And that means holiday time. Not decided where to go? Thinking of a cheeky break or perhaps you are looking forward to the wonders of winter?

My personal view is that most hotel guidebooks are rubbish. But not Mr & Mrs Smith – Juliet Kinsman will be here to tell you a little about what they do and where you should be considering for your small or big break.

Plus, 

DTZ’s head of UK and Ireland, John Forrester will be making a return visit to explain what he thinks is happening in the property and letting markets.

David Hackforth, president of the Planning Officers’ Society, drops by to talk about planning under a Con-Lib coalition.

And Property Week deputy editor discusses what’s making the news this month.

www.costar.co.uk

www.planningofficers.org.uk

The answer to this question and more in the latest Property Week Global podcast.

Hear from personal finance expert Dr David Kuo of The Motley Fool on how to invest your money across the globe through the stock exchange.

And Graham Hughes, executive director at CB Richard Ellis, discusses international valuation post-recession.

Property Week brought a touch of royalty to the podcast this month when food-writer and broadcaster Tom Parker Bowles joined James Max to discusses cooking with mother, London’s skyline and eating donkey penis.

personal finance expert Dr David Kuo also dropped into to givve some tips on how to invest your money and play the stock market.

And James Maddock, head of occuper services at DTZ, discusses what the corporates are looking for in the current climate.

And if you want to get the podcast whilst you make your way to wo0rk – why not download it from iTunes?

DTZ: www.dtz.com

The Motley Fool: www.fool.co.uk

Tom Parker Bowles: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/columnist-1003632/Tom-Parker-Bowles.html

In the first part of this month’s Property Week podcast, sponsored by DPP, Chris Ireland, senior partner at King Sturge, discusses where money is being spent, being a partnership in the recession and what he expects from 2010.

Richard Flack, senior partner of planning consultancy DPP, discusses nimbyism and the Tory localism agenda, how the planning system needs to change and what planners should do to combat bad architecture.

And if you’ve been wondering what to do with the spare items kicking around in your attic, listen to David Brackin, chief executive of Stuff U Sell, a firm that helps people tap into the Ebay market by flogging their unwanted possessions.

All that and James Max’s critical view of the run-up to the election, and the latets news with Property Week editor James Whitmore.

Tune in next week for personal finance advice with Dr David Kuo, corporate real estate with DTZ’s James Maddock and weird foods with broadcaster Tom Parker Bowles.  

And if you haven’t already – download the podcast on iTunes and listen to it on the way to work.

Paul Abrey – who has joined Chesterton Humberts to lead their newly-formed commercial team – pops in to talk about how he is going to get the business off the ground and where his priorities lie.

And we also get a sprinkling of stardust from former star of The Kenny Everett Show, Celebrity Big Brother and The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy – Cleo Rocos.

Cleo pops in to tell James about her new role as the Queen of Tequila!!

He also welcomes CBRE’s executive director of capital markets – Sue Clayton

and Nick Wright from Rates Recovery – who talks about how businesses can recoup some money from the tax man.

This month we have a stellar line up for you  in our Global Podcast – brought to you  in association with Lockton.

James Max meets future RICS president Robert Peto, Richard Owen from Lockton and Trevor Greetham from Fidelity. As well as Property Week Global editor Lucy Scott.

This podcast is for you whether you work overseas with British money or in the UK seemingly with British clients. Like it or not, our nation has gone global and so has Property Week. For those who choose to ignore the quantum shift in our markets do so at your peril.

This month this podcast is sponsored by Lockton. An insurance company with worldwide reach. James will be speaking to the chief executive of real estate and construction Richard Owen. Plus former chairman of the UK business of DTZ and future President of the RICS, Robert Peto And what are the equity markets doing and what are the prospects for world economic recovery? Trevor Greetham from Fidelity.

Is MIPIM worth it any more?

And  what’s your best tip for surviving MIPIM?

Barbara Stcherbatcheff, who’s City Girl column in the London Paper exposed bad behaviour in the Square Mile, speaks to James Max about her escape from the trading floors, spending £20,000 on strippers and a new film.

Nigel Lewis of findaproperty.com talks about online house selling and reveals the hotspots to invest in residential property now.

Finally Desmond Smail, an expert in Aston Martins, discusses how to buy your dream classic car on a budget, and the ideal models for a canny investor.

