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How is the global luxury retail landscape faring in 2024?
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Despite the headwinds facing luxury spend, real estate remains a key battleground for luxury brands. Join Guy Ruddle and guests: Savills retail experts Marie Hickey, Anthony Selwyn and Nick Bradstreet, as well as the head of London bureau for Women's Wear Daily Samantha Conti, as they put global luxury retail under a magnify glass and delve into th…
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Social value in a rural context: why is it growing in importance?
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For generations many rural businesses have actively engaged in providing social value for their local communities but without talking about their contributions. However, this is changing with farms and estates beginning to recognise the importance of talking about what they are doing and why. Join Guy Ruddle and guests Kelly Hewson-Fisher, Michael …
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2024: a better year for commercial, residential, and rural property?
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Three months into 2024, Savills heads of commercial, residential, and rural research review their forecasts for the year: are the markets behaving how they predicted, which sub-sectors are performing well, and what impact could a general election have on UK property this year? Join Guy Ruddle and guests Lucian Cook, Kelly Hewson-Fisher, and Mat Oak…
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Savills Earth Series 2: Hitting the moving ESG target
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Join Guy Ruddle and Marylis Ramos, Director of Savills Earth Advisory Services, alongside David Jackson, Head of Planning and Savills Earth and guest Melissa Murphy K.C., Barrister at Landmark Chambers in the final episode of the second Savills Earth podcast series. This episode highlights the importance of ESG strategies to futureproof businesses …
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Savills Earth Series 2: Using environmental economics to value impact
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Join Guy Ruddle and guests: Marylis Ramos, Director of Savills Earth Advisory Services, alongside Tom Hill Director of Impact Assessment at Savills, Sarah Jackson, Director in the Rural Consultancy team at Savills and Henry Le Fleming, Founder of Sustainability Analytics Ltd in the penultimate episode of the second Savills Earth podcast series. Thi…
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Savills Earth Series 2: Demystifying the headlines behind the grid
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Join Guy Ruddle and Marylis Ramos, Director of Savills Earth Advisory Services, alongside Phil Pearson Director of Energy, Infrastructure and Renewables at Savills and Emma Andrews, Director of Planning at Savills in the third episode of the second Savills Earth podcast series. This episode sheds light on the challenges facing the UK’s grid infrast…
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What next for UK prime residential in 2024?
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Confidence has returned to the UK’s prime residential market in the first few weeks of 2024 and rising numbers of buyers and sellers are talking of increased commitment to moving in the first six months of the year. But is 2024 a good time to be in the market? Should you go early or wait to see what the spring brings? And what makes prime different…
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Savills Earth Series 2: How to be investor ready for ESG
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Join Guy Ruddle and Marylis Ramos, Director of Savills Earth Advisory Services, alongside Dan Jestico, Director of Sustainable Design at Savills, Robert Godfrey, Director of Investment Strategy and Management at Savills Investment Management, and guest speaker Helen Newman, Director of Sustainable Investing at Fabrix in the second episode of the se…
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Savills Earth Series 2: How is social value changing real estate?
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Join Guy Ruddle and guests, Marylis Ramos, Director of Savills Earth Advisory Services, alongside Wesley Ankrah, Head of Social Value, James Evans, Head of Savills Manchester and National Office Agency, and guest speaker Shravan Joshi from the City of London Corporation, in the first episode of the second Savills Earth podcast series. This episode …
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Challenges and opportunities - what next for the flexible office sector?
