Carter Jonas alumni launch new estate agency in York

Steph Walker, Andy Vass and Mark Bruce and have set up The Agency UK, with ambitions to expand across the UK.

Dexters has made its first acquisition since securing multi-million pound private equity backing, snapping up well-known two-branch estate agency Roy Brooks.

Ben Gee has left Marsh & Parsons after 13 years to set up his own firm, called Hat and Home, offering a "fresh, modern and energetic" take on estate agency in Berkshire.