Annie Bowman, is the creator of Hoydens Workwear Ltd, a start up in the very early stages of life. After having been a painter and decorator for 10 years, working long hours in trousers that didn’t fit properly, Annie decided to do something about it. Working in areas dominated by men, women need to be especially careful to look professional and smart so that they stand out for their competency and not their gender.
On the 2nd of August and to celebrate the second yearly Members meet up, we were invited by the Squire & Partners team to visit their very beautiful offices.
Key in a post Brexit UK society and in order to address some of the serious concerns highlighted by the Fawcett Society’s “Face her future” campaign. (The one they have been running with support from the Women’s Budget Group. LINK) we would like to encourage you to take the opportunity to put forward your vision for the Human Rights Act outside Europe.
“ARVHA, Association for Research about City and Housing, launches in 2018 the 6th edition of The Prize of Women Architects with the support of the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Family, childhood, and women’s Rights, the Pavillon de l’Arsenal and the National council of the Order of Architects. The Prize of 2018 has also the support of BNP Paribas Real Estate, Ciments Calcia, Rockwool, Technal, Unibail Rodamco and Saint Gobain”
With diversity and inclusion a big issue with the construction industry, we talk here with Anna Nasalska-Olczyk, who combines her own career as a design and technical manager at developer L&Q with the role of treasurer at the influential National Association of Women in Construction.
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We regularly receive emails from people looking for graduate schemes and apprenticeship opportunities within our industry. Continue reading
Speed Networking is a streamlined, person to person professional networking model that will allow attendees to widen their network by making new contacts through focussed 5-minute discussions Continue reading
After a year in the making, on the 9th of October, we hosted our Returning to Work panel to open the debate and respond to a need we had identified among our members. Continue reading
