Business

The number of UK building and property firms getting into financial hot water has escalated in the last few years

76 building firms went into insolvency in Q3 2019, reports KMPG, up from 49 in Q2

Buying agency and resi development consultancy hires ex-Chard man to roll out rental offering, and hatches plan to open a new 'collaborative' studio in west London

Boutique Knightsbridge-based firm recruits Strutt & Parker's Alice Umfreville to help grow the rental side of the business

Irwin Mitchell's Ian Silverblatt has joined London law firm Kingsley Napley, as a partner in the Real Estate & Construction team

BidX1 announces its first 'bespoke' sale, featuring a £2m penthouse apartment at a Mount Anvil scheme in south London...

Belvoir's Brighton & Hove franchisees have snapped up 25-year-old lettings agency Homelets Brighton

Knight Frank's property finding arm The Buying Solution has hired James Burridge from JLL's Knightsbridge team

RICS’ new Social Impact Awards programme will search for the UK’s best built projects transforming lives & communities

Housing Minister Esther McVey wants to make Britain's planning and property-buying scene more like online banking

Family-run south London estate agency is opening its second branch in Southwark, and is already looking at three further locations

Firm trumpets an 'exceptional series of sales' across London & Surrey, and growth for its design and build arm