Business & People
PROPS Awards 2020: The shortlist
The 29th PROPS Awards fundraiser for Variety is due to take place on 12th May in London.
Propertymark publishes Coronavirus guidance for estate agents
The NAEA and ARLA have issued a 27-point checklist to help sales and letting agents limit the transmission of the Covid-19 virus while continuing to run a business.
Pi Labs bags £2.5m to fund global expansion
PropTech investment firm plans to double the number of companies it backs.
Listen: Mishcon’s Susan Freeman interviews U+I chief Richard Upton
Top developer and entrepreneur features in the latest episode of the Propertyshe Podcast
LCP hires ex-Foxtons sales boss Andrew Weir as chief exec
Investment advisory secures the services of one of the best-known names on the London agency scene
Coronavirus has ‘completely wrecked’ the housing market bounce as viewings slump
"It seems likely that Covid-19, combined with last month’s floods, will have completely wrecked any positive effects that political certainty since the general election may have provided to the housing m…
LSL ‘does not intend to make an offer for Countrywide’
Estate agency mega-merger taken off the table for now as LSL pulls out.
Allect Design Group appoints co-CEOs
Rigby & Rigby duo Iain Johnson & Wayne Stokes take the helm of London's biggest residential design practice
Global indoor air quality benchmark launches
Ekkist founder Olga Turner Baker has launched a new venture, teaming up with Metrikus to create AirRated, which provides property developers and owners with a "global benchmark for Indoor Air Quality".
How to greet clients in a viral pandemic, according to Debrett’s
Handshakes are out, but is a fist-bump too much? High-society etiquette guide Debrett's has come up with some handy advice for business folk to avoid both contagion and faux pas.
Hamptons names new sales boss
Mary Beeton takes charge of the agency's 90-plus sales offices around the country
Sotheby’s International Realty hits 1,000-office milestone; reports record worldwide sales of $114bn
High-end real estate network launched 50 new offices around the world last year, and now counts 23,000 affiliated sales associates across 70 countries & territories