All Property Week articles in 26 May 2023
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OnlineThe Office Group’s Katrina Larkin on injecting humanity into the workplace
The running of any successful business, in any sector, relies on the people you bring together and the community you create. For women especially, this sense of community is key.
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OnlineEDI Case Studies: Gerald Eve’s Helen Foley on what property can learn from other sectors on diversity
In its gender and ethnicity pay gap report for the year to March 2022, real estate advisory firm Gerald Eve neatly illustrates one of the ongoing challenges the whole property sector is facing when it comes to equality, diversity and inclusion: progression.
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OnlineEDI Case Studies: Cobalt Recruitment’s Charlotte John
If property as an industry is serious about improving its diversity, equality and inclusion record, it will need to rethink long-standing assumptions around how it recruits people, argues Charlotte John, director for key accounts and client solutions at specialist property recruitment firm Cobalt Recruitment.
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OnlineEDI Case Studies: essensys’ Kally Kang-Kersey on neurodiversity
Tech giants such as Microsoft and Google, among others, have long recognised the very particular skills, attributes and talents that neurodiverse employees especially can bring to the software and technology arena.
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OnlineEDI Case Studies: SEGRO's Margaret Murphy on childcare policies
Back in April, a poll by temporary work platform Indeed Flex highlighted that nearly two in five UK mothers are unable to return to work after starting a family because of the spiralling cost of childcare.
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OnlineEDI Case Studies: Savills’ Noel McGonigle and Chanelle Gray on EDI representatives
With some 8,000 employees in the UK, real estate services giant Savills last year made a very public statement of intent around equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) by appointing Chanelle Gray as its dedicated head of EDI.
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OnlineEDI Case Studies: Knight Frank’s Charmain Platt
With 1,332 men and 1,425 women across its commercial, residential and business services divisions in the UK, the gender split at real estate agency Knight Frank is actually looking pretty healthy at the moment.
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OnlineEDI Case Studies: Carter Jonas’s Claire Matthews
Since its launch back in 2017, property firm Carter Jonas’s School Ambassadors Network has grown from just a single employee to 38 people from within its 1,000-strong staff.
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OnlineEDI Case Studies: British Land’s Brona McKeown
Often credited to management guru Pete Drucker, there is a saying popular in HR circles that ‘if you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it’.
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OnlineEDI Case Studies: Sovereign’s Kathryn Bowe on social mobility
One of the great strengths of property as a sector is that it houses the whole nation, whatever our nationality, age, colour or gender.
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OnlineMadison Berkeley’s Clare Coe and Nina Zeilerbauer on modern recruiting to ensure diversity
For many years, real estate recruiting with diversity and inclusion in mind was a tickbox exercise for many organisations.
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OnlineEDI Case Studies: The Hill Group’s Victoria Anthony on diversity in construction
The idea that modern-day construction sites are awash with unreconstructed ‘white van man’ brickies is, of course, a stereotypical cliché. But, like all clichés, what makes them resonate is the fact there is often at least some element of truth to them.
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OnlineEDI Case Studies: Grosvenor Property UK’s Anne Sloper on the visibility of property as a career
The lack of visibility of property as a sector – and as a tangible career option – within schools, colleges and even universities is a key barrier hindering greater equity, diversity and inclusion, especially greater social mobility, within the industry, argues Anne Sloper, head of organisational effectiveness at Grosvenor Property ...
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VideosProperty Week In Conversation With Phil Westerman at Buzzacott
Property Week features editor Andy Hillier talks to Phil Westerman, partner and head of real estate and construction at accountancy firm Buzzacott.
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NewsKajima bags prime West End office development
Kajima has acquired a 31,000 sq ft prime office development in London’s West End.
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NewsUKAA launches new hub in the Midlands
The UK Apartment Association (UKAA), the membership organisation for the build-to-rent (BTR) sector, has launched its first hub in the Midlands as part of its expansion plans.
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NewsIntermediate Capital Group Real Estate launches European logistics platform
The real estate division of Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) has announced the formation of Metropolitan Last Mile (Metropolitan), a pan-European distribution and industrial platform aiming to treble its assets over the next 18 months.
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NewsBritish Land loses spot on FTSE 100
British Land has lost its spot on the FTSE 100 Index after 21 years, following an announcement from FTSE Russell, the global index provider, which confirmed that IMI will now be joining as a result.
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NewsLecram withdraws Purplebricks takeover bid
Investment group Lecram Holdings has withdrawn its offer to buy Purplebricks, saying it had decided not to proceed because the financial condition of the estate agent is “significantly worse than expected”.
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NewsBNP Paribas Real Estate launches sustainability framework to monitor ESG targets
BNP Paribas Real Estate has launched a sustainability framework to supporting clients in achieving and monitoring environment, social and governance (ESG) targets.