Barbara Stcherbatcheff: www.theblackswan.com

Nigel Lewis: www.findaproperty.com

Desmond Smail: www.djsmail.co.uk

Martin Betts with James Max

Also hear from Martin Betts, former investment director at DTZ, on how the recession resulted in him joining his wife in her home furnishings business.

Next week the podcast, hosted by James Max, will feature exposed City Girl Barbara Stcherbatcheff on bonuses and bad behaviour in the City, propertyfinder’s Nigel Lewis and classic car and Aston Martin expert Desmond Smail.

Fidelity Institutional: http://www.fidelityinstitutional.com/

Josephine Home: http://www.josephinehome.co.uk/

He also goes back to speak to Tony Edgley, director at Jones Lang LaSalle about the shape of 2010.

Rob and Nick Carter
Husband and wife team Rob and Nick Carter whose work appears in many of the Capital’s most recent and newsworthy development and refurbisments are joined by Patrick from Art Source – a company which helps developers and landlords find and select artworks for their properties.

Tony Edgley
Tony Edgley is a Managing Director of Jones Lang LaSalle Corporate Finance. He has been with the company for over 27 years, 8 of which were in New York. He has worked and travelled extensively in South East Asia, where he was responsible for the establishment of two private real estate investment management businesses.

Alex Jeffrey
Alex Jeffrey is CEO of MGPA’s European operations and is responsible for its business in Europe. He manages a 100-strong team across six offices, as well as overseeing the investment strategy and programme of MGPA’s European real estate funds which have around US$2.3bn of assets under management. Jeffrey has 20 years’ experience in finance and banking, of which the past 11 years have been exclusively dedicated to real estate. 

James Knox
James Knox has been at Linklaters since 1987. He is cohead of the German Real Estate team and cohead of the London Real Estate Finance team.
He has worked on numerous transactions in Europe including the Blackstone/Deutsche sale and leaseback which was the first large multi-jurisdictional European sale and leaseback. James’ principal clients include Union Investment, RBS, Fortress and Deutsche Bank.

David Brown
David Brown is a partner in the real estate tax group of Deloitte in London and heads the real estate funds practice. He has recently returned from a secondment to Deloitte’s Sydney office, where he focussed on Australian investment into Europe, Asia and the US. Brown specialises in advising on the taxation aspects of real estate investment and development transactions and has led teams advising a number of real estate funds, property companies and private investors. His clients include Standard Life, Henderson Global Investors, Westfield, ING REIM, AREA Property Partners and Songbird/Canary Wharf.

Tony Edgley
Tony Edgley is a Managing Director of Jones Lang LaSalle Corporate Finance. He has been with the company for over 27 years, 8 of which were in New York. He has worked and travelled extensively in South East Asia, where he was responsible for the establishment of two private real estate investment management businesses.

John Slade
John is a leading real estate industry figure, with a proven track record in major real estate transactions. Over the past 5 years, John has led a team responsible for global investment transactions exceeding 5 billion Euros. He was formerly Chairman of Capital Markets and Head of Direct Investment at DTZ, Chief Executive of Richard Ellis City and principal of his own successful London practice; Slade & Co.

Dr David Kuo
Sky and BBC personal finance expert Dr David Kuo completed a PhD in Chemistry at Imperial College before returning to his hometown in Hong Kong to hone his business skills. When he returned to the UK, via Singapore, he did a stint at Hilton Group’s Racing Division, where he picked up a tip or two about the world of horse racing.David, married with two children, has now settled down to a more sedate life, writing investment content for The Motley Fool. He can often be heard sparring with the likes of Danny Baker and Jon Gaunt on BBC Radio London.

Tony Edgley
Tony Edgley is a Managing Director of Jones Lang LaSalle Corporate Finance. He has been with the company for over 27 years, 8 of which were in New York. He has worked and travelled extensively in South East Asia, where he was responsible for the establishment of two private real estate investment management businesses.

This month in association with…

James Max talks to Jones Lang LaSalle’s head of retail agency Guy Grainger about the way retail has changed over the Noughties and what is in store for the big and small stores next year.

He also chats to Patrick Keenan of retail advisers Keenan & Co and Ian Westerling of Hamptons

International – who talks about buying second homes and where’s hot at the moment in terms of property.

