British Land Company Plc (BLND) Q2 2025 Earnings Call

Investor webinar replay

Watch the replay and follow the connected company analysis, news, and investor updates for British Land Company Plc.

Watch the replay

Replay transcript excerpt

WEBVTT 00:00:00.183 -- 00:00:05.350 Well, good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us for the half-year results. 00:00:05.350 -- 00:00:07.753 It covers quite a busy period for the company. 00:00:07.753 -- 00:00:11.939 It started back in April with the pre-let to Citadel. 00:00:11.939 -- 00:00:17.026 We then had the sale of a stake in Meadowhall, or our stake in Meadowhall, a series 00:00:17.026 -- 00:00:21.632 of retail park acquisitions, and wrapped up in October with the placing. 00:00:21.632 -- 00:00:26.919 So a busy period. But before we get into that, I did just want to say a thank you to 00:00:26.919 -- 00:00:32.177 Bavesh, who's Here today, he steps down as our CFO today. 00:00:32.177 -- 00:00:36.164 He's made a very significant contribution to the business over the last three and a half 00:00:36.164 -- 00:00:41.273 years. I think in particular, there's three areas where he's really excelled. 00:00:41.273 -- 00:00:45.801 Cost control, balance sheet management and capital allocation. 00:00:45.801 -- 00:00:49.808 I've really enjoyed working with you and I know the rest of the team have and we wish 00:00:49.808 -- 00:00:54.893 you all the best at Kingfisher. As you know, David Walker becomes 00:00:54.893 -- 00:00:58.097 our new CFO today. David's here in the front row. 00:00:58.097 -- 00:01:02.002 He's very well equipped to pick up the reins from Vivesh. 00:01:02.002 -- 00:01:07.348 Many of you know him from his time as interim CFO and head of investor relations. 00:01:07.348 -- 00:01:12.275 And more recently, he's been our chief operating officer and has executed brilliantly 00:01:12.275 -- 00:01:16.019 against the mandate to make the British land boat go faster. 00:01:16.019 -- 00:01:20.185 I know he's looking forward to seeing many of you on the road over...