Events

Property firms are turning to virtual broadcasts to offer market insights and maintain client relations in the lockdown.

Canary Wharf Group's new build-to-rent arm has "reimagined" its Club Vertus offering for a socially-distanced world, organising virtual wine tastings, a remote quiz, and video gym sessions.

The Bureau International des Expositions has provisionally agreed to postpone the Expo 2020 event - which many in Dubai's property world hopes would drive a market recovery - to 2021.

A "Virtual Chelsea Flower Show" will run online from 19th to 23rd May.

This year's Riviera real estate get-together has been cancelled; it will be replaced with a "two-day Paris-based gathering" in September.

The RHS has cancelled all its shows and garden events until the end of June, heeding Government advice on Covid-19 outbreak.

The 29th PROPS Awards fundraiser for Variety is due to take place on 12th May in London.

The ARLA Propertymark Conference & Exhibition was due to take place on 24th March; it's now been pushed back to 2nd September as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic.

Idea floated on social media leads to 'impromptu movement', as property peeps volunteer for good causes instead of jetting off to Cannes

Government calls on the industry for "ideas for new low carbon, age-friendly homes."

Europe's biggest property networking event, MIPIM, has been pushed back from 10th March until the 2nd June.

Knight Frank, Savills, Grosvenor, Landsec, EY and others have all followed Cushman & Wakefield's lead, backing out of next month's MIPIM event over fears of the spread of the Covid-19 virus