Business & People
Developer Yoo teams up with travel company for luxury holiday rental JV
John Hitchcox's design-led property firm Yoo has formed a joint venture with a travel company, opening up over 80 of its luxury residential developments around the world to holiday rentals.
Matterport recruits former Foxtons man as it ramps up European operations
3D mapping firm Matterport has been on a hiring spree as it expands across Europe; Nick Samuels has been brought on as Strategic Operational Director
Airspace developer bolsters construction team
Apex has hired 14 new starters so far this year - a 140% increase compared to 2018
Urban Exposure recruits strategy chief
Former Lloyds Banking Group MD Graeme Alfille-Cook has completed a consultancy gig for Apex Airspace, and now joins Urban Exposure Plc
Profits plunge for Dubai’s Damac
Luxury property developer's profits record an 87% fall in Q2, but the company "remains financially robust"
High-end joinery specialist hires Sizebreed founder
Barry Breed joins Leicester-based NBJ as Business Development Director, after leaving the high-end construction firm he co-founded with Darren Size in 2009
Gerald Eve partner takes over as RICS Chair
Simon Prichard replaces Fiona Grant as Chair of RICS' UK & Ireland World Regional Board
Canary Wharf chief Iacobescu to step aside
The veteran tycoon behind the game-changing transformation of London's Docklands is to be succeeded as CEO of Canary Wharf Group by Shobi Khan in October
Lister resigns as Homes England Chair
Sir Edward Lister has stepped down as Chairman of Homes England after three years
Mount Anvil promotes ‘home-grown talent’ to Land Director
James Owen has stepped up to become Land Director at the London property developer
LonRes launches off-market service with anonymous listings
New members-only service aims to "balance the need for discretion while reaching as wide a net of would-be buyers as possible"
Cluttons claims unique selling point
The agency has sold more one-off and unusual instructions than any other firm in London over the last decade, according to its latest marketing campaign...