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NewsBAME in Property rebrands as PREACH Inclusion
Name change reflects growing need to support intersectional inclusion.
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InsightReal Estate Balance names Avison Young’s Jo Davis as next chair
Davis will take over from Liz Peace as chair of Real Estate Balance in May.
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PSP becomes latest signatory of Property Week's diversity pledge
The parcel logistics services firm is “actively championing” the principles of the campaign.
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OnlineSurvey: Help us measure progress in addressing diversity and inclusion in property
Property Week has recently launched its second annual Inspiring Diversity in Property (IDiP) sentiment survey.
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NewsTime Retail Partners gains B Corp status
B Corps are businesses that meet the highest standard of verified social and environmental performance.
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InsightQ&A with Sanmi Adegoke, head of Rehoboth Property Group: Taking a leap of faith
Sanmi Adegoke, head of Rehoboth Property Group, which specialises in finding premises for churches, talks to Property Week about overcoming the barriers ethnic minority professionals face and being a role model.
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InsightLeaders, it is time for action
It is no secret that the property industry, like the wider built environment, is not where it needs to be when it comes to equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) – and the lack of progress comes down to the lack of impactful leadership.
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Rangeford Villages signs ‘earn and learn’ workforce commitment
The 5% Club is an initiative focused on driving momentum into the recruitment of apprentices, graduates and sponsored students.
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NewsQ&A: Knight Frank’s Elaine Carey and Georgie Roberts on International Women’s Day
The awareness day is an opportunity to see how far we have travelled on the way to true inclusivity and focus minds on what still needs to be achieved, Carey and Roberts say.
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NewsInternational Women’s Day: Moda Living launches mentoring programme
The BTR developer is marking International Women’s Day with programme to educate young talent about careers in the built environment sector.
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NewsInternational Women’s Day: Puma’s Tarinee Pandey on why true inclusion equals belonging
The theme of International Women’s Day is ‘Inspire Inclusion’ – but what does that mean?
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NewsInternational Women’s Day: Real Estate Balance’s Sue Brown on progressing gender equality beyond the annual celebration
Sue Brown, managing director at Real Estate Balance, reflects on how far gender equality has come since the organisation was established and how far it still has to go.
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InsightQ&A: Property Week talks to Christopher Laing, founder of Signstrokes
Architectural designer, activist and consultant Christopher Laing explains to Property Week why he felt ideally placed to set up the Deaf Architecture Front and why he believes it is such an important initiative.
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InsightREB's NextGen results revealed: Just how inclusive is the property industry?
The results of Real Estate Balance’s 2023 equity, diversity and inclusion survey were revealed to senior and junior members of the sector last week. Property Week reports on the findings.
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NewsUniversity introduces ‘UK’s first’ residential estate agency foundation degree
The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) is offering the foundation degree at its Swindon campus.
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NewsMount Anvil and GLA mentorship initiative doubles in size
Makers & Mentors has revealed a doubling of registrations for its sector-wide mentoring platform in 2023.
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NewsLRG signs PW’s Inspiring Diversity in Property Pledge
Property services firm Leaders Romans Group is latest firm to sign up to campaign.
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InsightElevate’s Roxane McMeeken on why property needs ethnically diverse leaders
When discussing diversity and inclusion in the built environment, the market keeps returning to one point: change does not happen within an organisation without the involvement of its leaders. This is a reminder of both the power of leadership and the potency of leaders.
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InsightTurley’s Fola Kalesanwo and Alex Fuller on diversity and home design
London now has a majority ethnic minority population, according to 2021 Office of National Statics’ Census data. This highlights an increasing need for London’s built environment practitioners to assess how their work can best meet the diverse needs of Londoners.
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InsightBarratt Developments’ Gemma Webb on encouraging women into construction
Of the 2.7 million people working in the construction sector, fewer than 15% are women. That sounds like a statistic from the 1950s, but is in fact a sad reflection of where we are today.