One of the world’s most famous economists Roger Bootle tells Property Week the reasons why his predictions are sometimes wrong, and gives his somewhat gloomy view on the national and property sector specific economic future.

BH2’s feared City of London agent Tony Gibbon tells Property Week what he thinks makes a good agent, his favourite deals and why how he dreams of being middleweight boxing champion of the world.

The podcast has also decided to help you out with the gruelling task of Christmas present buying. Christian Robinson, managing director of internet ‘gadgets and gizmos’ retailer Firebox came in to discuss the latest gifts and to talk about how the internet and the high street can work together.

James Whitmore also gives us the latest news.

News links:

Christal Clear

American Group buys Protego

Hammerson poised to buy Silverburn

Weblinks:

Capital Economics: www.capitaleconomics.com

BH2: www.bh2.co.uk

Firebox: www.firebox.com

Hear Ian Marcus’s views on why people hate bankers and who the banks are lending to. Dominic List discusses what it takes to build a multi-million pound business, if it is wise to set up a new enterprise now, and talks about his time on Channel 4’s Secret Millionaire programme.

Mark Williams talks about the future of the retail market, the deals he wished he had done, and what it is like working for the most talked about property consultancy in the UK.

All presented by Property Week’s podcast host James Max

Links

Credit Suisse: www.credit-suisse.com

Comtact: www.comtact.co.uk

DTZ: www.dtz.com

In episode one of the first anniversary edition of Property Week’s Podcast Ian Marcus, head of real estate banking at Credit Suisse, talks to Property Week’s podcast host James Max about what is happening in the world of bank lending, his views as chairman of the Bank of England’s property forum on what the public and private sectors need to do to aid recovery, and discusses whether more regulation and restraint is required from the finance world.

Allister Heath, editor of City AM, the free business newspaper, also pops in to challenge the belief that free newspapers are in trouble, discusses the UK economy and looks at what he has seen happening in the property sector, the banks and the City of London.

And Property Week editor Giles Barrie goes over what is making the news this week.

Catch the second episode of the podcast next week for DTZ head of UK retail Mark Williams and Secret Millionaire and entrepreneur Dominic List.

Property Week Podcast transcription

Stories:

• Ex-Tishman boss adds muscle to Bar Cap workout
• Milton reveals Nine Elms revamps
• £100m to sell in Glasgow

This month we are visited in the Property Week Podcast studio by Simon Camamile – European Director – National Investment, Industrial at Jones Lang LaSalle, who talks about the road to recovery and looks back on some of the highlights from his years in the business.

Mike Thomas – well known as the DebtWizard – who has helped thousands of people get a grip on their finances.

And Joanna Embling National Chairman of Women in Property, speaking direct from the Women in property awards about the need for an all-female group in the sector.

This month one of the most watched television celebrities in UK broadcasting history came into the Property Week podcast studio. Adrian Mills, who presented That’s Life alongside Esther Rantzen between 1986 and 1994 talks to James Max about his chain of Thai restaurants and rental disputes with landlords, why Brits are still heading abroad, and those funny shaped vegetables. House-buying website Rightmove’s commercial director Miles Shipside discusses the site’s performance and what it tell us about the residential market and BNP Paribas Real Estate’s head of investment Paul Griffiths looks at the changing investment market and what is happening with the banks. Also, Property Week’s deputy editor James Whitmore discusses the top property headlines.

Episode 10

Websites:

• http://www.thaitho.co.uk/
• http://travel.sky.com/
• http://www.rightmove.co.uk/
• http://www.realestate.bnpparibas.co.uk/

Stories

• US Embassy’s £50m VAT row
• CBRE restructures $994m of debt
• Falling Starbucks

Download the full transcript for this episode here

This month on the Property Week Podcast we are joined by Capital Radio DJs Kat Shoob and Rich Clarke who look at how the internet is changing music retailing, BBC and Sky TV finance expert Justin Urquhart Stewart talks about the need for ‘boring’ financial investment and tells us about how his decision not to go into the army led to him being shot in the head, back and leg and Nick Hopkinson, director at Property Portfolio Rescue tells us why interest rates could mean we’ll all be in the ‘recession bath’ for some time to come…

All that plus Property Week editor Giles Barrie taking a look at the big stories making headlines now.

