Levitt’s warts-and-all report must lead to real change at the RICS

By Chloë McCulloch2021-09-17T05:00:00

Members want a more transparent organisation representing them – and they want their voices to be heard

Note the grandeur in the name: the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. It boasts roots going back to the 18th century, and on its website is an explanation of the significance of its royal charter: an antiquated concept, it concedes, but one that retains its “cachet in the modern professional world as a ‘gold standard’ of excellence and integrity”.

Many will be questioning that gold standard after last week’s bombshell when Alison Levitt QC published her independent review into events that followed a supressed audit report in 2018.

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