British Property Federation (BPF) is a

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representing companies involved in

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ownership and

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. The BPF “work with Government and regulatory bodies to help the real estate industry grow and thrive, to the benefit of tsmembers and the economy as a whole.”. It comments regularly on proposed Government policies that will impact its members, including topics such as infrastructure, Build-to-Rent development, and

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legislation. Its membership comprises a wide range of companies, including

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companies,

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, and professional

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s. The BPF operates in Scotland as the Scottish Property Federation from offices in

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. BPF Chief Executive Melanie Leech was appointed in October 2014. David Partridge, Senior Partner
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is President, and Guy Grainger, Global Head of Sustainability Services & ESG
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is Vice President. Other board members are from prominent property and investment companies.

Objectives

The BPF has three objectives according to its website: * to improve the legislative, fiscal and regulatory conditions that affect he real estateindustry * to help PFmembers access information, understand policy, and promote best practice * to raise the profile of the real estate industry.

Governance

The BPF is governed by a

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, composed of four officers – President, Vice President, Junior Vice President and Immediate Past President – as well as the Chief Executive, an Honorary Treasurer, and six other industry professionals.

Members

The BPF currently has around 400 member companies, roughly made up of a third real estate companies, a third professional firms, and a third other organisations such as investment banks and fund managers. The BPF's policy work is overseen by a range of committees, each one made up of a chairman and between 15 and 30 people from its member companies. It currently has 21 committees involving over 400 direct members in total, as well as 13 working groups and 6 regional forumsCommittees , British Property Federation
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Presidents

* 1974 - 76 Victor Lucas * 1976 - 77 Sir Richard Thompson * 1977 - 79 David Llewellyn * 1979 - 81

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* 1981 - 83 Christopher Benson * 1983 - 84 Dennis Marler * 1984 - 86 Harry Axton * 1986 - 87 John Brown * 1987 - 88 Geoffrey Carter * 1988 - 89 Brian Cann * 1989 - 90 Michael Mallinson * 1990 - 91 Peter Hunt * 1991 - 92 Trevor Osborne * 1992 - 93 John Parry * 1993 - 94 James Tuckey * 1994 - 95 Roger Carey * 1995 - 96 Trevor Moross * 1996 - 97 Lorraine Baldry * 1997 - 98 Stuart Corbyn * 1998 - 99

Gordon Edington George Gordon Edington, CBE, FRICS, FRSA (born 7 September 1945), known as Gordon Edington, is a London-born businessman, and writer. He was Vice President and President of the British Property Federation, Group Property Director of BAA Airpor ...

* 1999 - 00 Ronald Spinner * 2000 - 01 Christopher Bertram * 2001 - 02 Jeremy Newsum * 2002 - 03 Ian Henderson * 2003 - 04 David Hunter * 2004 - 05 Martin Moore * 2005 - 06 Ian Coull * 2006 - 07 Nicholas Ritblat * 2007 - 08 Ian Marcus * 2008 - 09 Francis Salway * 2009 - 10 Rupert Clarke * 2010 - 11 John Richards * 2011 - 12 Toby Courtauld * 2012 - 13 Chris Grigg * 2013 - 14 David Marks * 2014 - 15 Bill Hughes * 2015 - 16 Chris Taylor * 2016 - 17 David Sleath * 2017 - 18 Paul Brundage * 2018 - 19 Robert Noel * 2019 - 20 Helen Gordon * 2020 - David Partridge

Directors-General and Chief Executives

* 1974 - 80 Sir Eugene Melville * 1980 - 85 Sir Donald Tebbit * 1986 - 93 Sir

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* 1993 - 02 William McKee CBE * 2002 - 14 Liz Peace CBE * 2015- Melanie Leech CBE

References

External links

Official BPF website

Official Scottish Property Federation website
{{Authority control Property companies based in London Real estate in the United Kingdom British companies established in 1963