"REAL ESTATE BALANCE HAS BEEN PROMOTING THE CAUSE OF WOMEN IN PROPERTY FOR THE LAST 8 YEARS. WE LIKE TO THINK WE HAVE BEEN BEHIND SOME REAL PROGRESS IN THE INDUSTRY AND THE INSPIRING WOMEN AWARDS WILL BE GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE BOTH THE INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THAT PROGRESS. BUT WE SHOULDN'T BE COMPLACENT AND HOPEFULLY THE STORIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THOSE WHO ENTER THE AWARDS WILL PROVIDE FRESH INSPIRATION TO EVERYBODY ACROSS REAL ESTATE TO GO THAT LITTLE FURTHER IN BOTH THEIR OWN PERSONAL ACTIONS AND IN SUPPORTING THEIR COLLEAGUES TO MAKE SURE WE BECOME A TRULY EXEMPLARY INDUSTRY."

LIZ PEACE CBE, CHAIR OF REAL ESTATE BALANCE

“ALTHOUGH SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE IN RECENT YEARS OUR INDUSTRY STILL HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FASTER AND PUSH FURTHER. LET’S ALL COME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE AND SUPPORT THE PEOPLE AND ORGANISATIONS THAT ARE PUTTING INCLUSIVITY, DIVERSITY, AND EQUALITY AT THE CENTRE OF THEIR AMBITIONS.”

LEM BINGLEY, EDITOR, PROPERTY WEEK

"I THINK THERE ARE CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE, AND WE ARE DISCOVERING THEM WHETHER THEY ARE IN OUR ORGANISATION OR SOMEONE ELSE'S ORGANISATION, AND TO SHARE THOSE AND DEVELOP THEM TOGETHER WOULD BE IMMENSELY POWERFUL"

STEPHEN CLIFTON, PARTNER - HEAD OF COMMERCIAL, KNIGHT FRANK