Episode 9

Websites
• Seven Investment Management
• Property portfolio rescue
• InvestUK
• Capital Radio

Stories
• Allied Carpets landlords resist retailer’s ransom demands
• DTZ chief looks on bright side following £35m pretax loss

In this month’s edition Heart FM DJ Emma B talks to James Max about property, her plans to move abroad and the funny things that children say. DTZ’s head of valuation and soon-to—be President of the RICS Robert Peto talks about the state of the market, his future plans and – of course – the future for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. John Hitchcox, residential developer and the man credited with bringing loft-living to London, talks about his current interests – Yoo and Green Shoots.

And, Property Week’s deputy editor James Whitmore also gives the lowdown on the top property news.

Episode 8

Websites
• Yoo.com
• Heart Radio
• YouShouldWriteItDown

Stories
• Brixton’s rebel bondholders try to scupper Segro takeover
• Race for £800m Aviva prize is on

In this month’s edition BBC Dragon James Caan talks equity raising with James Max and explains why his first investment on the show was in a dog treadmill, ITN newsreader Katie Derham discusses wardrobe mishaps and how she handled a crowd of 1,000 property employees at Property Week’s awards, and Strutt & Parker’s new senior partner Andy Martin elaborates on how the property consultancy is faring in the recession and on its decision to buy upmarket residential business Lane Fox at the height of the market.

Property Week’s deputy editor James Whitmore also gives the lowdown on the top property news.

Episode 7

Websites
• James Caan
• Strutt & Parker

Stories
• Bargain Hunt (equity raising for investment in cheaper property)
• Qatar’s Commitment (interview with Qatari Diar chief)
• Songbird’s Clipped Wings (analysis feature on Canary Wharf)

In this month’s edition of the Property Week Podcast we are joined by Paul Torrisi, a former contestant on The Apprentice who tells us how to do ‘good boardroom’, John Rigg, one of the country’s finest investment agents on how to do good investment and Ken Livingstone, the former mayor of London on how to run a city… properly!

And of course the Property Week news…

Episode 6

Websites
• Savills.co.uk
• The Apprentice

Stories
• Brindleyplace bonanza
• Big lettings bring cheer to City after woeful first quarter
• It’s time for the rise of residential investment

In this month’s edition, BBC Dragon, Ryman chief executive and popular entrepreneur, Theo Paphitis tells James Max why the recession has got him so excited he can’t sleep, David Buik from BGC Capital Markets talks money, and we hear from London’s Mayor Boris Johnson who was soaking up the fun at MIPIM 09.

And Property Week’s editor, Giles Barrie gives the lowdown on all the top property news headlines, including Mike Slade’s winning ‘Property Boffin’ for Comic Relief.

Episode 5

Websites
• http://www.theopaphitis.com
• http://www.bgcpartners.co.uk
• http://www.boris-johnson.com/
• Property Week’s Mipim coverage

Stories discussed by James Max and Giles Barrie in the podcast:

• Bank of America mulls long term office needs
• Brixton turns to private equity groups for lifeline
• Property Boffin

In this month’s edition, the former banker turned tell-all-columnist and author Geraint Anderson discusses what caused the credit crunch and why there remain many money men basking under the Barbados sunshine despite Britain’s economic woes.

Ken Shuttleworth ponders London’s future skyline as the capital reassess its place in the global economy, and explains why eco-conscious architecture not only makes sense aesthetically but financially as well.

Fashionable young nightclub owner Charlie Gilkes reveals all about his new ‘speakeasy’-style concept bar, Barts which looks set to brighten Chelsea’s staid after-dark scene. And Ryman chief executive and popular entrepreneur, Theo Paphitis tells PW’s online editor, Iain O’Neil how to snag a bargain in these distressed and distressing times, ahead of his appearance on the next Property Week podcast.

And of course Property Week’s deputy editor, James Whitmore gives the lowdown on all the top property news headlines.

