Cushman & Wakefield has appointed Neal Best as senior consultant for retail in its European research team. He joins the firm's near 200-strong global research team as an associate.

Neal joins from Sainsbury’s where he was a senior location planner, driving store expansion across the UK. He previously worked at retailer Dixon’s and at Savills as associate in the retail research and planning team.

At Cushman & Wakefield, Neal will help identify opportunities to provide retail research on the UK and European markets for clients, who range from occupiers and landlords to investors.