All Open Plan articles
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ProfessionalWomen in Property finalists say industry has a way to go
Following 2019 awards, previous finalists give their views on changing attitudes to women in the industry
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Insight
An industry for LGBTQ+ graduates
This is the time of year when most graduates traditionally start work following the completion of their undergraduate or post-graduate studies. It is an exciting month and a time when they start their career in their chosen profession, gain further independence, meet new people and start developing their professional experience. ...
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Online
Q&A with RESI trailblazer Ayesha Ofori
Ayesha Ofori has launched PropElle which is a platform that offers property education, practical advice and guidance to women who invest in property.
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Professional
Property firms rally to combat the mental ill-health epidemic
The property industry is starting to do its bit to tackle the mental ill-health epidemic. Companies are discovering that as well as helping to overcome issues unique to the sector, investing in the wellbeing of employees improves retention rates and productivity.
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Insight
Helping people find true value
It’s easy to take employment for granted. We establish a routine, learn new things, gain skills, make friends, earn money and progress through life. While this is a journey familiar to so many, for others this can seem out of reach.
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Insight
Mentoring can be of huge benefit
Throughout their careers, most people will have received some level of career advice, be it from a manager, a friend, a parent or a colleague.
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Online
RESIcast: Diversity isn’t about “us versus them”, say leading real estate disruptors
The property industry is working hard to shake off perceptions about it being synonymous with white men in blue suits. Discussing the gender, ethnicity and class divides, our property podcast brings together UK chair of the Urban Land Institute Vanessa Hale, Arcadis consultant Ayrton Dhillon and Greystar director Adina David ...
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Professional
Shared parental leave begins to make its mark on industry
A few firms offer enhanced paternity leave but there is a long way to go before rest of industry catches up
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Insight
Take responsibility for diversity
Liz Hamson’s leader ( ‘It’s not about us, it’s about you ’) resonated with us at Women in Property. She said: “We will endeavour to make our editorial content as diverse as possible… but I will not and cannot manufacture diversity.” How right she is.
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Insight
Effecting 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.
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Insight
Time to confront gender bias
The shortage of talented senior women in property is much commented on, but do the reasons stand up to scrutiny?
