Business
City Hall names & shames rental rogues on new register
            An online "Rogue Landlord and Agent Checker" is now live in 10 London boroughs.         
    RBS adds a ‘Director of Mortgage Innovation’
            New recruit is tasked with steering a digital transformation of the bank's mortgage operations.         
    Investment firm launches a property finance division; applies for banking license
            City of London Group has recruited the former MD of Commercial Banking & Mortgages at Metro Bank and the former MD of Commercial Banking at Alliance & Leicester/Santander.         
    Boodle Hatfield named UK’s top resi law firm
            300-year-old firm awarded number one placing by Legal 500 for real estate specialism         
    EcoWorld completes Willmott Dixon deal ‘to become local player in the UK market’
            The new JV has 12 resi-led development sites in and around London lined up for build-to-rent and market-sale schemes         
    US giant Keller Williams continues UK expansion
            Former John D Wood boss Ben Taylor spearheading national rollout for world's biggest estate agent         
    Interior designers move to protect their IP rights
            SBID launches a campaign to improve interior design intellectual property protection in line with music and fashion industries.         
    Proptech investment platform funds SW London ‘air rights’ project
            77 investors get on board with Putney development scheme in under 12 days         
    OnTheMarket draws new agents in with ‘long term’ equity offer ahead of IPO
            Property portal confirms more detail of its plan to float on the London Stock Exchange to raise £50m         
    London council in skyscraper corruption scandal
            Whistle blown on alleged bribe attempt involving one of the capital's biggest new development schemes...         
    Berkeley confirms plans to build a ‘modular construction factory’ in Kent
            House-building Plc puts in strong half-year results as it reaffirms a "commitment to modular construction" - which could halve construction times         
    ‘Five resi agencies appointed on a third of London’s schemes’
            Research reveals dominance of the 'Big 5' on the capital's new-build scene