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For property professionals, developers, contractors and teams in the private and public sectors.
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Tailored training courses and workshops for private-sector and public-sector organisations, shaped around your team’s experience, responsibilities and the decisions they need to make.
Explore land acquisition, development appraisal, viability, funding, affordable housing, negotiation and governance. Start with a focused workshop or build a programme around the gaps you want to address.
Graham has benefited from excellent training throughout his career, including Clydesdale Bank’s Talent Academy, the Growth Board at Savills and leadership training at Saïd Business School.
That learning, combined with practical experience across housebuilding, consultancy and banking, fuels his passion for developing new talent, sharing knowledge and encouraging a growth mindset. GBR Academy brings that approach to the people and teams he works with.
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Build confidence through tailored courses, team workshops, coaching and mentoring. Agree the audience, the questions and the outcome first. Discuss learning with Graham ↗
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GBR Research · March to August 2026 · PDF · 2 pages · 235 KB
Time is money. Scottish new-build market comparison.
Compare average asking prices, floor areas, prices per square foot and recorded reservation rates across Glasgow, Inverness, Edinburgh, and Aberdeen & Aberdeenshire.
Sales pace matters. Slower sales can mean longer on site, higher prelims and additional finance costs, putting pressure on margin. This research snapshot shows why sales assumptions deserve as much scrutiny as build costs and selling prices.
Prices are asking prices. Averages use available records; price per square foot is area-weighted. Rates of sale reflect recorded reservations per outlet per week, not completed sales.
Paper · April 2026 · PDF · 6 pages · 4.7 MB
Land funding, not banking
Graham’s paper explores how deferred land payment can, in the right circumstances, ease upfront capital pressure and align landowner and developer interests. It also sets out why viability, security, repayment priorities and a clear legal framework matter.
Free checklist
Put the project on one page
Six prompts to organise the opportunity, objectives, facts, numbers, uncertainties and next decision.
From LinkedIn
Inside the GBR
Development Masterclass.
These posts introduce practical ideas from the GBR Development Masterclass: testing options, understanding land value and challenging development costs.
“We’ve got a plan.” What were the other options?
Explore credible alternatives before committing capital, and use what you learn to strengthen the chosen development strategy.
Same land. Different buyer. Different worth.
How procurement, funding, delivery strategy and competitive advantage change what a site is worth to a particular buyer.
How certain are your development costs?
A practical way to expose uncertain appraisal inputs and improve the evidence before planning, land purchase and the start of construction.
What would you like your team to do with more confidence?
You don’t need a fully formed brief. Start with a conversation.