https://simplecast.com Under the Microscope Each week property consultancy Bidwells takes a closer look at some of the UK's most interesting land and property markets. Special guests and Bidwells' Partners from its England and Scotland offices discuss the future commercial, rural and residential landscape of the Oxford-Cambridge Arc and beyond. 2020 Bidwells LLP en Thu, 9 Jul 2020 08:10:45 +0000 Tue, 4 Aug 2020 09:06:48 +0000 https://bidwells.simplecast.com Under the Microscope https://cdn.simplecast.com/images/a5509103-cf7c-4979-baef-a0fd2e8b6223/e245b7af-555a-4d5f-8dbe-b0348f379b0f/3000x3000/microscope-logo.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://bidwells.simplecast.com episodic Each week property consultancy Bidwells takes a closer look at some of the UK's most interesting land and property markets. Special guests and Bidwells' Partners from its England and Scotland offices discuss the future commercial, rural and residential landscape of the Oxford-Cambridge Arc and beyond. Bidwells LLP no https://feeds.simplecast.com/lIru8dwe arc, development, research, bidcast, growth, science and technology, bidwells, investment, cambridge, oxford, developers, oxford-cambridge arc Bidwells marketing@bidwells.co.uk 7aaf2fbb-3e72-467f-b74b-bc0f93c5bf52 Seeing the wood for the trees. What’s the ‘true value’ of UK Forestry? Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod

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]]> Thu, 9 Jul 2020 08:10:45 +0000 marketing@bidwells.co.uk (Andy Turnball, Ben Lee) https://bidwells.simplecast.com/episodes/seeing-the-wood-for-the-trees-whats-the-true-value-of-uk-forestry-EFHyzhLt Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod

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]]> Seeing the wood for the trees. What’s the ‘true value’ of UK Forestry? Andy Turnball, Ben Lee 00:20:39 The total value of the world’s forests was estimated to be $150 Trillion in a recent Boston Consulting Group report - double the value of the global stock markets – with tree’s carbon storage ability amounting to 90% of this value. So why did tree planting across the UK last year total just 13,460 hectares? That’s less than half the government’s recently re-confirmed target of 30,000 hectares of new woodland every year by 2025. There is a growing public will to see a green global recovery but Under the Microscope visits Bidwells’ Perth office, and Partner in Forestry, Andy Turnbull, to ask whether recognising this ‘true value’ of forests could be the real catalyst for a step change in UK woodland creation? Presented by Bidwells’ Ben Lee. The total value of the world’s forests was estimated to be $150 Trillion in a recent Boston Consulting Group report - double the value of the global stock markets – with tree’s carbon storage ability amounting to 90% of this value. So why did tree planting across the UK last year total just 13,460 hectares? That’s less than half the government’s recently re-confirmed target of 30,000 hectares of new woodland every year by 2025. There is a growing public will to see a green global recovery but Under the Microscope visits Bidwells’ Perth office, and Partner in Forestry, Andy Turnbull, to ask whether recognising this ‘true value’ of forests could be the real catalyst for a step change in UK woodland creation? Presented by Bidwells’ Ben Lee. natural capital, forestry no full 8 3fd4141c-6858-46df-a740-c7e45d0e9b7d We’re all epidemiologists now. Can AstraZeneca and Oxford Uni inspire a generation of Ox-Cam Arc placemakers? Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod

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]]> Thu, 25 Jun 2020 09:23:27 +0000 marketing@bidwells.co.uk (Bidwells) https://bidwells.simplecast.com/episodes/were-all-epidemiologists-now-can-astrazeneca-and-oxford-uni-inspire-a-generation-of-oxcam-arc-placemakers-i4G7cPqr Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod

