Business & People

Formerly head of design at boutique developer Residence One, William Bles will be overseeing a raft of luxury projects, including a trio of super-prime schemes on Avenue Road.

Iain Bailey has spent the last 17 years at Foxtons; he's now responsible for Chestertons' property management strategy.

Rupal Patel and Ravi Patel plan to acquire more estate agency offices.

Fisher German and Matthews & Goodman have combined forces under the Fisher German brand, creating  a £60mn property consultancy.

Humberts management has set its sights on reintroducing the venerable estate agency brand into London, Hertfordshire, Wiltshire, the Cotswolds and East Midlands.

Housebuilding giant saw a 6.4% rise in pre-tax profits and 6.6% increase in revenue over the last financial year. But the firm plans to slow new land acquisitions.

"Knight Dragon has just revolutionised the entire European property market and will now move to do so internationally," declares founder Sammy Lee, as the developer looks to blockchain tech to boost investment…

Gary Hersham's Beauchamp Estates has published a book of the agency's biggest and most memorable property deals, launching Anthology with a lavish party in St John's Wood; here are the highlights...

Jo Bacon, Muyiwa Oki and Sumita Singha are competing to become the next RIBA President.

Emma Mills is the latest ex-PCL agent to join the broker-model firm

Lord Bichard's review of how the property industry's leading trade organisation is run makes 36 recommendations, calling for "nothing less than a transformation" of the Royal Institution of Chartered …