Why a white man leading BCO’s diversity debate worked
Two weeks ago, the organisers of this year’s British Council for Offices (BCO) conference in Berlin pulled off something quite extraordinary.
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Flashback to 2015: the launch of Rewire
Samantha McClary: My #MeToo confession
I’m here to say “me too” to being successful, to being unafraid to step up on stage and use my voice (well, empowered enough to do so), to believing, no, not believing, knowing, that I have many opportunities and rights. Read more...
Panel discussions are boring - how to fix them
Everyone knows that the best time to catch up on your e-mails at a conference is during the panel discussions, writes Andrea Carpenter, director of Women Talk Real Estate. So why are we getting them so wrong?
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Five ways to close the gender pay gap
It would be easy to talk about what an unbalanced, outdated, male, pale and stale industry real estate is but this isn’t about easy. This is about the difficult task ahead. This is about how you solve a problem like the gender pay gap. Read more...
100 years of women's suffrage
February 1918 was a busy news month for EG. What is not mentioned, at any point in the issues of the magazine in the run-up to or beyond the date of 6 February, is the fact that this was the day 100 years ago that some women got the right to vote.
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Celebrating women in real estate
EG and REWIRE, our initiative to help encourage and elevate women in real estate, celebrates some its own brilliant women from across the built environment all week. We bring you 10 of our favourite interviews. Read more...
How are firms addressing the gender pay gap?
Agents, landlords, developers and housebuilders have all recognised their shortcomings when it comes to balanced workforces. Here, some of the main firms outline their commitments to improving the balance and closing the gender pay gap. Read more...
The latest news from the REWIRE community
EDITOR’S COMMENT: Taking action to change the future
Our industry is changing and it is fighting to do the right thing. It is hard, but there are real glimmers of a new future.
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Rewiring the industry needs to start at the beginning
REWIRE: To help attract more young people into the property industry and tackle its diversity issues, Gerald Eve surveyor Sarah Chicken took time to talk to year eight students
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You may not have heard of Catherine Spitzer. But by the end of this piece, I can guarantee you will want to add her to your contacts. Why? Because the managing director of Cambridge-based Bidwells is refreshingly unproperty, knows the value of disconnecting, values her people and takes her kids up mountains. Intrigued? Read on.
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