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The recommendations for promoting progression of mid-career women include: creating role models and enhancing visibility; identifying talent and focusing on development; and supporting caregiving and continuity.
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Property Week campaigns focus on key issues affecting the industry where there is a need for new policy, shared knowledge or raised awareness.
Diversity
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To help mark Neurodiversity Celebration Week, AbilityRE executive committee members Rosie Hart and Vivek Menon explain the benefits of a neurodivergent property workforce.
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AbilityRE is a free-to-join support network for individuals with a disability, neurodiversity, mental ill health or long-term health condition working within the real estate and built environment sectors.
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BE Inclusive, a collaboration between six professional bodies in the built environment, has agreed to the next phase of its joint equity, diversity and inclusion action plan.
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Freehold LGBT+ CIC, a networking hub for LGBTQ+ professionals and allies in the real estate industry, has published an open letter pledging solidarity with trans and non-binary people.
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McCabe is WSP's passive house lead UK and sustainable buildings lead for Scotland and was formerly a WiP central Scotland branch chair.
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The academy connects UK schools and students with leading firms to increase access, diversity and awareness of career opportunities across the built environment.
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The 10 young Londoners will work with industry experts to pitch ideas on how to make the capital's housing estates safer, healthier and happier.
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The membership organisation working to improve diversity, equity and fairness within the built environment has appointed Kevin Aitchison MBE, Ross Blair and Kate Seller to its board.
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Events of last year have shaped the way businesses will need to move forward to become truly equitable and inclusive employers
Artificial intelligence
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Property Week brought together a panel of experts to discuss the growing uptake of AI across the industry and the challenges and opportunities it presents.
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AI tools that automate co-ordination, reporting and reactive administration will free up building managers’ time to focus on the human element of building operations, improving rather than phasing out their role.
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The Association for Rental Living’s new Code of Practice and AI Strategy, set to be unveiled in May, will help the sector get to grips with the technology and how it can be used to boost the customer experience.
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AI tools are a breakthrough in terms of real estate information, but human expertise is still a necessity.
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AI can address the problem of fragmented data ownership to help the efficiency of buildings in operation.
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AI tools to identify buyers and investment opportunities are improving all the time, but are they reliable? Ian Weinfass speaks to some of the firms using the technology to find out.
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Chief technology officer roles look set to become more common within property firms, experts tell Ian Weinfass.
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With the right safeguards, AI will improve clarity and consistency of environmental impact assessments.
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We need professionals who understand both the built environment and the potential of emerging tech.
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Just because AI can be used doesn’t mean it always should be. Ian Weinfass asks experts what the key considerations should be and what support is available to encourage ethical use of the technology.
Sustainability
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Experts welcomed the certainty provided by the standard, but warned it could make schemes less viable, especially for SME builders.
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All new-build homes will have to include heat pumps or be connected to a heat network and solar panels, rather than the gas network, from 2028, cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 75%.
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Despite the delay, private landlords will still be required to achieve a minimum rating of ‘C’ by the previously confirmed 2030 deadline.
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The 20-year partnership with RAW Charging will include the development of the UK's largest destination EV charging hub at Kent's Bluewater shopping centre.
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The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs will also publish new guidance, giving Natural England and the Environment Agency mandates to “prioritise outcomes over process”.
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The index is designed to help asset managers determine the necessary investment per square metre needed to decarbonise portfolios by 2050.
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Property Week and JLL recently brought together a panel of experts to discuss the role of landlord and tenant partnerships in delivering circular end-to-end fit-outs.
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The government has the right idea, but there’s only so much that can happen with the funds available.
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Phase one of the Bradford City Village project will include development of 33 townhouses on Chain Street centred on a new community green.
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Some time ago I found myself chasing after Roger Madelin, who sets a brisk walking pace when he’s not leading the redevelopment of British Land’s £4bn Canada Water scheme in south-east London.
