that new technology is key to driving the sector forward, and the sector has seen significant investment in recent years. In this podcast, recorded live at MIPIM 2023, EG editor Samantha McClary speaks to an expert panel about how we retain that investment and continue to attract the right skills and talent that will ensure the industry’s development. Listen in to hear the panel share their insights on how real estate can do more to understand the innovations and solutions that already exist to help reach their sustainability goals and how we can keep up the pace of development to tackle the challenges we face.  Key insights come from: Vincent Bryant, chief executive and co-founder, Deepki Tzvete Doncheva, investor relations lead, PropTech 1 Louisa Dickins, co-founder, LMRE  

In this episode of the EG Property Podcast, recorded live at MIPIM in Cannes, EG’s news editor Pui-Guan Man chairs a discussion about one of real estate’s most exciting sectors – life sciences. Listen in to find out more about the UK’s ambitions to become the next global science and technology superpower, how real estate can better harness that opportunity and support growth, what infrastructure is needed to support the life sciences market and how the sector can meet the demand for future life sciences occupiers. Unmissable insight comes from: Olivia Drew, director & portfolio manager, UK Life Sciences, UBS Tom Mellows, head of Savills Science, UK, Savills Professor Jane Robinson, pro-vice-chancellor, engagement and place, Newcastle University Paul Singh, Founder, EEDN and policy lead for small and medium size enterprises, City of London Corporation  

City pitches: Government Property Agency, Manchester, Scottish Cities For UK cities to be engines of growth, opportunity, and prosperity there can be no more business as usual. That’s why at the MIPIM conference in Cannes last week, EG gave some of the UK’s core cities a platform to showcase why their city is the place to invest, and what the built environment is doing to help transform those cities. In this live recording that took place in the EG Pavilion, EG’s news editor Pui-Guan Man spoke to leaders from the Government Property Association, the National Office Agency, and Shoosmiths, who outline their vision for their city or region’s future and the ways in which they see public and private sectors coming together to shape that. We hear from: Steven Boyd, chief executive, Government Property Agency Michael Hawkins, director - head of national office agency and development UK regions, Colliers Barry McKeown, partner & head of Glasgow office, Shoosmiths

For UK cities to be engines of growth, opportunity, and prosperity there can be no more business as usual. That’s why at the MIPIM conference in Cannes last week, EG gave some of the UK’s core cities a platform to showcase why their city is the place to invest, and what the built environment is doing to help transform those cities. In this live recording that took place in the EG Pavilion, EG editor Samantha McClary  spoke to leaders from London, Manchester and the West Midlands, who outline their vision for their city or region’s future and the ways in which they see public and private sectors coming together to shape that. We hear from: Eamonn Boylan, chief executive, GMCA Roger Clarke, chief executive, IPSX Richard Lawrence, director of regeneration, City of Wolverhampton Council      

Instant Group and Urban Land Institute exclusively launched their new research into the evolving needs of occupiers at the EG Pavilion at MIPIM this year. Listen in to this session, recorded live in Cannes, where vice president of research & advisory services at the Urban Land Institute, Simon Chinn, and James Rankin, head of research and insights at The Instant Group, delve in to key findings from the report. Craig Hughes, chief executive officer of partnerships at The Instant Group, steps up later in the session chair a panel discussion on the changing requirements for our workplaces and answers the question on everyone's lips: Is the office really dead? Find out the answer from expert panellists: Nathalie Charles, deputy chief executive  and global head of investment management, BNP Paribas Real Estate Charlie Foster, managing director, European real estate, RBC Boudewijn Ruitenbure, COO, EDGE Technologies Lisette van Doorn, chief executive, Europe, Urban Land Institute

EG editor Samantha McClary talks to Homes England about its ambitious vision for transforming UK towns and cities, alongside its partners, in this conversation that took place on Tuesday 14 March at MIPIM, Cannes. The discussion explores the power of public and private sector collaboration in achieving long-term results for communities and showcases some successful examples of collaboration across the country. Panel: Eamonn Boylan, chief executive, GMCA  Abi Brown, councillor, Stoke on Trent City Council  Peter Denton, chief executive, Homes England  Caroline Simpson, chief executive, Stockport Council  Listen here to find out how the public and private sectors can come together to create extraordinary places.  

The newly-announced Celtic Freeport which aims to turn South Wales into a colossus of renewable energy is offering grounds for genuine optimism for the South Wales commercial real estate market, according to Jenkins Best director Henry Best, who believes its potential for spin-offs is enormous. Jenkins Best is the highest place regional agent in the Radius On Demand Rankings for South Wales in 2023, with 42,657 sq ft transacted across 11 deals. It finished 2022 with 551,182 sq ft completed across 106 deals. The Celtic Freeport is a joint scheme that would be based at Port Talbot and Milford Haven and Best says enquiries are already coming in for sites in the zone despite the scheme only being given the go-ahead last week. He also says the broader industrial market in the region is ticking along nicely, with particular demand from owner-occupiers.

Jess Harrold is joined by Tim Burke, Akanksha Soni, Chanté Bohitige and Evelina Grecenko for a MIPIM debrief special of the weekly roundup podcast. Toghether, they share their biggest stories and best memories of their few days in Cannes, and sum up the market sentiment as the annual convention played out against the backdrop of a developing banking crisis. In addition, they catch us up on the major headlines they returned to - but whose life was changed on a "cellular level" by a Snickers dessert, and who was the ultimate hip-hop DJ? Hint: Tim Burke is the answer to one of these, but not the one you think.

What are cities doing right when it comes to climate change, and how are they bolstering their economies through innovative new approaches to development? This live discussion, hosted by EG deputy editor Tim Burke on Tuesday 14 March at MIPIM, explores where cities in the UK can look to internationally for inspiration and best practice. The panel, which includes Cristina Gamboa, chief executive of the World Green Building Council, Joanne Roney, chief executive of Manchester City Council, and Ricardo Valente, city councillor of Porto Vivo (the city’s urban regeneration agency), discuss how international cities are reinventing themselves to attract the right talent in order to create social value and build community engagement.