Estates Gazette

So we are launching today our new economic growth statement.

Now that might sound like something that's quite boring and not immediately obviously related to readers and listeners of the Estates Gazette, but what it's basically saying is that over the next 5-10 years we've identified five key industry sectors that we think are going to be critical and have the real opportunity to grow in Westminster.

And as the center of what is realistically the best city in the world, I'm sure we could all agree on that.

It's critical that we see growth in Westminster that enables the city to fulfill its potential.

And hopefully you'll

keep us

at Estates Gazette posted with all the developments as the

strategy evolves? Absolutely.

Welcome to another Estates Gazette property podcast brought to you from our pop-up studio at Busy Guildhall, bang in the middle of the 2026 London Real Estate Forum.

I'm Jess Harold and I am joined by Richard Watson, Director at BTG Edisons, to discuss some of the challenges faced by sellers of residential property and the opportunities that are out there to address them.

Richard, how has your morning at LREF been?

You've given us plenty of food for thought, plenty for our listeners, and more importantly, plenty for me.

I hope you enjoy the rest of your day at LREF.

And for everybody else, be sure to check out all of our podcasts from the event on the Estates Gazette website.

And still not massively successful.

purpose-led or focused on terms of where I want to be and what I want to be doing um and that was 2006 when I graduated so I did a short ski season in Canada with a really good friend because I've always been skiing and snowboarding which was fun cut that a bit short because we ran out of money because we were again playing very very hard there's a common theme here um um came back 2007 it would have been and so that would have that would you know for like February 2007 and so that was before the first financial crash you know in 2008 and so actually it felt like when I got back I had a degree not an amazing one but from a decent uni philosophy a load of work experience even though it wasn't like you know super senior but it wasn't at all and some sales experience from doing telesales and so it felt like when I put my CV out there was jobs everywhere it felt like a really active market and so quite quickly I got a job um a company called Estates Gazette.

They're a commercial property publication and just selling advertising space for them.

And that went reasonably well.

[gentle music] If the government is to meet its ambitious and much-discussed target of building three hundred thousand new homes per year, it inevitably needs the capital to provide a significant share.

But with socioeconomic impacts far beyond the UK's control and a raft of legislative and policy shifts to contend with, how can London's developers meet that challenge? I'm Jess Harold, here with the latest Estates Gazette Property Podcast, recorded here in historic Guild Hall, right in the heart of the London Real Estate Forum.

And I'm delighted to be joined by Annabel Redman, partner at Clyde & Co, and Mark Eden, board director at Arada London, to discuss these issues.

Welcome to both of you.

Thank you.

Cheers.

Uh, and for those listening, be sure to check out all of our podcasts from the event on the Estates Gazette website.

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