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Will UK commercial, residential & rural property recover as predicted in 2025?
In this annual podcast episode, Savills heads of commercial, residential, and rural research discuss their outlook for UK property this year. Lucian Cook, Kelly Hewson-Fisher, and Mat Oakley join Guy Ruddle in the studio to discuss if the markets are, so far, behaving how they predicted, the impact of Government policy changes, and how the global economic outlook and geopolitical environment may affect UK investor confidence.
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Offices – is now the time to buy?
Savills office sector experts discuss why there is divergent sentiment across occupational and investment markets. With most major UK office markets having no new buildings coming on stream in the next three years, how will businesses position themselves as the economy improves? Office rental growth continues to be strong across the quality spectrum, so is there a better time to kick-start the development cycle? And with some investors hesitant to dip their toes back in, will the returns be compelling enough to convince others?Join Guy Ruddle and guests James Evans, James Emans, and Holly Purvis in the studio to as they discuss what’s going on.
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Future Space: What can we expect from the industrial & logistics market in 2025 and beyond?
Now in its eighth year, the annual Future Space report canvased the opinions of more than 330 occupiers, investors and developers about what we might expect from the industrial & logistics market in 2025 and beyond. Join Guy Ruddle and guests: head of Savills national industrial & logistics team, Toby Green, head of Tritax Big Box’s Manchester office, David Travis, and CEO of the UK Warehousing Association (UKWA), Clare Bottle, as they unpick the responses from this year’s survey. Looking at everything from overall sentiment, to the key drivers of demand for logistics real estate in 2025, along with how ESG, AI and automation are all set to impact the sector.
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London’s housing crisis: challenges and solutions
Matt Richards, Sophie Rosier and Katy Warrick from Savills Planning, Mixed Use, and Research teams join host Guy Ruddle to discuss a major topic, London’s housing crisis. The team raises some of the challenges the Labour government is facing to meet housing targets, including existing market pressures and the availability of sites for development. Do we have the solutions to deliver the number of homes needed? Savills experts seek to give you the answers we’ve all been wondering, and more.
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How to tackle the financial pressures facing independent schools
The removal of both VAT relief on school fees, and potentially also business rate relief, has added to the financial challenges facing many UK private and independent schools. In response, Headteachers and their teams may be looking to their buildings and wider estates to save or raise capital. Olivia Haslam, co-Chair of Savills Education group; David Collier, Director in Leisure, Tourism & Events; and David Parker, Head of Rating, run through the processes and pitfalls institutions should be aware of as they look to make the most of their estate while safeguarding their core school functions, and discuss what opportunities there may be to raise additional capital from buildings and land via events and other activities.
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