Business & People
Design firm Vesta targets investment sector with new brand
            Interiors studio launches Investa to cater specifically for developers, investors and agents         
    Super-prime construction firm rebrands
            Sizebreed is now Size Group         
    Jackson-Stops founder’s great-grandson launches property buying agency
            "My aim is that GJS Property Ltd will be the next chapter in the Jackson-Stops property story," says founder George Jackson-Stops         
    Sotheby’s boosts country house team
            Tessa Teichmann joins the UK arm of the global real estate brokerage in Surrey         
    Youhome closes £500k investment round; picks up a new Guru
            Hybrid estate agency continues growth in prime London         
    Westminster names new planning chair & additional deputy leader
            Tim Mitchell will now be sharing deputy leader duties with Richard Beddoe, while Melvyn Caplan steps up as chairman of planning         
    Greene & Co to become Hamptons in November
            North London estate agency Greene & Co was acquired by Hamptons International in 2015; it "will be fully immersed" into the Countrywide brand in November         
    JLL launches dedicated real estate tech arm
            The new JLL Technologies aims to "align and expand [JLL's] technology and digital initiatives, and accelerate innovation in real estate"         
    Branded residence development sees ‘phenomenal growth’ – with more to come
            The number of branded residential developments around the world has escalated by 195% in the last decade, reports Savills, and the hotelier-dominated sector is set for more significant growth in the coming…        
    Vogue publisher Condé Nast to roll out branded residential property developments
            The publisher of Vogue, Vanity Fair, Tatler and GQ has been having discussions with Savills about launching a range of luxury property developments         
    LonRes acquires AML consultancy
            FCS' range of compliance services will help 'free up agents to concentrate on what they do best', says the B2B trading platform and data provider...         
    New smartphone app ‘will make 3D tours the standard way to market properties’
            Matterport's new mobile app turns smartphones into 3D capture cameras         
     
            
            
         
            
            
         
            
            
         
            
            
         
            
            
         
            
            
         
            
            
         
            
            
         
            
            
         
            
            
         
            
            
        