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]]> We’re all epidemiologists now. Can AstraZeneca and Oxford Uni inspire a generation of Ox-Cam Arc placemakers? Bidwells 00:37:28 News of AstraZeneca’s recent Covid-19 partnership agreement with the University of Oxford echoed around the world. The deal would see the Cambridge-based pharmaceutical giant producing billions of doses of a vaccine currently being trialled at The Jenner Institute in Oxford, at no profit, and effectively bring an end to the global crisis. Meanwhile in Milton Keynes the UK ‘mega lab’, the Lighthouse Laboratory, recently completed its 500,000th Coronavirus test. This crisis has shown how effectively the UK life sciences industry collaborates with its response to the global pandemic the fastest in the world. As marketing opportunities for the UK and the Oxford-Cambridge Arc go, they don’t come much bigger. With epidemiology leading the news each day, we ask how business and political leaders in Oxford, Cambridge and Milton Keynes should be building on the public’s new awareness of the importance of scientific research to both our health and the UK economy? AstraZeneca’s Andy Williams, Vice President for Cambridge Strategy and Operations; MD of Advanced Oxford, Sarah Haywood Price, and Chloe French, Associate Planner in Bidwells’ Milton Keynes team, discuss: 1. What can local authorities do to work better with science and tech companies? 2. How can we best engage with communities sometimes wary of inward investment? 3. How might innovation districts play their part in creating diverse and vibrant city centres? News of AstraZeneca’s recent Covid-19 partnership agreement with the University of Oxford echoed around the world. The deal would see the Cambridge-based pharmaceutical giant producing billions of doses of a vaccine currently being trialled at The Jenner Institute in Oxford, at no profit, and effectively bring an end to the global crisis. Meanwhile in Milton Keynes the UK ‘mega lab’, the Lighthouse Laboratory, recently completed its 500,000th Coronavirus test. This crisis has shown how effectively the UK life sciences industry collaborates with its response to the global pandemic the fastest in the world. As marketing opportunities for the UK and the Oxford-Cambridge Arc go, they don’t come much bigger. With epidemiology leading the news each day, we ask how business and political leaders in Oxford, Cambridge and Milton Keynes should be building on the public’s new awareness of the importance of scientific research to both our health and the UK economy? AstraZeneca’s Andy Williams, Vice President for Cambridge Strategy and Operations; MD of Advanced Oxford, Sarah Haywood Price, and Chloe French, Associate Planner in Bidwells’ Milton Keynes team, discuss: 1. What can local authorities do to work better with science and tech companies? 2. How can we best engage with communities sometimes wary of inward investment? 3. How might innovation districts play their part in creating diverse and vibrant city centres? no full 7 fc8f1acb-479b-41fc-bf1b-8cb01812c443 Legacies of lockdown. How might Covid-19 restrictions reinvent master planning and urban design? EPISODE NOTES

Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod

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]]> Mon, 1 Jun 2020 12:10:53 +0000 marketing@bidwells.co.uk (Bidwells) https://bidwells.simplecast.com/episodes/legacies-of-lockdown-how-might-covid-19-restrictions-reinvent-master-planning-and-urban-design-6ZgzvTUl EPISODE NOTES

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]]> Legacies of lockdown. How might Covid-19 restrictions reinvent master planning and urban design? Bidwells 00:26:42 Our behaviour has been turned upside down by Covid-19 with newly discovered habits around how we live, move and shop reshaping communities overnight. But just how many of these societal changes will remain when economics overtakes health in the nation’s list of priorities? Which of the positive changes we’ve seen in the last six weeks could end up enshrined in the planning system? Socio-economics planner Juliet Clark; landscape architect and urban designer Danielle Percy and heritage consultant Kate Hannelly-Brown, give Ben Lee the Bidwells lockdown lowdown on: 1. How current social distancing measures might impact place making in the longer-term 2. What has Covid taught us about urban design? Will the balance of indoor / outdoor space and public / private space change? 3. Just how far will the urban grain of our city centres be transformed? Will urban densities be affected? 4. How might planning re-imagine the high street? What new uses could we see and why? Our behaviour has been turned upside down by Covid-19 with newly discovered habits around how we live, move and shop reshaping communities overnight. But just how many of these societal changes will remain when economics overtakes health in the nation’s list of priorities? Which of the positive changes we’ve seen in the last six weeks could end up enshrined in the planning system? Socio-economics planner Juliet Clark; landscape architect and urban designer Danielle Percy and heritage consultant Kate Hannelly-Brown, give Ben Lee the Bidwells lockdown lowdown on: 1. How current social distancing measures might impact place making in the longer-term 2. What has Covid taught us about urban design? Will the balance of indoor / outdoor space and public / private space change? 3. Just how far will the urban grain of our city centres be transformed? Will urban densities be affected? 4. How might planning re-imagine the high street? What new uses could we see and why? no full 6 f70f8d99-6b99-4a4f-9817-834ff5cc8601 Waiting for the green light. Are developers raring to go on biodiversity net gain? Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod

