Business & People
200-year-old building firm Symm calls in administrators
Heritage building contractor Symm & Company has gone into administration, as has specialist dry-lining contractor Astins.
The Times: Britain’s first ‘mindful estate agent’ wants to fix the profession’s bad reputation
Hugh Graham of The Sunday Times meets Mr and Mrs Clarke's man in London, Christian Eldershaw - and his meditation coach, to find out whether a meditation session could really be the secret to sealing…
GPE signs ‘innovative’ green finance deal
Great Portland Estates has agreed a £450m credit facility linked to its "environmental, social and governance" performance.
Knight Frank’s research head Gilmore joins Zoopla
Top property market analyst Gráinne Gilmore has left Knight Frank after 11 years to join Zoopla as Head of Research.
Four boosts property team with new communications head
Ex-Luchford & Socrates PR specialist Lindsay Castellana joins marketing agency's 60-strong property unit
LonRes turns 20: How have property prices changed around the country since the turn of the century?
Mapped: LonRes marks its 20th birthday with a dive into the house price archives...
Construction giant hit by cyber attack
Bouygues has suffered a ransomware attack and shut down its computer system; on-site construction operations have "not been disrupted to date".
OnTheMarket posts record website traffic in January
Both Rightmove and OnTheMarket enjoyed their busiest ever months in January, attracting 150 million and 30 million website visits respectively.
Winkworth names new charity partner
Estate agency brand Winkworth has teamed up with London Youth Rowing as its charity partner for 2020.
Ten tales of London’s prime property market revival in 2020 so far
Ten front line luxury property firms share their January news, from a buying agency's Brexit Day deal bonanza to surges in new buyer enquiries for boutique and big brand estate agencies alike...
New sales head at Knight Frank Esher
Adam Burlison takes the reins at the agency's relocated base in the affluent Surrey suburb
Ex-Savills chief Helsby joins Get Living
Jeremy Helsby is now Non Exec Chairman of build-to-rent operator Get Living.