Business & People
New Planning Director for the Home Builders Federation
Sam Stafford is to replace Andrew Whitaker as the HBF's planning chief.
Knight Frank recruits party wall & neighbourly matters head
Holly Harris has joined the firm’s project & building consultancy team from The Goldsmith Partnership
Rightmove CEO stepping down ‘to seek a new challenge’
Peter Brooks-Johnson is to leave Rightmove in 2023, after 16 years with Britain's biggest property portal.
Battersea placemaking chief joins MurrayTwohig
Battersea Power Station's former Director of Placemaking, Honor Fishburn, is now UK & European Director at placemaking consultancy MurrayTwohig.
PCL landowners Capco & Shaftesbury in ‘advanced discussions’ to merge
Two of central London's great estates are set to merge, creating a vast property empire across the West End.
Robertson’s Harwood Advisory builds team after ‘turbo-charged’ start
New recruit Anna Lazenbury previously set up the property division for international family office Stonehage Fleming
New office head at Savills Sunningdale
Charles Broadbent-Combe is stepping up to the head of sales role after nearly ten years with the agency
Proptech firm launches quick reservation agreement service to tackle property fall-throughs
The new "Instant Reservation" product doesn't require agents to integrate with the full-fat Gazeal platform.
New JV launches with £40mn prime resi development project opposite Claridge’s
The Christou brothers' 1.61 London plans to develop multiple luxury projects in Central London with partners Urbanwise and Valpre Capital. A debut site in Mayfair sets the tone...
Homesearch property data platform moves into Scotland
Giles Ellwood’s proptech platform has expanded, following some significant investment earlier this year.
‘Doing business with Putin’s regime is morally bankrupt’ – Truss
UK Foreign Secretary ramps up anti-war sanctions, banning service exports to Russia, including PR, accountancy and management consultancy.
Oxfordshire estate agent launches US-inspired luxury brokerage with historic instruction
Former Fine & Country partner Damion Merry has set up Luxury Property Partners, with an ambition to "create the number one luxury real estate company in the UK."