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ProfessionalLendlease determined to improve after reporting 19% gender pay gap
Earlier this month, Lendlease became the first construction and property company to publish its figures under the government’s gender pay gap reporting scheme.
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Online
Inflation rise could further 'burn' the High Street
New inflation figures of 3.9 % are creating yet another punitive business rate hit on UK businesses, potentially adding over £1bn to the troubling rates bill which Jerry Schruder highlighted in last week’s issue .
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Professional
Landsec employee recognised for helping disadvantaged people into meaningful work
Debbie Akehurst talks to Property Week about the work behind her Outstanding Achievement Award at the inaugural Social Mobility Awards.
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Professional
Councils and developers team up to boost housing supply
A new report on how to boost housing supply launched this week, but this was not another dry tome full of recommendations for long-term policy changes that will in all likelihood never happen.
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Professional
Q&A: The thoughts of one young woman as she sets out on a journey into property
At the end of last month, senior figures from across the industry gathered at the upmarket Claridge’s hotel in London for the 2017 Women in Property (WiP) National Student Awards, sponsored by Bouygues UK, Cushman Wakefield and Linden Homes.
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Information
Nearly half of UK staff say their offices are not up to scratch
Almost half of British employees think their offices are “not fit for purpose”, according to a new report.
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Insight
Diversity and inclusion must be the driving forces of the property industry
My near three-week summer holiday to Canada this year represented the longest period I have been out of the UK since moving here in 2008 - and I must admit I did not miss reading and talking about Brexit every minute of every day.
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Professional
Landsec studies lighting, air quality and even taps in pursuit of WELL certification
To meet the exacting standards of the healthy building certification, Landsec had to plan its new HQ very carefully.
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Professional
Rebuilding for the future – why smart renovation is key in fighting climate change
As World Green Building Week 2017 comes to a close, we sound galvanize our resolve to limit global warming as National Geoscience suggest the goals set out in the Paris climate agreement are actually achievable.
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Professional
Happy, healthy and hard-working: new programme helps retailers boost wellbeing
Last week, the UK Green Building Council (UK-GBC) launched the second iteration of its Wellbeing Lab programme.
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Professional
Now that tribunal fees are unlawful, it's time to evaluate risk
The Supreme Court has unanimously allowed Unison’s appeal against the legality of the Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal fee system, marking an end to the trade union’s four-year fight.
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Professional
Living and working spaces reintegrated
For a century or more, residential and commercial projects have been treated as separate worlds. But over the next 20 years urban development will increasingly focus on new kinds of integrated schemes involving a sophisticated blend of both elements.
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Professional
CBRE celebrates diversity in the workplace with busy week of events
CBRE concluded its second annual Diversity Week today. Building on positive staff feedback from the inaugural event, the week has seen interactive workshops, keynote speeches and networking events held in CBRE’s London West End and City offices as well as across the UK.
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Professional
Open sesame: London’s hidden gems
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Open House London, the annual mass participation event set up by Victoria Thornton, in which hundreds of usually private spaces open their doors to the public for a weekend.
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Insight
It will take more than the rise in fees to clear the planning back log
With applications increasingly trapped in the system and with the delivery of development projects stalling as a result, does the government’s proposed 20% increase in planning application fees really go far enough?
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Professional
Property should learn from BBC pay gap debacle
It is hardly surprising that the recent publication of salaries paid to BBC employees prompted such outrage.
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Professional
Here comes the sun – Landsec goes solar at White Rose Shopping Centre in Leeds
Earlier this month, Landsec unveiled the installation of the biggest solar photovoltaic (PV) system at a retail site in the UK.
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Professional
Jury is out on whether brownfield land register will deliver much-needed homes
It’s a potential boon for developers - but one that has attracted very little attention. By the end of the year, every planning authority in England will have to publish a brownfield land register (BLR) recording previously developed sites that are considered suitable for redevelopment.
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Professional
Gender pay gap reporting: getting it right
The government’s new gender pay reporting regulations have been well publicised and are an issue the property industry is well aware of, considering the well-known disparity of pay between the sexes.
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Professional
A true masterplanner: Sir Terry Farrell discusses a Gold Medal-winning career
Last month, it was announced that Sir Terry Farrell CBE had been awarded the Royal Town Planning Institute’s (RTPI’s) Gold Medal in recognition of his “outstanding achievements as one of the world’s most influential architects, planners and urban designers”.
