Just 13% of the UK real estate workforce is female. Even less – a lot less – of it is made of of black women. That is not right and it is not okay.

As real estate continues to transition and understand its importance in delivering places and spaces for human beings to thrive the need to diversify our workforce and become a truly inclusive sector has never been more important.

To help highlight and showcase the black women there already are in the sector Black Women in Real Estate has teamed up with recruitment specialists Madison Berkeley to launch the #IAMWOMAN campaign. The campaign took place last week and highlighted five black women from across the built environment sharing their stories of success.

The campaign was designed to help improve visibility of black women in the sector, to encourage more black women into real estate and to show all of us, that while the numbers of black women in real estate may be low today, there are many very highly skilled and talented women out there that this sector needs.

In this podcast, EG editor Samantha McClary sits down with Hanna Afolobi, founder of Black Women in Real Estate and new development consultancy Mood & Space, Faith Locken, development manager at Countryside and founder of We Rise In and Clare Coe, co-founder of Madison Berkeley to find out more about IAMWOMAN, why the campaign was needed and how we all need to work hard to uncover the untapped talent this industry has and need to attract.

Find out more about the campaign and read Faith and the other women’s stories at https://www.madisonberkeley.com/i-am-woman/

Jess Harrold is joined by deputy editor Tim Burke and, making her EGLSM debut, residential reporter Akanksha Soni, to round up the hottest week in UK history.

Burke tackles the real estate industry reaction to the record temperatures, and the stark warning they offer of the realities of climate change - as well as the latest news on RICS and what he learned from his EG Interview with Here East chief exec, Gavin Poole.

Soni offers her thoughts on the resi sector after her first few weeks on the beat, and rounds up her major stories of the week.

But can she compete with Burke as she is put to the test in her first quiz of the week?

Sheffield is poised to reinvent itself as one of the greenest cities in the UK, with a raft of environmentally sustainable new developments about to come online and a wealth of older stock ripe for redevelopment, according to Colloco founder Tim Bottrill.

Colloco sits in second place in the Radius On Demand Rankings for South Yorkshire, with 12 deals across the line so far this year. It was established five years ago by Bottrill following a 20-year career in the city, first with Knight Frank and then Fernie Greaves.

Sheffield is seeing a huge remodelling of its city centre thanks to Heart Of The City 2, a huge mixed-use redevelopment that includes Elshaw House, touted as Sheffield’s first “zero carbon ready” office. The city is also rich in older industrial buildings ready for development alongside the ongoing modernisation of the iconic Park Hill scheme.

Piers Wehner is standing in this week for Jess Harrold, and what could possibly go wrong? 

He talks to EG's editor Samantha McClary and news editor Pui-Guan Man about the dark clouds hovering over the industry - from analysts predicting Global Financial Crisis II (the sequel no-one wanted), to the threat of bubbles bursting. 

And with inflation rising and the dreaded R-word on the horizon, is now the time to put faith in the wisdom of old age? 

Meanwhile, Sam and Pui go head-to-head to see who will be Queen of Quiz. 

Let's face the music and dance.

In episode four of EG’s new monthly podcast series – In on the Act – Sarah Jackman catches up with Falcon Chambers barrister Mark Sefton QC to discuss the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954.

A cornerstone of landlord and tenant practice for almost 70 years, the Act has attracted calls for reform, with the government announcing in 2020 its intention to review it.

Sefton explains the background to the Act, the practical difficulties in its operation and the effect of the S Franses Ltd v Cavendish Hotel (London) Ltd decision on ground (f): redevelopment.

Dublin’s growth is the envy of Europe. Demand across all sectors is high, with increased interest in the life sciences, living sectors and industrial space. But with planning constraints starting to choke off supply, and ESG requirements potentially rendering 80% of Dublin’s stock uninvestible, is the situation sustainable?

Piers Wehner heads to Ireland’s capital to ask an expert panel what the future holds.

Patrick Phelan, managing director, Ballymore

Jess Harrold is joined by Emily Wright and Piers Wehner for the latest weekly round-up - which inevitably begins with a discussion of the events at 10 Downing Street, and what the upheaval may mean for real estate.

On a happier note, Wright shares her excitement for having returned to the stage for an in-person Tech Awards after two years of virtual ceremonies. As well as celebrating the worthy winners, Wright expresses her hope that next year will see an even more diverse line-up of entrants.

But, as Wright and Wehner's memories are put to the test, who will show the best recollection of arguably the most revolving role in government? Find out in the first (and only) game of Play Your Housing Ministers Right.

In this week’s Bricks & Mortar, Sarah Jackman catches up with Steven Cronin and Cillian Doyle, co-founders of development management business – Kimberlite – based in Dublin.

They discuss their routes into the profession, the decision to upskill and study part time at UCEM and how they started their own firm earlier this year, having worked at real estate companies together during their careers.

Both have advice for those developing a career real estate and, without giving too much away, reflect on what's next for their new venture.

In this latest installment of EG Property Podcast's  Fundamentals of the Future programme, a series of listens focusing on real estate’s role in the helping solve the world’s climate crisis, EG editor Samantha McClary introduces an hour-long roundtable, hosted by Civic Engineers, that brings together a collection of experts from across the built environment to talk about the big issues real estate faces and the big solutions it can and should be coming up with.

Listen in to understand more about the need for retrofit to be a sexier word than development, the role that placemaking has in greening up our built environment and the policy changes needed to turn real estate from a polluter to a protector of the planet.

An advisory warning for listeners. This roundtable was not recorded in a studio so at times you may need to lean in a little closer to the conversation. But while the quality of sound may not always be top notch, the content most definitely is.

Enjoy.

In the first in a new podcast series on residential law, Jess Harrold is joined by co-host Elizabeth Dwomoh, barrister at Lamb Chambers, and guest Neelam Sharma, in-house solicitor at Walsall Housing Group Ltd, to discuss the difference between a lease and a licence, and the different types of tenancies.

Together, they address the main characteristics of Rent Act 1977 tenancies, secure tenancies, assured tenancies and assured shorthold tenancies, as well as their advantages and disadvantages.

In addition, they look at key contractual terms for each type of tenancy, and some of the issues that can arise in practice.