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21 September 2010

Ed Stansfield, Capital Economics, joins leading industry commentators for top flight London seminar next week (30/9/2010) highlighting investor opportunities Ed Stansfield, chief property economist/commentator with think tank Capital Economics, will join a high profile line up of speakers addressing pension fund and family office investors for a seminar on key issues currently affecting the commercial property industry next week (Thursday, September 30 2010). Organised by Faircroft Real Estate, the seminar (see attachment for full details) – which will take place in central London* - will be examining the pros and cons of current investment trends in the light of forthcoming government spending cuts. Stansfield, whose views regularly appear in the national media, is considered to be one of the UK’s major authorities on the commercial market, and his views are closely followed by investors active in the sector. He will be joined by Andrew Tailby-Faulkes, private client partner with ‘top five’ accountancy firm Ernst & Young, while the seminar will be chaired by Dominic Reilly, managing partner, King Sturge Finance. King Sturge is a leading supplier of property services to owners and occupiers in the UK industrial, office, retail, hotels & leisure, healthcare and residential sectors. Also speaking at the seminar will be James Burchell, Chief Executive, Faircroft. Faircroft has been at the forefront of the UK commercial property investment industry for the past decade, and is highly regarded particularly for its expertise in identifying opportunities for commercial properties in the £2m - £10m price bracket. “We are currently seeing a boom in investment in commercial property in Central London – but as the coalition government’s spending review reaches its conclusion at the end of October, we want to examine the opportunities within the sector across the United Kingdom in the wake of anticipated cuts,” said James Burchell. “There is undeniably a high level of interest in the market from private investors, along with pension fund managers, hedge funds and ‘family offices’ looking for current opportunities in the sector and with the expertise we have on hand for this seminar we expect to generate a high degree of cross-sector interest,” he said. • Venue: King Sturge, 30, Warwick Street, London W1B 5NH. • Time 9.30 am - Ends -

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