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Spotify Apple podcast In today’s episode, we’re diving into the career of Michael Howard – he’s a build to rent titan and the Managing Director and Founder of the award-winning residential property operator, urbanbubble. His vision? To make urbanbubble the greatest residential property operator in the UK and make our cities better places to live.He founded Urban Bubble back...

In the summer of 2017 and straight out of university, Sarah founded the commercial awareness and career development initiative, The Land Collective – aiming to encourage millennials and gen-zs to provide commentary and engage with the property market and the wider built environment sector.The success of this platform then led her to launch Sqft Digital, an employer branding and social...

In this episode of devcast… Senior Consultant, Ryan Doyle, was joined by Regional Partner of Knight Frank, Christopher Dewe. Throughout the conversation, Christopher Dewe goes into detail about his early life where he lived and worked on a farm and how this experience led him to finding out he loved selling houses! This led to him joining Knight Frank in the early 90s where he has grown...

Spotify Apple podcast As a talent expert in the fresh and fast-growing area of BTR, Nick is always looking for transferable skills which will not only compliment alternative asset class sectors but help them excel. Richard Smith, Managing Director of Moda Life Management, is a prime example and the most recent guest on, A New Lease of Life. Richard Smith is tasked with...

Spotify Apple podcast Welcome to #ANewLeaseOfLife, a sub-series of the devcast…podcast, where you’ll be learning how experts of the build to rent and alternative investment sectors have climbed the ladder of their professional careers. Hosted by Nick Hammond, Head of Build to Rent at deverellsmith. This episode is all about efficiency: build to rent is one of...

Diversity and inclusion is in the top five things that Gen Z’s are mentioning in their employer wish list.Tobi Ogundipe, 2021 Tobi Ogundipe is the founder of DIVERSE, a careers platform supporting underrepresented young professionals whose mission is to democratise access to the best early career’s advice through engaging format, before connecting job candidates to inclusive employers....

Spotify Apple podcast Welcome to #ANewLeaseOfLife, a sub-series of the devcast…podcast, where you’ll be learning how experts of the build to rent and alternative investment sectors have climbed the ladder of their professional careers. Hosted by Nick Hammond, Head of Build to Rent at deverellsmith. Location, location, location? Charlotte Robertson, BTR lead at...

Welcome to #ANewLeaseOfLife, a sub-series of the devcast…podcast, where you’ll be learning how experts of the build to rent and alternative investment sectors have climbed the ladder of their professional careers. Hosted by Nick Hammond, Head of Build to Rent at deverellsmith. How does an Operating Company (Opco) evolve to continually meet their client’s and customer’s...

The master of the London residential development market, Dominic Grace, has almost three decades of property experience and a wealth of knowledge. Naming Victoria Mitchell as one of the major influences during the early stages of his career; referencing Dame Judith Hackitt’s golden thread of digital transformation; and crediting Redrow’s Steve Morgan and Berkeley’s Tony Pidgley for...

In this episode of devcast… Senior Consultant, Ryan Doyle, was joined by luxury real estate advisor, Ms Camilla Dell. Camilla is widely recognised as one of London’s leading buying agents, a true property guru with a career spanning across 20 years. Having worked for two of London’s largest and most successful agencies in Foxtons and Knight Frank, Camilla set up Black-Brick in 2007 with...

Leadership

A New Lease of Life… with Michael Howard

Paving the pathway to Property with Sarah Hayford

The grass is always greener with Christopher Dewe

A New Lease of Life… with Richard Smith

A New Lease of Life… with Alastair Mullens

Young, wild and unemployed with DIVERSE Founder, Tobi Ogundipe

A New Lease of Life… with Charlotte Robertson

A New Lease of Life… with Lesley Roberts

Grace expectations: One man’s road to real estate royalty

Searching for luxury with Camilla Dell