Companies Sponsoring this April

A global commercial real estate services leader, we will never settle for the world that's been built, but relentlessly drive it forward. We help our clients uncover opportunities big and small by curating customer experiences and discovering the best locations for every retail and leisure business to grow. Backed by data and loaded with insights, we help our clients make better decisions under any market conditions.

FHP Property Consultants are the leading Retail and Leisure Agents in the Midlands and winners of the EGi most active Retail Agent in the East Midlands for the last 14 years and 5th most active in the UK in 2023. FHP act on shopping centres across the Midlands including; Victoria Centre Nottingham, Derbion Derby, Three Spires Lichfield, The Gracechurch Sutton Coldfield, Sailmakers Ipswich, Wulfrun Wolverhampton, Peak Village Derbyshire, St Marks Newark & Pescod Square Boston. FHP are acquisition agents for Lidl, Dunkin’, BEAR, Taco Bell, Starbucks, Pizza Pilgrims, The Tap House, Puddle Ducks, Mobile Lab, dji x Hasselblad, Thai Express, Pudding Pantry, Birds Bakery, Caffe Rizzoli Prosecco Bar, Doughnotts & One Stop.

Park Place Retail, established in November 2023, specialise in occupational and investment agency within the out of town retail sector. The agency team comprises of six partners and are instructed across 23 million sq ft of retail park assets for a mix of institutional and private clients. As well as this, the team are retained by the following occupiers: Currys, Halfords, Hobbycraft, JD Sports and Wickes.

Lidl GB is the fastest growing supermarket in Great Britain, with over 960 stores, 14 regional distribution centres and over 32,000 colleagues across the country. Since opening its first stores in1994, the discounter has enhanced choice in towns and cities up and down the country by providing all households with access to good food at affordable prices. Lidl has long taken a flexible approach to delivering new stores and will consider freehold, leasehold, and developer transactions along with more flexible store formats in London.

Mason Partners is a firm of Chartered Surveyors and commercial property consultants with offices in London and Liverpool. They have been practicing since 1993. Mason Partners are a private practice specialising in the retail market throughout the UK. Our expertise has gained the confidence of numerous retailers, institutions and property companies who have retained our services repeatedly to seek out advice on a wide range of issues including retail agency, rating, rent reviews, asset management and building services etc.  Retained retail clients include Superdrug, Iceland, Savers, Poundstretcher, Wren, Boots, Sports Direct, Next, Dixons, Taco Bell, Dunkin, Three and The Works. We also advise Virgin Active on all their property matters.

The Gym Group was established in 2008 and currently has 235 gyms open across the UK, offering no contract low-cost gym memberships, within a high quality and welcoming environment. The business was successfully floated on the London Stock Exchange in November 2015, making it the only listed gym operator in the UK, with low levels of debt and therefore offering the best covenant within the sector.  With a healthy balance sheet, the business is looking to continue their nationwide expansion plans, with a strong focus on breaking down barriers to fitness for all, in turn delivering upon its sustainability and social value targets.

Green Street is the pre-eminent provider of actionable commercial real estate research, news, data, analytics, and advisory services in the U.K., Europe, U.S., and Canada. For nearly 40 years, Green Street has delivered unparalleled intelligence and trusted data on the public and private real estate markets, helping investors, banks, lenders, and other industry participants optimise investment and strategic decisions. Coming soon, Green Street’s Retail Analytics Pro will bring together enhanced analytics, unique health index, comprehensive data, and real-time insights from Local Data Company (LDC) and Local Data Online (LDO) to power strategic planning for retail, property and local authorities with best-in-class proprietary data and insights on the entire GB retail and leisure markets. Green Street delivers exclusive market information, conclusion-driven insights, and predictive analytics through a SaaS platform.