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Cal Lee, global head of Workthere (Savills flexible office specialist), is joined by Natasha Guerra, co-founder and CEO of Runway East and Simon Rowley, director of Flex Workspace at Great Portland Estates, to discuss the outlook for the flexible office sector, addressing the impact of the recent news regarding WeWork against the wider dynamics of …
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Savills Central London Investment Update – State of the Market
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Stephen Down, Richard Garside, Emma Steele and Jonathan Gardiner from Savills Central London Investment team join Guy Ruddle in the studio to discuss the Central London investment and occupier market against the challenging economic backdrop. The Savills experts seek to uncover how the investment market is performing, including cross-border investm…
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Soil is the Foundation of our Planetary Life Support System
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‘It takes thousands of years to form 1 centimeter of soil. Yet, it can be destroyed in almost no time at all.’ Dr. Cristiana Paşca Palmer’s words have never been more pertinent as we stare down the barrel of the climate crisis. In this final episode of the Nature-Based Solutions takeover, we explore how regenerative agriculture can bring our soil b…
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A regenerative future; nature friendly farming in action
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More than half of the world’s agricultural land is degraded and, according to the World Economic Forum, ‘within 50 years, there may not be enough soil left to feed the world’. But this doesn’t have to be the end of the story. In this episode of the Nature-Based Solutions takeover, we explore how regenerative agriculture can bring our soil back to l…
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Why is Britain one of the Least Wooded Countries in Europe?
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When it comes to climate change, the message is clear: native woods and trees are one of the best ways to tackle the climate crisis. So, why is Britain one of the least wooded countries in Europe? In this episode of the Nature-Based Solutions takeover, we delve into how we can restore our native woodlands and temperate rainforests, and the transfor…
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“The UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world and despite nature struggling against all odds to survive, more than one in seven native species face extinction and more than 40% are in decline.” But these statistics from the WWF do not mean that all is lost for UK biodiversity. In this episode of the Nature-Based Solutions takeov…
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Is Restoration & Rewilding the Only Way of Truly Saving UK Habitats?
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Is Restoration & Rewilding the only way of truly saving UK habitats? In this episode of the Nature-Based Solutions takeover, Jake Fiennes, Conservation Manager at the Holkham Estate, discusses how his radical habitat restoration and agricultural work has nurtured Holkham’s species and risen its crop yields - bringing back wetlands, hedgerows, birds…
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Climate Change is Primarily a Water Crisis
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According to the UN, climate change is primarily a water crisis. It impacts everything from gender equality to biodiversity loss, but often remains on the periphery of the climate conversation. In this first episode of the Nature-Based Solutions takeover, we take a deep dive into the world of water with experts from WaterAid and The Beaver Trust. K…
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UK PBSA – Global Investors Target Resilient Sector
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Despite challenging macroeconomic conditions, including the fundamental stock problem, EPC requirement implications, and the rising cost of debt, Global investor appetite for UK PBSA has remained high. In this podcast, our experts discuss the extent to which investors will continue to target UK PBSA, and what the key opportunities and challenges ar…
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Impacts 2023: what is the purpose of property?
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With the theme of Savills 2023 Impacts research programme being ‘purpose’, Paul Tostevin and Eri Mitsostergiou from Savills World Research debate with Wes Ankrah, Savills Head of Social Value, and Marylis Ramos, Director of Savills Earth, the different purposes that real estate can serve and how the role of property is changing. The team discusses …
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Why change management is now more important than ever
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As organisations continue to make decisions regarding their work space post-Covid, change management has played a crucial role in helping people to adapt to these new ways of working across the globe. With a lot of these changes likely to be met by resistance, how best can businesses overcome this and get people on board to ensure a smooth transiti…
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What are the post pandemic challenges and opportunities in the wedding venue sector?
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How are wedding venues changing? Are they profitable for operators? Who is buying or selling and why? These are just some of the questions that Savills experts answer in this podcast focused on the wedding venue sector.By Savills
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How is commercial, residential and rural property investment faring in 2023?
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In this annual podcast episode, Savills agents discuss whether its commercial, rural and residential investment property predictions, made at the end of last year, have begun to emerge in the first three months of 2023.By Savills
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Real Estate Insights: Tech Cities 2023 - where’s best at fostering tech growth?
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Which locations around the world come out top in Savills 2023 Tech Cities research, and how are tech occupiers’ real estate requirements evolving in response to industry changes?By Savills
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Savills Earth Podcast - Episode 5, Social Value
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This final episode of the Savills Earth podcast series will introduce social value and how it is evolving. The podcast will look at some of the challenges around social value and also what can be done to ensure social value continues to mature in line with the E and the G in ESG.By Savills
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Savills Earth Series – Episode 4, Retrofit first or retrofit only?
