Business & People
Savills UK commits to going carbon neutral within ten years
Property giant says its entire UK business aims to operate at "zero net energy consumption" by 2030.
London Belgravia Brokers launches general construction insurance division
Broker hires Henry South from Marsh JLT Specialty as head of construction insurance.
Osborne+Co launch new £1bn property investment business
Sidra Capital's Rishi Khurana has joined Osborne+Co's founder Conor Osborne in a new venture that's aiming to build a £1bn mixed-use portfolio in the next 12 months.
Grosvenor launches property management business
Grosvenor Britain & Ireland has extended its resi and commercial property management services beyond its own portfolio for the first time in 340 years.
‘It’s a great life out here’: Ex-Aston Chase agent makes it as a top LA realtor
'It's a wonderful life and totally incomparable to being an agent in the UK', says London-born realtor Jonathan Nash, who has gone on to sell nearly half a billion dollars worth of West Coast super-homes...
Industry stalwart Paterson backs short-term rental platform
Owner of UK Sotheby’s International Realty, Robin Paterson, joins newly-rebranded Stayo as non-exec chairman.
Beauchamp expands in Tel Aviv with luxury agency acquisition
MAKI has been rebranded and merged into Beauchamp Estates's Israeli operation, which launched last year.
Marsh & Parsons signs ex-Hamptons & Dexters sales chief Goldberg
164-year-old firm recruits one of London's most high-profile agents to run its PCL division.
Design visionary Sir Terence Conran has died
The founder of Habitat, The Design Museum and Conran & Partners has died at the age of 88.
Howard de Walden chief to step down
Andrew Hynard has spent the last four years in charge of the great estate, which controls 92 acres of London’s Marylebone.
Covid-19 has hit Rightmove revenues ‘ten times’ harder than other portals
Analyst Mike Del Prete has looked into Covid-19's effect on global real estate portal revenues, suggesting that the UK's number one portal has been hit significantly harder than international comparables.
Zoopla’s tech hiring spree continues
Private equity-owned property portal and proptech firm has recruited new faces to its product and tech teams from Auto Trader, Azimo, Babylon Health and Starling Bank.