“That alone tells you how backward property is.”While most property bosses have condemned the behaviour at the Presidents Club gala dinner in January, some of those closest to the event continue to defend it. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Sex workers from around France continue to flock to the Mipim property event in Cannes, the Guardian was told. Chris Grigg, the chief executive of British Land, the UK’s second-biggest property company, said the Presidents Club scandal had revealed the “sleazy underbelly” of the industry and businesses needed to do more to banish unacceptable behaviour and promote diversity and inclusion. Grigg said there were “a lot of dinosaurs” in the property industry and forward-thinking executives needed to work together to clean up the sector’s image. Facebook Twitter Pinterest The behaviour of some guests at the all-male Presidents Club gala, at the Dorchester hotel in London, led to the event being dissolved.

Source: The Guardian March 16, 2018 12:47 UTC