Business
Wandsworth Council bans ‘dominating’ estate agents’ boards
Estate agents now need to apply for permission to put up advertising boards in Putney, Balham, Clapham Junction and Lavender Hill (maps of affected streets below), after the council waged war on what…
MIPIM 2016: The Resi Highlights
21,400 property peeps will be descending on Cannes next week for the 27th edition of Le marché international des professionnels de l'immobilier and we're pleased to report the weather looks particularly promising.
LSL Property Press Awards 2016: The Shortlist
Shortlists have been announced for this year's LSL Property Press Awards, naming the best and brightest in British consumer and trade real estate media.
Rightmove reports a win from portal wars as market share rises to 85%
Revenues at Rightmove have climbed by 15% to £192.1m (2014: £167m), marking 15 successive years of growth for the UK's No.
Candy’s Omni Capital rebrands as Fortwell Capital
CPC Group-owned short-term lender Omni Capital Partners Limited has changed its name to become, with immediate effect, Fortwell Capital Limited.
‘Serviced country house’ fund launches with historic acquisition
An innovative new venture specialising in the development and rental of English country houses has launched with an historic acquisition and major plans to build a portfolio of noteworthy properties in…
Four Communications ramps up property marketing offering
Marketing megalith Four Communications has boosted its property division with a trio of big hitters from the creative world.
Piers Bracher
Chestertons opens up in Richmond
Chestertons has opened the doors to its 34th London office.
The all-new Richmond Hill base will cover the wider Richmond area and link up with existing branches in Kew, East Sheen, Barnes and Chiswick.
Property Marketing Awards: Open for entries
The Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors is calling for entries from "the most innovative and creative marketing campaigns in the UK property industry" for its annual awards event in June.
Hostile Makeover: Can these 12 items help sell a property faster?
Rooted in (where else but) California, the concept of "home staging" as a standalone discipline has been around since the early 1990s.
Boutique resi developer named as one of Britain’s top luxury brands
Echlin has become the first property developer to be appointed a member of UK luxury industry body Walpole.
Echlin co-founders Sam McNally and Mark O'Callaghan
Zoopla brings in new consumer PR agency
"Digitally-led integrated communications agency" Brands2Life has won the Zoopla consumer PR account, beating global comms behemoth Weber Shandwick in a competitive pitch to replace the incumbent Instinctif…