Rebecca Kent

Industrious, a leading co-working firm based in New York, has formed management agreements with about 40 large office owners, according to Jeff Johnson, the company’s vice president of sales. For London-based Knotel, management agreements account for a quarter of its portfolio, which comprise a mix of lease and revenue share deals.

Transport infrastructure is a major constraint to housing development in Cambridge, where the shortage is regarded as “acute”, and unless it is addressed, truly affordable accommodation will be a pipe dream for the city’s young adults, EG’s Cambridge Question Time heard.

She’s one of the property industry’s few female chief executives and a self-confessed “Miss Clipboard” who spends her days negotiating with investors, raising capital and flying the flag for the company she has dedicated the past 23 years to.