All Diversity articles – Page 14
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JLL reports 16% ethnicity pay gap
JLL has reported an ethnicity mean pay gap of 16.3% in its first ethnicity pay gap (EPG) report.
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Savills dismisses employee over racist tweet
Savills has “terminated” the employment of an employee who allegedly tweeted a racist remark in the wake of the Euro 2020 final.
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Professional
Let’s make diversity a priority within property recruitment
Changes wrought by Covid present unique opportunity to make the industry more inclusive and welcoming
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It’s time to tackle the lack of diversity
Research shows the property industry is failing to attract enough people from diverse backgrounds and keep them in the industry.
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Tonic buys site for UK’s first LGBT+ affirmative retirement community
Tonic Housing has bought 19 shared ownership apartments at London’s Bankhouse from One Housing Group with plans to create “the first LGBT+ affirmative, affordable residential community in the UK aimed at retired people”.
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How Pathways to Property is increasing industry diversity
Senior figures and Pathways alumni reveal the positive impact the initiative has had over the past nine years.
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Cushman & Wakefield and Grainger named ‘champions’ of WCCS education bursary
The Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors (WCCS) has signed up Cushman Wakefield and Grainger as new champions for its education bursary, Property Week can reveal.
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Half of the industry does not think it has a racism issue
Almost half of those in property do not think the industry has a racism problem, reveals a Property Week poll.
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View from the top: Jo McNamara, Oxford Properties’ executive vice-president of Europe and Asia-Pacific
Oxford Properties’ executive vice-president of Europe and Asia-Pacific tells Property Week how the business is overcoming the biggest challenge facing investors right now: what to spend all that money on.
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London Architecture Festival launches Pride Pop Up design contest
The London Festival of Architecture (LFA) and Architecture LGBT+ have launched a design competition for a ‘Pride Pop Up’ in the gardens of St Anne’s Church in Soho, to coincide with Pride in London this September.
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Pathways to Property begins 2021 summer school to improve diversity in industry
Pathways to Property has started its 2021 Summer School, which will run until Wednesday.
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Kick racism out of property
There was a sickening inevitability to it – so much so that I switched my phone and the TV off as soon as the game ended and I realised what was coming – but I did not think for a second that one of the idiots taking to social media ...
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Industry condemns post-Euros final racist tweets
Property industry professionals have condemned racist remarks directed at England footballers after the Euro 2020 final on Sunday.
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REB and PW team up for Black History Month push
Real Estate Balance (REB) has launched a campaign in collaboration with Property Week to coincide with Black History Month.
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Diversity and Inclusion in the built environment
More focus on inclusivity in the built environment is crucial, say some of the property industry’s leading women.
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We must prove that we matter
A few weeks ago, courtesy of Real Estate Balance and Savills, I had the pleasure of chairing a seminar about social mobility in the real estate sector.
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Professional
The importance of visible support for Pride month
I find myself getting frustrated around this time of year (Pride month) at campaigners complaining about so-called ‘rainbow washing’.
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Three new board members for Pathways to Property
Pathways to Property has announced the appointment of three new board members to strengthen its diversity and inclusion initiative.
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Government support key to greater gender equality
Editor: New schemes to champion gender equality in the construction industry are a promising step, and we must also continue to focus on the broader work required to empower women across the property sector as a whole (‘ Two industry leaders appointed to spearhead campaign tackling gender inequality in construction ...
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At the centre of the community
Property developer Stewart Wellington talks to Property Week about his property activism and his plans to turn a neglected community hub in north London into the African Caribbean Cultural Centre.