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OnlinePuma Property Finance (Agenda Partner)
Puma Property Finance delivers development loans from £10m to £50m to financial residential, commercial and specialist sector projects such as hotels, student accommodation and healthcare, including care homes and retirement living.
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OnlineProperty Week’s EDI White paper reveals the sector must do ‘more’ to achieve parity
A recent study conducted by Property Week sheds light on the current state of EDI in the industry. Download the study here.
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OnlineWill 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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OnlineGrainger achieves record occupancy as rents continue to rise
Grainger, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, has revealed its rents have risen 7.1% over the year so far and that more people than ever are living in its homes.
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OnlineHotel Chocolat plans out-of-town growth despite profit warning
Premium chocolate retailer Hotel Chocolat said it is planning to open five more stores in retail parks by the end of 2023, as part of its ambitions to open 50 new stores over the next three years, despite issuing a profit warning.
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OnlineDexters increase revenue but profit dips due expansion costs
London estate agency Dexters has revealed a 3% rise in revenue during the year to the end of September 2022 following the acquisition of rival agency Marsh & Parsons.
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OnlineOrega expands in the City of London with new flex space
Flexible workspace group Orega is expanding in the City of London at Korea Investment Management’s 70 Mark Lane.
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OnlineOakNorth lends £22m to for Hilton hotel at Edinburgh Airport
OakNorth Bank has agreed a £22m loan to Ability Hotels to fund the extension of a hotel at Edinburgh Airport.
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OnlineSavills reveals ‘uptick’ in investment in London’s West End
London’s West End property investment market has experienced an uptick in the number of transactions in recent months, according to Savills.
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OnlineEllandi lands asset management role at Leicester’s Highcross centre
Ellandi has been appointed as strategic asset manager at the Highcross Shopping Centre in Leicester.
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OnlineCineworld falls into administration in UK, but screens will remain open
Struggling cinema chain Cineworld has filed for administration in the UK as part of a restructuring plan that will see shares in the world’s second-largest cinema chain being suspended.
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OnlineAviva Investors completes pre-let to law firm at One Liverpool Street
Aviva Investors has completed a pre-let at its One Liverpool Street development in London to the world’s largest law firm Dentons.
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OnlineAvant Homes appoints Felton as East Midlands MD
Avant Homes East Midlands has appointed Ben Felton as managing director to lead the housebuilder’s regional expansion strategy.
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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: 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: 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: 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.
