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My experience: Motorhoming on maternity leave & role reversal in the home

In my twenties I would airily say that Maternity Leave offered the ideal opportunity to travel, much to the amusement of parents. A decade later, with a four-month old baby...

Welcome to Lancashire and Cumbria satellite branch

Lancashire and Cumbria has become the latest region to join the Women in Property network. The new satellite branch held its official launch party on 9th July at The Halston...

Wolverhampton and Loughborough University students win the Midlands Student Awards

The last two finalists have been revealed in the 2019 National Student Awards, for the Midlands region, kindly supported by ISG. Congratulations to Rasha Shrourou, a student at the University...

Liverpool University student Rosie Mead wins North West Student Awards

The talent, skills and ambition of the region’s female property and construction student undergraduates were celebrated at the annual North West Women in Property Student Awards, hosted by Bruntwood at...

Leeds Beckett and Sheffield students take the top prize in Yorkshire & North East Student Awards

Squire Patton Boggs LLP hosted the Yorkshire & North East Student Awards when industry professionals, academics and students from across the region found out who would be going through to...

Emily Hacking and Amy Menzel will represent South West at National Student Awards Final

The success of the National Student Awards now means that, because of the large areas covered by some of the branches and the many Universities participating, we are making awards...

South Wales Student Award goes to Sophie Bowyer

Sophie Bowyer, studying BSc Project Management Surveying at the University of South Wales, has won the South Wales Student Awards.

Four students to represent South East at National Student Awards

Four talented built environment undergraduates will go forward to the National Student Awards final, in September. The South East branch region is particularly extensive, so four students from Universities across...

Central Scotland Student Award goes to Jessica McGinniss

Jessica McGinniss, studying BEng Architecture at Heriot Watt University, is the winner of the Central Scotland Student Awards.

Jennifer Laffan wins Northern Scotland Student Awards

The National Student Awards season is upon us! Women in Property branches across the country are holding their regional Awards events, when the talent, skills and ambition of the country’s...

‘Why did no one teach me this at school?’ Leadership Lessons from an Expert

I recently had the opportunity to take part in the Chief Planners of Tomorrow Initiative organised by the Royal Town Planning Institute. This initiative has been set up to provide...

If you want to see a difference, you have to make a difference!

On and around International Women’s Day, the stream of headlines into my inbox made for rather depressing reading: “There’s still a long way to go before women are represented equally”;...

A Year In The Life…

Former National Chairman Jo Williams reflects on her year leading Women in Property

Women in Property announces National Chairman 2019

Women in Property has announced its new National Chairman. Mandy St John Davey takes the helm of the property and construction industry lobbying and networking organisation from 1st March 2019,...

The rise of co-working and the demise of the commercial property lease

London is now the global capital of co-working. In 2017 alone, 2.5m sq. ft of office space in the city was leased to co-working providers, accounting for more than half...

Why is to so hard to commit to Smart Construction?

There are three fundamental requirements for sustainable development in the UK.

‘Help yourself to promotion’

Promotion in the workplace is not an automatic gift for doing your job well. It is not sufficient to do a good job and hope to get noticed. Over my...

What’s in a word?

I recently had an opinion piece published in one of the construction industry’s leading titles, Construction News. When it appeared online (and I shared the link on twitter) two things...

How Women in Property Student Awards opened doors for budding quantity surveyor

Having already worked in the property sector in social housing, lettings agents and resource planning roles, Rebecca Freeman had always had a passion for the housing industry. The more experience...

Achieving Visibility

I am often asked to explain the benefits of being a member of Women in Property. The simple reply is ‘the association supports female property professionals through networking events and...

Deeds not Words

During MIPIM 2018, as Chair of the Property Group at Wilberforce Chambers, I was pleased to welcome guests to our annual Women in Property breakfast. As I said at the...