Career News
Q+A: Cala's Robert Millar to retire
Robert Millar, group land director at housebuilder Cala Homes, was today expected to announce that he will retire in September, after 28 years at the company.
Companies tap emerging markets for rich talent pools
Spending by businesses on relocating senior staff around the world rose in 2012, boosted by activity in Asia.
Segro showcases Young Artists at RSA
Industrial developer Segro held an exhibition on 18 April at the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) to exhibit art created during the fifth year of its Young Artists programme.
RICS simplifies ethics guidelines
The RICS will begin a series of “roadshows” at the end of this month to promote its revamped ethics module, as part of its continuing professional development (CPD) programme.
Cushman & Wakefield boosts Turkish team
Cushman & Wakefield has appointed three new agents to boost its Turkish operations.
Sociable Surveyors goes fully comp
Number of internships rises to 45 and includes all-expenses-paid global and multidisciplinary placements. Hardeep Sandher reports
Sociable Surveyors: Predictions for 2013 - views from the top
Hear chief executives, managing directors, journalists and lawyers involved in the property industry give their predictions for 2013.
Sociable Surveyors: Career highlights - views from the top
Hear chief executives, managing directors, journalists and lawyers involved in the property industry talk about their career highlights.
Sociable Surveyors: Graduate advice - views from the top
Hear chief executives, managing directors, journalists and lawyers involved in the property industry give their advice to graduates coming into the industry.
A day in a life: top flight
John Forrester, chief executive EMEA at DTZ, reveals his working day is even longer since the firm’s takeover by Australian parent UGL — with midnight conference calls to Los Angeles and Sydney every week.
RBS to help students master finance
Bank to tailor university’s property finance masters. Hardeep Sandher reports
JLL to make UK board appointments
Jones Lang LaSalle will appoint three new board members for its UK business and a managing director for its business in Poland on 1 April 2013.
Identity Charade
The property industry’s poor record on employing anyone other than white, expensively educated men, is long overdue a radical reform. Hardeep Sandher reports
Grainger fashions Jones Lang LaSalle’s future
New chief executive to draw on retail background to embrace technology and modernise agency.
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Deloitte retail team jumps ship
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Irwin Mitchell lands 14 eagles
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Property director role could become extinct
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Former JLL team take up piano, cycling and Eddisons
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Property skills have changed but graduate qualities remain the same
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How to: ace your APC
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Q+A: Target Parking queen Emma Sinclair
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The first rule of Money Fight Club …
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Slade seeks ‘ounce of flesh’ for bonuses
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Life after property: Chalmers gets behind the lens
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Industry funds Reading initiative to attract diverse students
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Management guru: cheer our business champions
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Ritchie runs with RESI's next big thing
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Class Struggle
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The Fabulous Baker Street Boys
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Supply Chain Academy launches in Essex
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Q+A: Ian Smith, outgoing UK CoreNet president
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BCO appoints new president
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Paris mission for our Reading students
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JLL’s Dyer tops global pay league
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I survived my first property networking event
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The Firing Squad
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Extranets revolutionise information flow
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My gut feeling about Savills placement
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CSC’s Fischel and Segro’s Sleath take £1.25m apiece
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Interns survey global options in race for placements
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Race to implement flexible working before London 2012
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Take three … 2012 openings for job seekers
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Redevco makes three senior appointments
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Student sought for best practice analysis
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Straight talker: Laura Sutton
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People Moves: Colliers, Savills, Workman and more
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Investment Property Forum reveals winner of annual PhD award
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British Land sponsors US academic’s Cambridge fellowship
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Leibowitz’s Space turns industrial conversions into art form
Rising Stars
Surveying no hit with the kids
In the latest in our 1st Friday series for younger readers, Hardeep Sandher discovers that profession is in bottom 10 of career choices for school children
1st Friday: Young Norwood names next generation of property stars
Norwood, the charity that supports disadvantaged children, adults and families, has revealed the shortlist for its Young Norwood Property Awards.
Women who win
In the latest in our 1st Friday series for younger readers, Property Week catches up with Women in Property winners past and present
Generation Gap
With more candidates chasing fewer jobs, the struggle continues for property graduates. Hardeep Sandher reports.Photographs by Tom Harford Thompson
Global sociable scene
The Sociable Surveyors graduate internship scheme began a second round of placements this summer, Lindsay Watling meets Sociable Surveyors’ jet-setting interns.
Watch and Comment: Sociable Surveyors internship winners- who did it best?
View the winning video applications from the Sociable Surveyors global internship scheme.
RICS’s Collett gets down with the kids
New president determined to emphasise body’s modern approach. Emma Haslett reports
Pole star: Richard Walker's Polish venture
In the latest in our monthly 1st Friday series for young property people, Hardeep Sandher talks to Bywater Properties’ Richard Walker about his latest joint venture to invest €75m in Polish retail
Architectural interest
What makes a successful developer-architect? Sarah Stewart reports from 2012’s Young Norwood event
Reading Lights
On the day in January when unemployment among 16-to-24-year-olds reached a 19-year high of 1.02 million, Property Week visited Reading University to meet the next set of job seekers who will have to battle such statistics.
Social Science: how businesses can make the most of social media
Helen Casey, project manager at the Legacy Portfolio, last night won the annual CoreNet Global UK and Property Week essay competition. Here we present her entry
The Next Generation: how property must adapt to younger workers
Developers will have to accommodate the social practices of younger workers in designing offices for the future.
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Property’s old school ties
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No guarantees for graduates
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Grey Matters: the psychology of business decisions
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University fee rises and the threat to property courses
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Graduates taxed: how you can show "commercial awareness"
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Planning gets Streetwise
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Plucked from the nest
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Tuff talking
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Charles in charge
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Join our First Friday club
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This much we know...
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The foreign legion
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Sinking funds
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Absolute beginners
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A test of means
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Agents of the Almighty
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Against the grain
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Cut to the chase