Episode 4

Websites

• cityboy.biz
• Make Architects
  
• barts-london.com
• theopaphitis.com

Stories discussed by James Max and James Whitmore in the podcast:

• £2bn raised
• Kerslake seeks tie-up with fund managers
• HBOS suffers £7bn loss at corporate arm

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In this month’s edition, we’ve got TV designer extraordinaire Laurence Llewelyn Bowen, details of a competition to win a serviced apartment in London’s trendy Shoreditch, we hear just how difficult it is to own and run a restaurant as we meet celebrity chef Gary Rhodes and rather than burying your head in the sand – we offer you some sage personal finance advice from BBC regular Dr David Kuo from fool.co.uk

We also hear from London’s Mayor, Boris Johnson.

All that plus a round up of the big property stories with Property Week deputy editor James Whitmore.

Episode 3

Websites

• winalondonpad.com
• fool.co.uk
• london.gov.uk/mayor
• garyrhodes.com
• llb.co.uk

Stories discussed by James Max and James Whitmore in the podcast:

• DTZ cuts staff: Further statutory redundancy deal
• RBS writedowns
• Inflation in Zimbabwe

Send feedback to: podcast@propertyweek.com

In this edition, we discuss the major property stories of the week, look back over the extraordinary events of 2008, find out about a new trend on your high street called pop-up retail, meet one of London’s most influential and knowledgeable office agents John Forrester and welcome a rising star into our midst – George Clarke, architect and now TV presenter of Channel 4’s The Home Show will be joining us.

Episode 2

Websites

• georgeclarke.co.uk
• The Home Show

Stories discussed by James Max and James Whitmore in the podcast:

• Libya delivers £120m City Christmas present
• Brush sweeps in
• Lehman’s litany

Send feedback to: podcast@propertyweek.com

What is happening in the world of property in these troubled times? Our experts cast an eye over the week’s property news. Administrations, redundancies and falling share prices are headline news. What will be the impact of the Pre Budget Report on the property industry? and it’s not all bad news either! We look at the opening of Westfield London.

Property Week online reporter Georgie Hobbs heads down to Westfield to see what the public think of the new boy on the London shopping block and speaks to Linsey Wooldridge, marketing manager from Westfield to see how they think their new baby is being received.

While James Max interviews restaurateur Jamie Barber of Hush, Villandry and Kitchen Italia fame about how important good property is to his business and Property Week’s Deputy Editor James Whitmore looks at the big stories making headlines this week.

Episode 01

Readers comments regarding the Empty rates debate:
Mike Harris said: ‘I am almost speehless. The ineptitude, the stupidity ,the lack of foresight. How can this help the medium sized business with an empty building. Why do they have to pay empty rates- could this lead to more staff being laid off-it is taking money away unnessarily and stops an engine of growth. What does this do to a car manufacturer who is initially slowing down production and who knows maybe has to close a plant.
‘What does this do to the rest of his business. He knocks down buildings that could otherwise be used for small seedcorn businesses and which could take time to let in normal circumstances. It takes away opportunity. When the whole property industry and many of the governments own members call for the abolition of this stupid measure this government is surely not just deaf.’

Daniel said: I was priced out in 2000. Over the last decade I have lost tens of thousands of pounds paying rent. Far more than the average person who will go into negative equity, will lose. Where’s my bail out? Where’s the Property Week headlines for the tens, if not hundreds of thousands of people, in the same situation as me? Where’s the impartiality? Your home should be repossessed and sold at a more reasonable price to another hard up family who can still afford the mortgage when things get a bit tighter. Go rent a property if you cannot afford to buy one!! This is Ridiculous! ALL BECAUSE I WAS SENSIBLE ENOUGH NOT TO BORROW MORE THAN I COULD AFFORD, TO BUY A HOUSE!!!!! OUR GOVERNMENT NEED LOCKING UP. This will not stop house prices dropping back down to 2000 levels. Nothing Will now.’

Christopher Noble said: ‘We should show our humble and grateful thanks to the Chancellor for showing such generous mercy, by introducing this Empty Rates relief, especially as we approach Christmas. P.S. Could somebody please remind me who introduced this tax?’

Jamie Barber’s websites

• www.villandry.com
• Kitchen Italia at Westfield
• strictlyhush.com

Stories discussed by James Max and James Whitmore in the podcast:

• KFC and Taco Bell gain appetite for UK
• Knight Frank to cut graduates
• The fallout from Lehman

Send feedback to: podcast@propertyweek.com