Who we are

Working with others

We work closely with other representative organisations where there are advantages to be gained from pooling our resources or from lobbying in a collective, co-ordinated way.

These include:

Groups of which we are a member:

European Property Federation

We are active members of the EPF, which lobbies the European Commission and Parliament on behalf of the European property industry

Property Industry Alliance

We have helped to establish an alliance of four trade bodies - the BPF, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Investment Property Forum and the British Council for Offices. It will give us greater influence in our lobbying activities and will allow us to be more effective in commissioning research

Reita

We played a key role in establishing this informal group, which includes the leading companies in property development and financial services. The group has created a website - www.reita.org - and associated publicity campaign to raise awareness of REITs and quoted property investments among financial advisers, private investors and journalists

Other trade bodies:

British Council for Offices

We are working with the BCO on a variety of sustainability and research issues and this has been broadened and formalised with the formation of the Property Industry Alliance

Chartered Institute of Housing

We sponsored a research project, delivered by the institute, on the focusing of energy on improving relations and communications between local authorities and landlords

Confederation of British Industry

We are a member of the CBI business rates committee and have worked with them on a number of issues, most recently (with the RICS and HBF) on a jointly-sponsored research study into the practicalities of the government's proposed planning gain supplement 

Home Builders Federation 

We have worked with the HBF on a range of taxation and financial issues and, more recently on the planning gain supplement research (see above)

Investment Property Forum

We regularly work with the IPF on a range of property investment issues, most notably with the RICS on the lobbying of government to introduce a UK REITs regime

Residential Landlords Association 

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors 

We regularly work with the RICS on joint lobbying activities. These have included campaigns on the establishment of a UK REITs regime and against the government's proposed planning gain supplement 

International real estate organisations:

EPRA 

We work with the European Public Real Estate Association to ensure that the UK is represented at a European level and to deliver a more powerful industry voice on international tax and accounting issues and best practice

NAREIT

We regularly work with NAREIT, an association representing US REITs, on international property tax and accounting issues and increase our ability to improve the efficiency of the global real estate environment through lobbying on issues where we have consensus

Sustainability organisations:

Carbon Trust

We are working with the Carbon Trust through their networks programme, which provides funds for trade associations to produce and disseminate carbon saving tools that are relevant to their members

Usable Buildings Trust 

We are working with the Usable Buildings Trust on a various sustainability projects, including the Carbon Trust-funded Landlord's Energy Statement

Urban Land Institute

With ULI Europe we held a workshop that explored what is required to ensure a successful Olympic legacy

Think tanks and research organisations:

Centre for Cities

We collaborate on research and joint events, and together we support the work of the All Party Parliamentary Urban Development Group

Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)

We collaborate on research and joint events, and we funded an IPPR report called Would You Live Here? Making the Growth Areas communities of choice

Policy Exchange

We sponsored an event launching its report Better Homes, Greener Cities with George Osborne

Social Market Foundation

We co-funded a report entitled The Role of property in financing infrastructure

The Smith Institute

We are affiliated with the Institute's research reports, including Incentives for Growth, Rethinking Social Housing, More Homes for Rent, Financing the Future, Affordable Housing, Building sustainable communities: capturing land development value for the public realm

Fabian Society

We hold joint conferences and events

Charities and advice organisations:

Shelter and the Citizens Advice Bureau

We have collaborated with Shelter and the Citizens Advice on a variety of housing issues, including Housing Benefit reform and the campaign against single room rent restrictions