Offering delicious great quality food at competitive prices has been at the heart of what we do since John James and Mary Ann Sainsbury opened our first store in 1869. Today, inspiring and delighting our customers with tasty food remains our priority and our purpose is clear – we make good food joyful, accessible and affordable for everyone, every day. Our property team plays a vital role making it easier for customers to shop with us whenever and wherever they want and we’re opening new stores to provide greater choice and flexibility, developing our estate across the UK. We’re proud to have one of the largest store portfolios in the UK.

Morgan Williams is a specialist investment, retail and development adviser with an active involvement across all commercial property sectors. Established in 1994, the firm’s ethos has always been to provide clients with ‘best-in-class’ advice on all aspects of maximising value from commercial property. We take pride in establishing long-term working relationships with our clients, on a personal, honest and confidential basis. We are consistently ranked within the top 5 retail and investment teams in the UK.

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield is an owner, developer and operator of sustainable, high-quality real estate assets in Europe and the United States. The Group operates 72 shopping centres in 12 countries, including 38 which carry the Westfield brand. These centres attract over 900 million visits annually. URW is a committed partner to major cities on urban regeneration projects, through both mixed-use development and the retrofitting of buildings to industry-leading sustainability standards. These commitments are enhanced by the Group’s Better Places plan, which strives to make a positive environmental, social and economic impact on the cities and communities where URW operates.

Destination stations - At Network Rail, we manage the busiest travel hubs in Great Britain, with over 700 million people passing through our 19 stations each year.   Under our management these stations have become destinations; where travellers, non-travellers and the local community can come together to shop, eat and drink. We gather first party passenger insights, and combine with the latest industry trends and station developments, to ensure that we are offering a best-in-class experience at our destinations. We are the partner of choice for any business considering the travel market. Through long term leases, or short-term pop-ups, exciting opportunities are available for established or emerging brands.

Edgerley Simpson Howe (ESH) is a niche agency specialising in the retail warehouse, leisure and foodstore sectors throughout the UK. We also provide advice to clients in the commercial roadside market, self storage, gyms, hotels, retirement and care home sectors. ESH is a leading adviser in the edge and out-of-town property market, providing bespoke advice relating to investment sales and purchases; lettings; asset management, occupier acquisitions and disposals; property development; rent reviews, lease restructuring and renewals. We asset manage over 120 retail and leisure parks, developments, solus units and foodstores totalling over 10 million sq ft in England, Wales and Scotland.

For over 40 years EYCO have been immersed in the retail property market, gaining an in-depth understanding of occupiers’ and owners’ requirements. We will provide you with objective and impartial advice backed up by a highly experienced team, substantial market knowledge and activity. Clients include: Primark, Next, Boots, Starbucks, Tesco, B&Q, Asda, Co-op, Schuh, Azzurri Restaurants, Pizza Express, Byron, British Land, The Crown Estate, Aviva, Ares, Nuveen, Brookfield, Sovereign Centros, Ellandi, M&G, Hines UK, NewRiver Retail, Scoop and LCP.

We’re passionate about delivering hot, great-tasting, freshly handcrafted pizzas to customers. This relentless focus has helped us become the UK’s leading pizza brand, and a major player in the Republic of Ireland.   Since opening the first Domino’s store in the UK in 1985, we now have over 1,300 stores across the UK and Republic of Ireland and more than 35,000 team members. Last year, we sold over 112 million freshly handcrafted pizzas.   We’re committed to offering choice, and with thousands of combinations on our menu, customers have plenty of options. Our pizzas are made with great quality sourced ingredients, such as creamy 100% mozzarella, vine-ripened tomato sauce, and our signature fresh dough.

CSP’s sole business is providing high quality occupational advice to occupiers, landlords and developers in the out-of-town retail and leisure market.  Founded in 2010 with offices in London and Manchester, CSP offers dedicated agency and asset management advice, built on extensive market knowledge, diverse contacts and bringing a unique value to both occupiers and landlords.   CSP and Staunton Whiteman announced the formation of a strategic alliance in 2016 to become a leading integrated property advisory firm in the out-of-town sector. The entity combines CSP’s controlling position in the agency sector, with Staunton Whiteman’s many years of experience advising on commercial property investments’.