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Listen Up - a legal podcast from Gowling WLG

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Dec 9, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated numerous consumer trends, notably an increased focus on buying locally and the concept of a 15-minute city, where everything you need is just 15 minutes away. What challenges does this present for retailers, both in terms of their online offering and brick and mortar stores?

In this podcast, our head of retail, Chris Hunt, talks to cosmetics company Lush's customer experience specialist Katie Nugent and Dr Tamira King, senior lecturer for strategic marketing and sales at Cranfield University, to discuss the future of the retail sector after the pandemic and how retailers can adapt to the trends that everyone's talking about.

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Nov 25, 2021
COP26 saw two weeks of debate and discussion in Glasgow on how to tackle climate change across the globe.

In this podcast moderated by Inspiratia, partner Ben Stansfield and Foresight Group's sustainability lead, Lily Crompton, discuss whether expectations were met and their thoughts on the draft agreement, the UK's Net Zero Strategy, how investors can incorporate more sustainable assets into their portfolios and more.

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Jun 15, 2021
There is fast growing recognition of the important role retirement communities have to play in meeting the housing and wellbeing needs of our ageing population.

In this latest podcast from our senior living team, Dominic Morris is joined by Tom Lord, Chief Operating Officer at Inspired Villages Group.

We discuss what life has been like in Inspired's villages during the pandemic, what being a responsible business means for Inspired and how the use of technology in its villages is set to grow.

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May 14, 2021
The housing with care market has grown considerably over the last decade, and with an increasingly elderly population in the UK, demand for senior living provision continues to rise.

In this latest podcast from our senior living team, Dominic Morris is joined by Anthony Oldfield, director in the Healthcare Capital Markets team at JLL, to talk about the findings of the latest JLL Housing With Care Index.

We discuss the current growth and sales performance trends in the housing with care market and likely future growth opportunities.

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Apr 29, 2021

Getting the design of retirement housing and care homes right is crucial to ensure a new development is equipped to meet the needs of the residents and becomes an integrated part of its local community. 

In this latest podcast from our senior living team, Dominic Morris is joined by Jenny Buterchi, partner and later living expert at architectural firm PRP.

We discuss the 15-minute neighbourhood, designing for different models of tenure, the adoption of technological innovation during the design and construction phase, how net zero carbon developments can be realised and the impact that Covid-19 has had on scheme design.

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Apr 1, 2021

The benefits of housing with care have really been highlighted during the pandemic, and interest in the sector from potential residents, developers, operators, funders and investors has accelerated.  

In this latest podcast from our senior living team, Dominic Morris is joined by Sally Ireland, barrister and head of regulation and compliance at ARCO.

We discuss the need for a housing with care government taskforce and legal reforms to ensure growth within the sector, ARCO's Vision 2030 plan and the importance of its consumer code, and what new operators need to have on their radar before entering the market. 

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Mar 2, 2021

The UK's rapidly ageing population, on-going housing crisis and increased focus on health and wellbeing is leading to major growth in the senior living sector.

In this latest podcast, our head of senior living, Dominic Morris, is joined by Nick Sanderson, Chief Executive of Audley Group and Chairman of ARCO (the Associated Retirement Community Operators).

We discuss how Audley's retirement villages have responded to the challenges of the pandemic, the advances in technology that are driving the sector forward, why investors should be backing operators in this space, the emergence of private rental models in the sector and the role of Audley's Mayfield brand in its future growth plans.  

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