Open Plan
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InsightEffecting change in industry is our job
Editor: Your leader last week responding to a complaint about the lack of gender diversity in the magazine made for difficult reading. And that’s because you are completely right – property has a diversity problem and the responsibility lies with us, your readers, not you .
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Insight
Institutions must help drive diversity
Editor: Shareholder activism has swept across public markets in recent years with regular rebellions over pay, environmental concerns, diversity and social factors all becoming commonplace (‘ Shareholders stage AGM revolts against REITs’ executive pay plans ’).
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Online
Daejan Holdings claims it is being “bullied” to put a woman on the board
Britain’s last large listed company with no women on its board says it is being “bullied” by the boss of a government-backed diversity drive to appoint a female to the top table, according to the Mail on Sunday .
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Professional
Q&A: Women in Property’s new chair on the year ahead
Mandy St John Davey wants to do more work with schools and businesses to tackle gender imbalance
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Online
CBRE and RICS to launch diversity and inclusion book at Mipim
CBRE and RICS will launch a book about advancing diversity in the real estate sector at this year’s Mipim.
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Insight
We must all embrace diversity
The book I co-authored with Judith Gabler entitled Managing Diversity and Inclusion in Real Estate and Construction came out a week ago and is intended to move the dial on diversity and inclusion (D I) for the sector by empowering everyone that reads it; from chief executive to graduate and ...
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Insight
How real estate will fare in 2019
Despite the changing political landscape, 2018 was a strong year for many parts of the property industry, but what will the other side of 29 March look like? Freeths gathered a panel of experts to discuss what is in store.
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News
HUB and Bridges collaborate with Women’s Pioneer Housing for £80m regeneration project in West London
Women’s Pioneer Housing (WPH) and HUB and Bridges Fund Management are set to redevelop a key site on Wood Lane, White City in a joint venture to deliver a new residential building and 80 new homes for WPH residents.
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Insight
BL is backing IPSX and women
British Land will insert an iconic property, worth an eight- or nine-figure sum, into a special-purpose vehicle by the end of June. Shares in the SPV will be sold via an initial public offering. This will be the maiden float on the new International Property Stock Exchange (IPSX), which last ...
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Professional
What can be done to ensure women are better represented in panel debates?
A couple of years ago, Women in Property made a decision: we would not support industry events unless there was reasonable gender balance among the list of speakers.
