Strike up the bands, the show has rolled into Cannes

Last night Boris Johnson popped down to Cannes. Later today the Mayor of London will announce that the UK will star as "the country of honour" at MIPIM next year. Boris will announce the findings of a poll which finds that 61% of businesses in the Capital expect to grow over the next 12 months. Then he will go home, drum banged, honour satisfied, leaving a determinedly optimistic group of Brits to get on with the business of the week.

The business of the week is of course banging your own corporate drum. Many happy hours are spent in marketing meetings choosing the venue, the music and the players.The problem is that, from today, so many drums will be banging it can get really hard to distinguish one tune from another. Fierce competition to be heard always breaks out, particularly between CBRE, JLL, C&W, DTZ, Knight Frank and Savills.

Savills struck up early today with a report in both the FT and the Telegraph showing that Britain is being saved by Germany when it comes to property lending. At 2.30pm they present their own operatic star in the shape of residential guru Yolanda Barnes, who will nestling close to Boris on stage to sing about the development of London. So, Tuesday's most popular band is.... Savills!

Tomorrow is another day. Tomorrow this report will come from Cannes. Watch out to see who wins the battle to orchestrate coverage. Can CBRE impress listeners with a classical European Investment briefing at 10.00am? Or will JLL's more populist choice of the top ten predictions for property at 11.00am get more air time? Or will some unrehearsed piece of music steal the show? Goodness, that would be nice...