Tony Pidgley's high-end housebuilder Berkeley is getting a Blue Chip makeover, joining the FTSE 100 in the latest reshuffle of the top public businesses in Britain.

For any Chinese investors who haven't lost their shirts over the last couple of days, a bilingual property portal has just been launched, pitching itself as a virtual "China Desk" for UK agents and developers. Soukproperty.

Chestertons' senior management have been "back to the floor" to try their hands at the daily grind of being a London estate agent, raising £14,000 for local charities in the process.