Business & People
Super-prime construction leaders team up to build a ‘better business’ ESG framework
PRIME is a new framework and scoring mechanism, intended to help small businesses develop and refine their environmental, community and governance credentials.
House Collective recruits agents from John D Wood & JLL; plots west London expansion
Boutique firm was launched at the start of last year by ex-Aston Chase duo Ben Sloane & Richard Bryce, together with former Knight Frank & Savills man Jonathan Brandling-Harris
Middleton Advisors hires former Winkworth director to lead London sales
Appointment ‘marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter’, says MD Mark Parkinson
Ecoworld recruits Greenwich Design District chief for ‘design & wellbeing push’
Matthew Dearlove's appointment is part of a "design and wellbeing push" by property developer EcoWorld London.
Epropservices rebrands to nurtur.group; launches PropTech accelerator programme
The parent company of the Fine & Country and The Guild of Property Professionals has rebranded to focus on its position as "one of the country’s leading proptech providers."
Purplebricks Plc posts ‘disappointing’ results; warns of an ‘uncertain’ market ahead
Purplebricks' instructions have slumped by 38%, as the hybrid estate agency shifted its business model and faced legal challenges. The company made an operating loss of £11.
Humberts signs second franchise in East Sussex
National estate agency Humberts has opened a new branch in East Sussex, after an existing franchisee picked up another patch.
In Pictures: Five of the world’s most luxurious branded residential developments
More than one in three affluent international property buyers (39%) would be willing to pay a premium for a branded residence, according to a survey of around 900 Knight Frank clients - typically 25%…
Leading RE boosts global leadership team
The luxury real estate network has hired Taco Heidinga as Global Business Development Director
Foxtons & LSL report heady performance in 2021
Profits at Foxtons Plc are at the "top end of expectations", while Marsh & Parsons-owner LSL enjoyed its highest ever operating profits in 2021.
The Guardian: Meet Britain’s most successful estate agent
Gary Hersham is the "character-in-chief" in a lengthy and remarkably positive feature on London's super-prime estate agents, published in today's Guardian.
Ex-Foxtons man Griskin launches buying agency
Igor Griskin worked at Foxtons for nearly a decade; he’s now set up a property buying agency targeting HNW Russian-speaking clients.