EG RADIO: As Estates Gazette launches its first LGBT Special to co-incide with London Pride this weekend, Real Talk with James Max caught up with Shaftesbury boss and Freehold board member Brian Bickell to talk about the importance of diversity in the property industry.
While the industry is often slow to react, Bickell says he is optimistic that change is starting to happen.
“We have to accept that we need to reflect the world in which we work,” he says. “Our businesses will be more successful. We may well produce a better product – the buildings we create and sustain – if we better understand and represent those communities that are actually going to use that space. But change is starting to happen.”
Listen to Bickell and interviews with Derwent London chief executive John Burns and head of leasing Celine Thompson below or visit www.estatesgazette.libsyn.com.
For more on Estates Gazette’s LGBT Special Edition click here.