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Join Guy Ruddle and Co-host Marylis Ramos, Director in Savills Earth alongside: Stephen Lloyd, Associate, Sustainable Design within Savills Earth, Nick Taylor, Director in Building Project Consultancy and Julia Mountford, Director in Savills Planning division. This fourth episode of the Savills Earth podcast series explores the topic of retrofittin…
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Real Estate Insights Podcast: The growth of landlord fitted solutions in the office sector and why
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The way businesses use offices have evolved, with a shift towards higher quality office space, more amenity and flexibility.By Savills
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ReImagining Retail – how will retail places go green?
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Experts from Savills join Guy Ruddle to discuss how retail can be reimagined and repurposed for the future. Together they explore the drivers for change and the key challenges and opportunities when it comes to developing greener retail real estate.By Savills
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Savills Earth Series – Episode 3, Biodiversity
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In the third episode of our Savills Earth podcast series, our experts discuss biodiversity, what it is and why it’s important to us all. Our guests explore why it is now one of the moment’s buzz words, recent legislation and government commitments that are driving legislation as well as the integration of biodiversity into urban spaces and how this…
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What can we expect from the UK life science sector as it continues to mature?
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Life science remains a hot topic for many within real estate, with a number of new entrants looking to break into the UK market as the sector continues to mature. However, with the current funding landscape impacted by wider macro-economics, and more hesitancy from those looking to invest, it is important to stress that the fundamentals remain stro…
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Savills Earth Series – Episode 2, The Energy Crisis
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Join Guy Ruddle and Co-host Marylis Ramos, Director in Savills Earth alongside: David Thomas, Director of Energy Procurement, Thomas McMillan, Head of Energy and Alexandros Chalkias, Sustainable Design Associate Director. Given the ongoing rising energy costs and cost-of-living crisis, this podcast explores what opportunities there are for occupier…
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Savills Earth Series – Episode 1, The Circular Economy
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Our experts discuss what is meant by the circular economy and what are some of the greatest challenges to achieving a circular economy in the property sector. Together, they explore what is meant by recycling and the circular economy and how it is being applied to real estate, from an operational level to planning, design and construction. Join Guy…
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Care Homes – the countercyclical asset class?
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Join Guy Ruddle and guests: Caryn Donahue, Senior Director, Savills Healthcare, Marcus Roberts, Head of Europe OCM, and Richard Valentine-Selsey, Head of European Living Research. Our experts discuss UK & European Care Homes, a sector worth over €115bn across the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands. Underpinned by an agei…
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What next for Europe’s core investment markets: UK, France and Germany?
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Normally based in London, Paris and Frankfurt, respectively, Savills Rasheed Hassan, Lydia Brissy and Marcus Lemli join Guy Ruddle to talk about what’s happening in Europe’s big three investment markets: the UK, France and Germany. How badly have markets been hit, what’s happening to yields, and are there any bright spots on the horizon? Savills ex…
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Spotlight on the Children’s Day Nursery market
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Significant market consolidation has led to increased investor appetite and the emergence of a two-tier children’s day nursery market, with group operators on one end and family run operators on the other. One of the biggest changes the sector has seen with this consolidation has been through its holding structures. The growth of lease structures h…
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Join Guy Ruddle and guests: Polly Simpson, Head of Multifamily Development, Operational Capital Markets, Marcus Roberts, Head of Europe OCM, and Richard Valentine-Selsey, Head of European Living Research. Our experts discuss what attracts renters to Multifamily schemes, investment trends, active players and key markets, the challenges of inflation …
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Choosing the right warehouse can help occupiers manage rising costs
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Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic significant tailwinds have amplified nearly every metric associated with the logistics property market.By Savills
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The Retail Takeover - Global Luxury Retail
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In spite of the challenges caused by the pandemic, the resilience of the global luxury retail market has been nothing short of astounding. Brands continue to open new stores as they explore new markets across Asia and the Middle East, sales remain robust and international shoppers return as global travel reopens. Tune in to the final episode of The…
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Workthere’s latest Flexmark report shows that occupancy levels and profitability have both recovered to pre-pandemic levels, which is hugely encouraging, but what is next for the flexible office sector and where are the opportunities for it to mature further? Join Guy Ruddle and guests: Global head of Workthere, Cal Lee, World Research director, Er…