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]]> Tue, 19 May 2020 13:27:11 +0000 marketing@bidwells.co.uk (Bidwells) https://bidwells.simplecast.com/episodes/waiting-for-the-green-light-are-developers-raring-to-go-on-biodiversity-net-gain-ZfYBvItI Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod

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]]> Waiting for the green light. Are developers raring to go on biodiversity net gain? Bidwells 00:16:12 Developers will soon be legally bound to provide a 10 per cent improvement in biodiversity on all new schemes. The planning system is readying itself to deliver but what should landowners, housebuilders and developers be doing to prepare? And are they ready for this greener future? Bidwells’ Head of Rural Investment Roland Bull and RPS Ecology’s Mike Barker give Ben Lee the lockdown low-down on: • How planning and programme risk can be mitigated by assessing biodiversity requirements at an early stage • On-site or off-site? What does delivering net gain in biodiversity mean in practice? • Are developers and landowners fully aware of the implications of the Environment Bill, due for royal ascent later this year? • What’s our experts advice for developers bringing forward sites this year? Developers will soon be legally bound to provide a 10 per cent improvement in biodiversity on all new schemes. The planning system is readying itself to deliver but what should landowners, housebuilders and developers be doing to prepare? And are they ready for this greener future? Bidwells’ Head of Rural Investment Roland Bull and RPS Ecology’s Mike Barker give Ben Lee the lockdown low-down on: • How planning and programme risk can be mitigated by assessing biodiversity requirements at an early stage • On-site or off-site? What does delivering net gain in biodiversity mean in practice? • Are developers and landowners fully aware of the implications of the Environment Bill, due for royal ascent later this year? • What’s our experts advice for developers bringing forward sites this year? no full 5 4c4daf6d-3076-46b5-b542-c4a78f8313a3 How Oxfordshire’s science and tech economy could inspire the UK recovery Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod

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]]> Tue, 5 May 2020 15:47:31 +0000 marketing@bidwells.co.uk (Bidwells) https://bidwells.simplecast.com/episodes/how-oxfordshires-science-and-tech-economy-could-inspire-the-uk-recovery-2te1dvof Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod

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]]> How Oxfordshire’s science and tech economy could inspire the UK recovery Bidwells 00:30:03 Oxford leads the global chase for an effective Covid 19 vaccine with human trials now underway in the city. A recently-signed production deal with Cambridge-based Astra Zeneca means vaccines stamped with ‘Made in Oxford’ could one day be opened by billions around the world. The region’s science and technology starts ups and scale ups already make regular world changing scientific breakthroughs in offices and laboratories each year but could Oxford and the wider region now also assume a national leadership role during the UK’s economic recovery? In this podcast, Ben Lee hears from Pete Wilder, head of property at Oxford Sciences Innovation (OSI); Ahmed Goga, Oxlep’s director of strategy and programmes; and Bidwells’ head of business space agency, David Williams, about how the property sector is reacting to the Covid-19 crisis and how government can support the Oxfordshire economy - particularly its S&T starts ups - to ensure it helps leads a reshaped UK economy out of crisis. Listen to the podcast to hear about: - How OSI’s 78 science and tech start-ups are being impacted by lockdown - The longer term impact on Oxfordshire’s property market and the potential bounce back - How the rocketing profile of Oxfordshire’s life sciences sector could boost its economy and support the recovery - What government can do to support starts ups during a period when venture capital funding may fall - Updates on large scale developments such as Oxpens and Oxford North - Details of recent invesment in Oxford, why it makes sense and where the opportunities might be in the future - Oxfordshire’s contribution to employment across the rest of the UK and how the UK government should be telling the Oxford story to the world - Where Oxfordshire’s property market might be in five years’ time Oxford leads the global chase for an effective Covid 19 vaccine with human trials now underway in the city. A recently-signed production deal with Cambridge-based Astra Zeneca means vaccines stamped with ‘Made in Oxford’ could one day be opened by billions around the world. The region’s science and technology starts ups and scale ups already make regular world changing scientific breakthroughs in offices and laboratories each year but could Oxford and the wider region now also assume a national leadership role during the UK’s economic recovery? In this podcast, Ben Lee hears from Pete Wilder, head of property at Oxford Sciences Innovation (OSI); Ahmed Goga, Oxlep’s director of strategy and programmes; and Bidwells’ head of business space agency, David Williams, about how the property sector is reacting to the Covid-19 crisis and how government can support the Oxfordshire economy - particularly its S&T starts ups - to ensure it helps leads a reshaped UK economy out of crisis. Listen to the podcast to hear about: - How OSI’s 78 science and tech start-ups are being impacted by lockdown - The longer term impact on Oxfordshire’s property market and the potential bounce back - How the rocketing profile of Oxfordshire’s life sciences sector could boost its economy and support the recovery - What government can do to support starts ups during a period when venture capital funding may fall - Updates on large scale developments such as Oxpens and Oxford North - Details of recent invesment in Oxford, why it makes sense and where the opportunities might be in the future - Oxfordshire’s contribution to employment across the rest of the UK and how the UK government should be telling the Oxford story to the world - Where Oxfordshire’s property market might be in five years’ time no full 4 6ef3baa2-6b61-4f67-b40a-43f53b7913c1 How can we best maintain social distancing on construction sites? Bidwells’ Derek Farrow, Partner in Project Management, is joined by Craig Cullimore, Director at ADP Architecture, and Anthony Nagle, Construction Director at BAM Construction, to discuss:  

  • What is happening on site now, what’s working well, and what not so well (2.22)?
  • Are small or large sites affected most by social distancing (6.20)?
  • Are there things architects can design into the process to make things easier on sites (7.12 and 13.59)?
  • What more can government do (9.45)?
  • Can we maintain productivity levels or do we need to accept a large fall in the coming months (12.05) ?

 

If you are interested in receiving notes from a longer meeting on this subject with lots of best practice on social distancing on construction sites then please get in contact with ben.lee@bidwells.co.uk

]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2020 08:10:43 +0000 marketing@bidwells.co.uk (Derek Farrow, Anthony Nagle, Craig Cullimore) https://bidwells.simplecast.com/episodes/how-can-we-best-maintain-social-distancing-on-construction-sites-VSlxc4Da Bidwells’ Derek Farrow, Partner in Project Management, is joined by Craig Cullimore, Director at ADP Architecture, and Anthony Nagle, Construction Director at BAM Construction, to discuss:  

  • What is happening on site now, what’s working well, and what not so well (2.22)?
  • Are small or large sites affected most by social distancing (6.20)?
  • Are there things architects can design into the process to make things easier on sites (7.12 and 13.59)?
  • What more can government do (9.45)?
  • Can we maintain productivity levels or do we need to accept a large fall in the coming months (12.05) ?

 

If you are interested in receiving notes from a longer meeting on this subject with lots of best practice on social distancing on construction sites then please get in contact with ben.lee@bidwells.co.uk

]]> How can we best maintain social distancing on construction sites? Derek Farrow, Anthony Nagle, Craig Cullimore 00:17:29 The Construction Leadership Council today issued revised guidance on site safety during Covid 19. But to continue working efficiently in the medium to long-term term does the sector need a more innovative approach too? The Project Management team in Bidwells’ Oxford office brought together site managers and architects, now working on the Covid 19 coalface, to discuss how to better use the current guidance and share what’s working in practice. The Construction Leadership Council today issued revised guidance on site safety during Covid 19. But to continue working efficiently in the medium to long-term term does the sector need a more innovative approach too? The Project Management team in Bidwells’ Oxford office brought together site managers and architects, now working on the Covid 19 coalface, to discuss how to better use the current guidance and share what’s working in practice. social distancing, adp architecture, bam construction, bidwells, covid-19, project management no full 3 def2f2c2-c73e-4423-aa1d-e5989872a0e2 Navigating the planning process during Covid-19 Johnny and Nigel offer advice to planners and anyone currently trying to navigate the planning system, including: 

