Business
Fine & Country owner buys proptech firm Starberry
Epropservices, the parent company of The Guild of Property Professionals and Fine & Country, has acquired proptech agency Starberry.
Enness names new non-exec chairman
JTC boss Nigel Le Quesne to assist with HNW mortgage broker’s international growth plans.
‘Global collective’ of architects & designers launch new platform
The International Design Alliance Network (IDeA) is being pitched as "a global collective formed to better serve clients by harnessing shared philosophies and expertise"
Battersea Power Station recruits former Knight Frank super-prime development boss
Meriam Lock-Necrews takes on the Head of Residential role at the £9bn scheme, following Mark Hutton's departure earlier this year.
Foxtons buys Douglas & Gordon for £14.25m
D&G will continue to operate as a separate brand to Foxtons, with the existing management team remaining in place.
Property Vision expands country team
Buying agency Property Vision has recruited Strutt & Parker and UK SIR alumnus Marcus Gondolo-Gordon to cover the Kent and Sussex patch.
Rose & Partners expands into lettings with senior hire
Former Hamptons and Strutt & Parker lettings chief Zoë Rose has joined her husband's boutique property agency.
Buying agency ramps up managed sales division with senior appointment
Mayfair-based buying agency Black Brick has recruited Hamish Bruce from Marsh & Parsons to lead its Managed Sales division.
Dexters buys SE London estate agency Roy Brooks
Dexters has made its first acquisition since securing multi-million pound private equity backing, snapping up well-known two-branch estate agency Roy Brooks.
LRG buys 13-branch Gibbs Gillespie
Leaders Romans Group has acquired Gibbs Gillespie, an independent estate agency covering Middlesex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
John D Wood’s Polly Ogden Duffy on achieving record results & challenging outdated views
Recently appointed as the first female MD of one of the UK’s oldest estate agencies, Polly Ogden Duffy has just overseen an outstanding year of trading at John D Wood - in the face of some extraordinary m…
Countrywide sets out timetable for stock market departure
Countrywide Plc is due to disappear from the stock market next week, as a takeover by Connells Group forges ahead.