Estates Gazette Property Podcasts

The industrial market is booming in the super-connected county of Hampshire but with a coastal boundary and two national parks to contend with, land has never been in shorter supply, according to Hellier Langston director Andy Hellier. Hellier Langston is the highest-placed regional agent in the Radius On Demand Rankings for Hampshire with 444,162 sq ft transacted so far this year across 37 deals. It operates from offices in Fareham, near Portsmouth, as well as Southampton. Southampton, which is the UK’s second biggest container port, is linked via the M27 to Portsmouth, itself a major passenger port, and this motorway connectivity is rare along the south coast and makes it attractive to the logistics and shipping services sectors. Hellier says the office market is also in tentative recovery, although he believes the pandemic means the days of single-let office buildings in the county are over. The biggest challenge, however, is land. In Portsmouth particularly, which is a densely populated island, there is no land available and Hellier hopes planning laws can be made more flexible to help remedy this.

Jess Harrold is joined by senior writer Piers Wehner and EG's new reporter Evelina Grecenko for the latest weekly podcast round-up. Grecenko introduces herself to EGLSM listeners, and shares her experiences from her first three weeks covering her challenging patch, comprising both life sciences and the North. Wehner reviews his week of early mornings covering property news in the UK press, and some of the stories set to have major impacts in the coming weeks and months. But who will triumph in the quiz of the week?

In this episode of the EG Property Podcast EG editor Samantha McClary is talking to Nick Searl from Argent, Sarah Cary from Enfield Council and Nick Hanmer from Club Peloton to take a look behind the rides that so many people in the real estate industry will have taken part in. Club Peloton is the charity behind the Cycle to Mipim, PedElle and Cycle to Mapic events and while these and other rides may be the visible side of Club Peloton, it is so much more than that. Club Peloton raises vital funds for various charities and brings people together from across the real estate industry to build valuable connections. In this 20 minute listen learn about the future direction of the charity and how you can get involved if you want to help bring that vision to life, find out about the benefits that being part of the Club Peloton family can bring not only to the vulnerable young people its supports but to your professional career too. And listen out for how club membership might lead to a very special moment in bed with a certain property journalist.

In EG’s final wellbeing and mental health podcast of the year, our guests explore how company leaders can prioritise wellbeing from the top of a business – often through making clear their own vulnerability and sharing their experiences. Deputy editor Tim Burke is joined by Judith Everett, executive director for purpose, sustainability and stakeholder at the Crown Estate; Davina Goodchild, chief executive of LionHeart; and Guy Harrington, chief executive of Glenhawk. In their 35-minute discussion they outline not only how their companies have worked to prioritise wellbeing, but also talk openly about their own challenges and how they have faced them.

Following hot on the heels of COP26, EG’s professional & legal editor, Sarah Jackman, is joined by Ian Wilkinson and Jonathan Mills, from the international real estate and infrastructure group at law firm Osborne Clarke, to discuss the publication of a new report commissioned by the firm: Sustainable disruption: 12 decarbonising technologies for cities. The three look at the report’s findings, what the move to decarbonisation means in practice for the firm’s clients and how that translates into the legal process.

Jess Harrold returns to EG's weekly round-up podcast, inviting editor Sam McClary and head of content Emily Wright to talk talent. McClary airs her views on the importance to real estate of understanding the wants and needs of the best-and-brightest from all walks of life, and Wright shares highlights from this week's Talent special - including the advantages of embracing neurodiversity and her must-read interview with four inspirational execs rising like phoenixes from the ashes of US tech giant Katerra. Plus, excitement builds for next week’s EG Future Leaders event – but, as their skills are put to the test, will Sam or Emily triumph in a closely-fought quiz of the week?

Jess Harrold looks ahead to next week's Supreme Court appeal in Fearn and others v Board of Trustees of Tate Gallery [2020] EWCA Civ 104; [2020] EGLR 14 - a high-profile breach of privacy claim brought by neighbours to the Tate Modern gallery, complaining about a viewing platform that offers panoramic views of London - together with Charles Russell Speechlys partner James Souter and associate Megan Davies. Each taking a respective side, Souter and Davies rehearse the arguments set to go under scrutiny by the Supreme Court justices - and they don't pull their punches as they debate the key question of whether the law of nuisance can or should be extended to breach of privacy by overlooking.

On 11 October, the RICS announced changes to its professional Rules of Conduct, which will come into force in February 2022. Ahead of the change, EG’s Bricks & Mortar host, Sarah Jackman takes a look at the detail and what both its members and APC candidates need to do to ensure compliance. Joining her for a look at the detail are Christine O’Rourke, head of conduct standards at the RICS and Charlotte Neal, director of surveying standards at the RICS. Tune in to hear the background to the changes, the technical detail and what they will mean for its global membership.

When US-based tech giant Katerra shut down operations in June, it sent a ricochet through the construction technology sector.  After raising billions of dollars’ worth of funding, the Softbank-backed modular pioneer collapsed under debt following the pandemic.  Now, four of the group's former executives have joined forces once more to lead the US roll-out of another modular start-up, one much closer to home. On this episode of Tech Talk Radio, EG head of content Emily Wright is joined by Janet Stephenson, Kassi Mast, Eva Talbot and Jennifer Caldwell; the Seattle-based team which will run the US arm of London start-up Modulous.  The expansion follows Modulous’s £5m capital raise from investors including Blackhorn Ventures, Cemex Ventures, Groundbreak Ventures, Goldacre and the UK Government's future fund.  For more on how these four former Katerra executives plan to harness their pre-existing skills to lead this expansion and why being a team of four women was a happy coincidence based on talent and talent alone, tune in to this week's episode of Tech Talk Radio.  

In this week’s round-up of news from the team at EG, deputy editor Tim Burke hosts as a poor man’s Jess Harrold, and is joined by news editor Pui-Guan Man and residential editor Emma Rosser. The trio discuss Landsec’s moves to pick up a new outlets portfolio as well as a piece of the Bluewater shopping centre; Bradley Baker’s promotion to chief executive at developer Co-Re; the L&G executive with the most fun job in real estate; and more. Disastrous driving lessons and car racing in the Square Mile also make an appearance, although not together. Finally, there’s a slightly-less-well-thought-out-than-usual quiz in which – spoiler alert – everyone really is a winner.