  • The practical day-to-day implications of dealing with Local Planning Authorities (1.17)
  • Engaging with your clients to keep projects moving forward (8.27)
  • Keeping your project team happy, busy and motivated (11.23)
]]> Tue, 7 Apr 2020 15:12:35 +0000 marketing@bidwells.co.uk (Jonathan Bainbridge, Nigel Hawkey) https://bidwells.simplecast.com/episodes/navigating-the-planning-process-during-covid-19-0UrYaU05 Johnny and Nigel offer advice to planners and anyone currently trying to navigate the planning system, including: 

  • The practical day-to-day implications of dealing with Local Planning Authorities (1.17)
  • Engaging with your clients to keep projects moving forward (8.27)
  • Keeping your project team happy, busy and motivated (11.23)
]]> Navigating the planning process during Covid-19 Jonathan Bainbridge, Nigel Hawkey 00:14:47 Bidwells planning Partners Nigel Hawkey (Oxford office) and Johnny Bainbridge (London office) share practical advice on keeping planning officers, clients and their own teams moving forwards during these tricky times. Bidwells planning Partners Nigel Hawkey (Oxford office) and Johnny Bainbridge (London office) share practical advice on keeping planning officers, clients and their own teams moving forwards during these tricky times. london, planning advice, property, planning, covid-19 no full 2 782c3416-7576-45ac-9024-ff5ea1c9b3c7 Beyond Oxford and Cambridge - where might the next wave of Ox-Cam Arc opportunity be found? Initially recorded for an internal audience, Planning Partner Rob Hopwood, Research Director Sue Foxley and Head of MK, Holly Dawson, answer questions such as:  

  • What is Bidwells’ latest Oxford-Cambridge Arc research saying about the region’s growth (3.36)
  • Which secondary towns between Cambridge and Oxford are most likely to provide investment opportunities for office and lab owners and developers (6.44)
  • How will Milton Keynes most benefit from the opening of MK:U university (9.44)
  • How is the knowledge economy of Oxford driving take-up of secondary industrial space (13.17)
]]> Mon, 6 Apr 2020 14:54:27 +0000 marketing@bidwells.co.uk (Rob Hopwood, Sue Foxley, Rachel Arnold, Holly Dawson, Ben Lee) https://bidwells.simplecast.com/episodes/oxford-cambridge-arc-investment-opportunities-l8pyTftF Initially recorded for an internal audience, Planning Partner Rob Hopwood, Research Director Sue Foxley and Head of MK, Holly Dawson, answer questions such as:  

  • What is Bidwells’ latest Oxford-Cambridge Arc research saying about the region’s growth (3.36)
  • Which secondary towns between Cambridge and Oxford are most likely to provide investment opportunities for office and lab owners and developers (6.44)
  • How will Milton Keynes most benefit from the opening of MK:U university (9.44)
  • How is the knowledge economy of Oxford driving take-up of secondary industrial space (13.17)
]]> Beyond Oxford and Cambridge - where might the next wave of Ox-Cam Arc opportunity be found? Rob Hopwood, Sue Foxley, Rachel Arnold, Holly Dawson, Ben Lee 00:16:04 In the first-ever Bidcast from Cambridge based property consultants Bidwells, the 181-year-old firm’s Oxford-Cambridge Arc team discuss where the next wave of investment opportunities in the region can be found In the first-ever Bidcast from Cambridge based property consultants Bidwells, the 181-year-old firm’s Oxford-Cambridge Arc team discuss where the next wave of investment opportunities in the region can be found oxford no full 1