Business
Fears grow for Smallbone of Devizes as owner ‘faces collapse’
Iconic Wiltshire furniture brand was bought by Canburg in 2009
Good few months for Marsh & Parsons as lettings revenues offset sales slump
LSL's flagship estate agency brand benefits from rental capability in the face of a 'challenging' sales market
Belvoir builds finance offering with £3.6m MAB acquisition
Franchised property firm now accounts for 10% of the Mortgage Advice Bureau's total mortgage adviser base
Porta assembles London’s biggest property PR team
Agencies Redleaf and Newgate complete merger and relaunch under the Newgate banner
Former Sainsbury’s property man launches Cheshire development firm
Nicholas Harvey Ratcliffe teams up with his son Thomas, and former Hillcrest & Countrywide man Michael Kennedy, to build luxury homes across South Manchester and the North West
Phishing scam prompts Rightmove to warn agents to be wary of fake email leads
Property portal is "aware of some agents who have been sent a link to a fake login page, after they followed up on a lead they received from Rightmove"
Williams named Derwent chief as founder John Burns moves over to chair the Board
Change at the top for major London property developer
West London estate agency consolidates branches into a single ‘hub’
Orchards is replacing all four of its West London branches with one office space
Disruption in art and property hasn’t removed the role of the special advisor – it has made it a necessity
The digital age is dramatically changing consumer behaviour, but whether buyers are searching for a Banksy, or penthouse on Bankside, there remains a strong desire for human interaction and experience,…
Berkeley bosses ‘were accused of engaging in years of bribery with a partner at a major estate agent’
The Guardian reports that old court documents allege that Berkeley's chief "consistently engaged in bribing one of the partners in a major estate agency"
Waterview & Dexters partner up along the Thames
Dexters continues it expansion drive in London, taking on 25-year-old specialist estate agency Waterview
Buying agency Crown Mayfair recruits Carter Jonas man
Carter Jonas' Head of Residential Sales in Barnes has joined PCL buying agency Crown Mayfair