The Estates Gazette Podcast

Midlands Editor Lisa Pilkington talks to shadow planning minister Roberta Blackman Woods on the National Policy Planning Framework and its potential environmental impact

Agents at Estates Gazette's Cambridge reception talked of optimism in the local market despite still dealing with a difficult rental market and a overhang of secondary space. EG's Nadia Elghamry talks to agents from Peterborough, Norwich and Cambridge to find out what the year ahead holds

Bridget O'Connell talks to LSH chief executive Ezra Nahome on the UK Investment Transactions Report and how deal activity dropped by 25% in the final quarter of 2011.

EG's Daniel Cunningham talks to Tim Drayson, economist with legal & General Investment Management and Robin Martin, head of performance analysis and research for Legal & General Property on the future performance of UK commercial property investment.

EG's Joanna Bourke talks to Marie Lou Jennings chair of the Hammersmith & Fulham Historic Building Group about the protest against the redevelopment of Hammersmith & Fulham town hall.

EG's Annabel Dixon talks to Peter Drummond, president of the BCSC, Richard Dodd, spokesman for British Retail Consortium, Matthew Hopkinson, of the Local Data Company and Jonathan de Mello, head of retail consultancy at CBRE on the Mary Portas review into the future of High Streets.

Forcasters are predicting Cardiff offices will have the lowest rental growth in the UK next year.

Nadia Elghamry talks to Gary Carver, head of office agency at Savills in Cardiff to see why he thinks 2012 will tougher than this year.

HM Treasury this morning put the Finance Bill 2012 out to consultation. The Bill includes changes to the REIT system that are designed to address barriers to entry and investment. The measures will also reduce the costs of complying with the REIT regime by abolishing the entry charge. EG markets editor Noella Pio Kivlehan speaks with Ernst & Young real estate partner Russell Gardner about what the changes mean for the property sector.

David Meecham, partner at Pinsent Mason's in Birmingham gives his reaction to EG's Birmingham Question Time panellists answers to his question:

"What is the view on the release of the central government departmental surplus land strategies and the government's housing strategy released last week?"

The event took place on Tuesday 29th November at Think Tank, Science Museum at Milennium Point in Birmingham's Eastside in front of a live audience of circa 100 guests. The panel was chaired by EG editor Damian Wild and panellists included St Modwen chief executive Bill Oliver, Waheed Nazir director of planning and regeneration at Birmingham Council, Barry Allen head of office at Savills (co-sponsor), Ian Taylor, director at marketing Birmingham and Andrew Whelan, director at (co-sponsor) Santander.

Tottenham MP David Lammy talks to EG's Joanna Bourke about the Building a Better Britain campaign

Andy Giles and Richard Williams are delivering boutique suites to the Wales office market of the sort you might expect to find hedge funds occupying in London.
EG's Nadia Elghamry talks to Andy Giles and finds out how 18-19 Park Place can achieve Cardiff's very best rents of £20 per sq ft.

Nadia Elghamry talks to Robin Dobson, UK retail director at Hammerson, about Westfield,working with Whitgift and how Hammerson can set itself apart from the rest of its peer group by providing a town centre retail plan, and investing in Whitgift as well as areas outside of its immediate ownership to bring about a seismic change.

Daniel Cunningham talks to Michael Heseltine at GVA's Invest in Liverpool event on November 22.

Nadia Elgamry talks to Jon Rouse, chief executive of Croydon council, on potential land acquisition fund to deal with the town's redundant office stock.

CBRE has released its latest report at MAPIC in Cannes today. The report focuses on expansion plans by retailers for 2012. CBRE head of cross-border retail for Europe, Peter Gold, discusses the findings of the report in this podcast.

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