MY JOURNEY IN 2025 BY HARRY GAMBLE

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As 2025 comes to an end, I thought I’d look back over the last 12 months. I am now halfway through my degree apprenticeship at Nottingham Trent University and the skills that I have learnt are directly linked into my day-to-day role within FHP. It has been a busy year with FHP, and I have primarily been working across all 3 sectors of the market, including the sales and lettings of Office, Industrial and Retail premises. At times, the workload can be tough with some late nights ensuring my coursework is due in on time! But this doesn’t change the fact that I would recommend this route to anybody and when you have a company that supports you well, it really does benefit you in the long run.

The bulk of my work this year has been within the industrial/warehouse sector. I have dealt with the lettings and sales of multiple units across Derbyshire. My highlight of 2025 did fall at Amber Business Centre, Riddings. Within the first six months of 2025, I saw 5 units between 625ft² to 1,770ft² being taken at a rapid pace. Off the back of this, Amber Business Centre, a circa 400,000ft² estate, hit full occupancy for the first time since 2018 when our client, Mileway, acquired it.

Pleasingly, I had exposure within the development sector too this year. DJ Atkinson Construction are developing three new build offices just south of Chesterfield in Grassmoor. These are set to complete in early 2026. The offices consist of a two-storey, high quality development with adequate parking. It has been great experience working on this development to see the property evolve, and pleasingly I am having a number of positive discussions with several businesses, and I hope to agree a deal early in the new year.

As we stepped into the second half of the year, I found myself working within the retail sector where I have been dealing with many properties throughout Derby city centre and Derbyshire. I have seen good demand for small starter units, and a particular example of this would be 1256 London Road, Alvaston. The small takeaway unit received numerous offers, and it was let quickly once we had accepted the best one. I have also worked on the disposal of FarmFood’s lease, in Ripley by way of an assignment recently and that is currently under offer to another national occupier.

Typically, I have found myself meeting clients, showing occupiers properties and inspecting potential new instructions. Over the past two and a half years at FHP I have grown a much better understanding of the property world and I am in a role that I am thoroughly enjoying. Over the last 12 months I have achieved a lot of personal targets with the support from FHP. I have concluded on a couple industrial lettings over 10,000ft² which was a milestone I wanted to hit. One of these was a new letting in Ilkeston, whilst the other one was a sub-letting in Market Harborough which really tested my knowledge, but I was pleased to see it over the line.

With 2025 coming to an end, it has been an extremely successful year in terms of my personal development. I look forward to the challenges that 2026 brings and I hope we can start to see more deals completing now that we have passed a challenging 6 months.

For further information please contact Harry Gamble on 07398 443 828/ harry.gamble@fhp.co.uk.

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December 2025