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The Retail Takeover - the evolution of womenswear with RIXO and Jigsaw
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It’s no secret that the fashion industry has faced a number of headwinds in recent years – from Covid induced lockdowns to supply chain issues, retailers have certainly had a whole host of difficulties to overcome. However, with challenge comes opportunity, and the womenswear market is now entering a new era as timeless, sustainable fashion made fr…
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The Retail Takeover - the growth of the activewear market
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In recent years the activewear market has gone from strength to strength. With a shift in lifestyle caused by the pandemic, coupled with an increasing focus on wellness, the trend for athleisure is certainly here to stay. In the third episode of this mini-series, Guy Ruddle and Tiffany Luckett chat to two brands who have been at the forefront of th…
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The Retail Takeover - experiential retail with Anya Hindmarch
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In spite of the growth of online in recent years, physical shops are still the backbone of the retail industry. However, we know that in order to stay relevant retail needs to change, and brands that can create meaningful experiences for customers in their stores will be the ones shaping the market in the future. In the second episode of the retail…
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The Retail Takeover - the fashion sharing economy
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The retail industry is changing. Questions are being asked around the future of fast fashion and the sustainability of the clothes we buy is now under the spotlight more so than ever before. The fashion sharing economy is the antidote to this and has the potential to create long term change in the fashion world. In the first episode of this five pa…
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The London land challenge - Balancing residential and industrial
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The dynamic in the London land market is changing, with sites previously earmarked for residential development remaining as industrial as land values for the sector soar in the capital. With a need for new homes and for well-located industrial & logistics space to service them, how do we balance these two competing uses? While the London Plan, adop…
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Join Guy Ruddle and guests: Caryn Donahue, Senior Director, Savills Healthcare, Henry Elphick, Senior Advisor, Savills Healthcare, and Richard Valentine-Selsey, Director, Savills Residential Research. Our experts discuss the supply and demand fundamentals underpinning the UK’s Independent Private Hospitals sector, the key operators in the market, s…
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UK Co-living Podcast: a nascent market poised for huge growth
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Co-living is a form of purpose-built rental housing that generally consists of studio bedroom units and large amounts of high-quality communal amenities, including gyms, cinemas, co-working spaces and resident’s lounges. Join Guy Ruddle and guests: James Hanmer, Head of UK PBSA Investment and Co-Living, Savills Operational Capital Markets and Paul …
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Impacts 2022: how real estate is reconnecting the world post Covid-19
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To launch the 2022 edition of Impacts, its global thought leadership programme, Savills experts from the US and Middle East discuss what peoples’ priorities are post-pandemic and how the built environment is responding to new trends. What does the future look like for resilient cities? What are the top destinations for ‘executive nomads’? How are s…
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What is driving investment in the Marina industry?
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There are approximately 560 marinas in the UK. Historically marinas have been operated by private individuals and many still are, but as private equity have taken an interest in the sector, we have started to see the emergence of a two-tier market. The first was when Premier Marinas were sold by Blackrock to Welcome Trust in 2015, followed by Briti…
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The vital role of real estate for gaming companies
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The gaming industry is experiencing rapid growth and right now the UK is the leading video game market in Europe and sixth globally. We’ve experienced multi-billion pound deals at the start of 2022 reinforcing the opportunity and appetite there is in the sector. However, as these gaming companies grow they need specific physical spaces to enable an…
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Applying environmental and social goals to commercial property
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Six months on from COP26 in Glasgow, we’re asking how Net Zero and ESG goals are being applied to workplace design and operation. This podcast explores the biggest changes for good on a building by building level, with a focus on than the host country for COP26 - Scotland. Join Guy Ruddle and experts: Nadeem Khan, director in Savills Engineering an…
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How concerned should we be about industrial & logistics supply?
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With take-up of warehouse space reaching over 50 million sq ft for the last two years, alongside record investment volumes, can this be sustained in light of ongoing global supply chain issues, construction delays and material shortages? Join Guy Ruddle and sector specialists: Jack Booth, from the Savills industrial & logistics agency team, investm…
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