Embattled Emoov ‘lines up administrators’
Online estate agency in talks with accounting firm to handle pre-pack administration – reports; buyer ‘could be announced today’
Lodha UK goes it alone as Indian parent company gears up for IPO
Mumbai-based mega-developer to concentrate efforts on its business in India ahead of a planned public listing; reports suggest c.£470m could be raised from the sale of Prime Central London assets
Savills strengthens Mayfair & St James’s team
New recruit Nicholas Shaw spent seven years with Harrods Estates, before making a move over to Knight Frank
Savills moves into Guernsey’s resi market with top agency acquisition
Channel Island estate agency Martel Maides has been acquired by Savills
Government looks to recruit a ‘Head of Architecture’
The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government is searching for someone to advise on architectural policy and practice
Regen giant Wates recruits a new Residential Development Director
Construction and development firm Wates Residential has hired a new Development Director from Ballymore, as it looks to expand across London and the South
In Pictures: The inaugural ‘Business of Design’ summit
The first Business of Design Summit was held last week, attended by 200 top figures from the interiors, property, superyacht and HNW industry. Founder Karen Howes has grand ambitions to build Business of Design into a peer-to-peer club that will “change the way industry professionals network and interact”
Winkworth franchisee takes over longstanding Dorset agency
25-year-old firm in Mudeford becomes the sixth new branch to launch under the Winkworth banner this year
JLL bolsters BTR offering with new hires
Agency makes three new appointments as it looks to ‘expand and evolve’ BTR capability
The London Magazine Club Awards: Winners
Knight Frank’s Noel Flint picked up the Lifetime Achievement Award at CLEA’s property industry awards bash
Fears grow for Smallbone of Devizes as owner ‘faces collapse’
Iconic Wiltshire furniture brand was bought by Canburg in 2009
Good few months for Marsh & Parsons as lettings revenues offset sales slump
LSL’s flagship estate agency brand benefits from rental capability in the face of a ‘challenging’ sales market