All Insight articles – Page 24
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EDI campaign launch highlights steps to inspire diversity
Last Thursday (29 June), Property Week launched its Inspiring Diversity in Property campaign at a packed event in the Frobisher Rooms at the Barbican in London.
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Design buildings to stand test of time
Editor: Visitors to our studio in Wapping are drawn irresistibly to the large wharf doors, giving a panoramic view across the River Thames. Their gaze is inevitably drawn eastwards, towards the crystalline powerhouse of Canary Wharf shimmering in the distance.
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From words to action
Property Week’s white paper polled HR leaders and professionals on the perceived challenges to equity, diversity and inclusion in the industry and how they could be overcome.
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Government must act to improve London tourism
Editor: Amid macroeconomic uncertainty, with one prominent fund manager describing London as a “backwater” of global markets, is the capital ready to compete against the likes of New York, Paris, Berlin and Hong Kong?
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Apex Group’s Natalie Breen on opportunities for forward-thinking real estate investors
As we reach the end of the second quarter of 2023, market conditions have continued to provide headwinds for real estate investors.
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Mayfair Private Office’s Cameron Smith on why Middle East wealth is looking to prime London property
As we look back on a turbulent first half of the year, with financial instability and a lack of economic growth spreading across borders and industries, some regions have fared much better than others.
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Quaye Services sponsors five BWRE memberships to support junior real estate professionals
Chartered quantity surveyor Quaye Services (QS) is sponsoring five memberships to Black Women in Real Estate (BWRE) as part of a campaign aimed at encouraging junior and intermediate real estate professionals to join the network.
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Finnish model can end homelessness
Editor: This week it was encouraging to see lots of positive coverage of the Prince of Wales’s plans to end homelessness for good. The proposed programme will emulate the Housing First model adopted in Finland and parts of the US, which aims to build apartments for homeless people and gradually ...
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Abolish planning acts to tackle the housing crisis
Editor: The planning acts do not need reform – they need to be abolished.
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Big interview with UKGBC’s outgoing chief exec Julie Hirigoyen: To net zero, and beyond…
UK Green Building Council chief Julie Hirigoyen reflects on the road ahead for the property sector as she steps down after eight years of progress.
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Property must act now on climate
More than half (54%) of the world’s most influential property and construction companies have not developed a climate transition plan. Just under half (44%) have failed even to set any emissions-reduction targets. Moreover, the transition plans that do exist within the sector tend to lack basic details, such as the ...
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Stats do not tell the whole story
It is no secret that the UK property market has been affected by the political and economic challenges of the past 12 months.
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Confusing desire with demand
‘Supply and demand’ definition: the relationship between the quantity of a commodity producers wish to sell at various prices and the quantity that consumers wish to buy.
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Change-of-use policy out of step
Despite the structural changes in business, planning at a local level has remained largely rooted in the past and its inherent inflexibility is holding commerce back.
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EDI Q&A: Lisa Ravenscroft, chief marketing officer at Mount Anvil
Property might not be the first career choice for many with some not realising the breadth of roles in the sector if they have no family or friends working in it.
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Celebrating 20 years of progress
This November marks the 20th anniversary of the cessation of Section 28. Introduced by Margaret Thatcher’s government in 1988, the legislation saw a series of laws rolled out across Britain that prohibited the ‘promotion of homosexuality’ by local authorities.
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Sign up to Property Week's company pledge to make a difference to diversity in the workplace
As it launches its Inspiring Diversity in Property Campaign, Property Week is calling for companies to put markers in the ground and be ambitious, and sign up to our pledge to do more.
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Will YOU make a difference to diversity in the property sector?
As it launches its Inspiring Diversity in Property Campaign Property Week is calling for everyone to make a change, no matter how small, to start moving the needle on diversity.
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The 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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EDI Q&A: Jon Seal, managing director, technologywithin
Jon Seal, managing director of technology within explains to Property Week his route to employment and why other options should be considered in the sector.