Business & People
Rightmove rejects £5.6bn takeover bid from Murdoch’s Australian property portal business
News Corp-controlled REA Group put forward a 'non-binding indicative proposal' to buy Britain's dominant property portal.
Former Hamptons director acquires ‘design-led’ estate agency Aucoot
Boutique firm unveils new-look senior team & sets sights on expansion within & beyond London.
Revenues double & profits climb for Fine & Country’s new owner
Huge changes at estate agency behemoth TPFG following a merger with Belvoir Group and the acquisition of GPEA.
Property portal goes into bat as official England Cricket partner
Major sports sponsorship deal 'will showcase Zoopla to new consumer audiences across England & Wales.'
In Pictures: LA London’s Summer Party
Architecture & interiors practice assembled the great & good of London's design world to celebrate the season - and the company's recent rebrand.
Former Knight Franker Hobbs relaunches land & development consultancy
Halifield Land temporarily closed after director Jason Hobbs fell ill; the firm and its founder are now back in action, seeking development site in London and the South East.
HBA Residential installs super-prime specialist as creative director
Katie Earl takes creative helm at luxury resi arm of hospitality design giant Hirsch Bedner Associates.
Savills sees more stock going under the hammer
Auctioneer has raised £540mn across its events so far this year, up by over 50% on the same period in 2023.
Financial Times: How Knight Frank is trying to shed its fusty image
Knight Frank's Chair William Beardmore-Gray discusses diversity, growing pains & the 'complicated game' with the FT.
Hamptons rolls out fresh marketing drive
‘It’s a journey, we’ll get you there’ promises national estate agency in a campaign that 'recognises that what should be a joyful and rewarding experience, is often marred by a long and challenging process…
Berkeley reports ‘stable’ trading; backs ‘ambitious’ Labour housing plan
Influential housebuilder is 'committed to playing its full part in delivering the new homes the country needs'.
Lomond snaps up eight-office London agency
Chase Evans is Lomond's first business acquisition in the capital - giving the group 'an immediate foothold into some very important markets.'