Mipim 2025: JLL's Hyde says 'deals are getting done' as markets improve

International brokerage JLL's Stephanie Hyde, the chief executive in the UK, spoke to CoStar News managing editor Paul Norman and sister publication Business Immo at the Mipim conference in Cannes.

She spoke of a more positive sentiment than in recent years: "Companies are feeling this is a market where they can look for the opportunities and take advantage of them."

On the UK government's planning and infrastructure bill, introduced to the Houses of Parliament on Tuesday, she said: "It's been awaited for a while, it should help unlock a number of things, actually the way it's been positioned is very positive and we just have to get on with it."

She added, in terms of the government achieving its aspirations: "If you look at the bill, there are some really important things in there to try to remove some of the blockers and I think focusing on those, because there's a lot of money around in order to do things but businesses want to know they can get on with it when they start."

Watch the video above to hear more of Hyde's thoughts about key trends across Europe and the globe and geopolitical risk.