Business & People
Wandsworth signs up Standard’s Bar-Hillel to champion tenants’ rights
The Evening Standard's long-serving property and planning correspondent - and tenacious campaigner - takes on a new role 'speaking up' for people across the borough
On forging a successful business in uncertain times: Aykroyd & Co
When Knight Frank recruited VanHan founders Thomas van Straubenzee and Rory Penn to its Global Wealth Advisory team last year, Hannah Aykroyd decided to team up with fellow alumnus Sophie Bonsor and launch…
Former Coreco man launches internationally-focused mortgage firm
The two founders of Altura Mortgage Finance are based in London and Hong Kong
New Aberdeen head for Savills
Dan Smith takes charge of Savills in the Granite City
Top New York property firm launches franchise model with an eye on international expansion
Corcoran expects to open 22 new franchised offices in 2019.
On forging a successful business in uncertain times: Penfolds Estate Agents
Seasoned property pros Helen Edwardson & Becky Penfold – formerly of Hamptons and Curchods – launched a boutique estate agency venture from their West Sussex kitchen table last year.
Proptech start-up fund Concrete VC expands
Angelica Donati has joined tech-centric property business investment firm Concrete VC as a 'venture partner'
‘London’s most controversial architect’, at home with the FT
Amin Taha - of that Clerkenwell property - chats with the FT's Dominic Lutyens about 'living under threat of the wrecking ball.'
Fire guts Tenancy Deposit Scheme HQ
Nobody's been hurt and it's unlikely that any data has been lost, says the TDS, but phone and email are 'restricted'
New Head of London Sales at Strutt & Parker, as Willis moves on
Louis Harding has taken over from Charlie Willis as Head of London Sales at Strutt & Parker
On forging a successful business in uncertain times: Avanton
In the third instalment of our mini-series on ambitious new firms breaking out under challenging market conditions, Omer Weinberger of recently-launched developer Avanton explains the benefits of a lean…