Can you believe it’s nearly Christmas? October flew by here at Calvermont, and as well as experiencing the colder weather, we also experienced a record coverage day following the Chancellor's Autumn Budget announcement.

Our client Cluttons, a strategic property consultancy based in London, Oxford and Manchester, has experts across all real estate services, who watched the Budget with anticipation, waiting to provide their verdict on anything real estate-related.

Partners Raoul Veevers, Darren Zitren, Ryan Jones, Mike Hampton–Riddington, John Gravett and Ian Paton all had some insightful comments forecasting the impact of the budget on business rates, climate change, planning and connectivity.

It was a very hectic but successful day, with Cluttons’ comments being featured widely across national, business and property publications. Comments featured in The Evening Standard, the Daily Mail (three times!), Property Week, Yahoo, and sustainability title Edie, amongst many more. Safe to say, Cluttons were extremely happy with the coverage which had a combined reach of over 80million.

At the same time as the budget mayhem, we also placed a key appointment piece for our client Lateral Investment Management across the key property trades, making it an all-round success, and negotiated some corporate profile opportunities for the Government Property Agency.

We celebrated with a glass of wine (or three) in our local - The Barn!