Business & People
Berkeley bosses ‘were accused of engaging in years of bribery with a partner at a major estate agent’
The Guardian reports that old court documents allege that Berkeley's chief "consistently engaged in bribing one of the partners in a major estate agency"
London Square recruits new COO to drive ambitious expansion plans
Shanly's Mark Evans joins fast-growing resi developer as it targets the delivery of a £2bn pipeline
Waterview & Dexters partner up along the Thames
Dexters continues it expansion drive in London, taking on 25-year-old specialist estate agency Waterview
RBKC to help smaller firms pitch for work on big-name development projects
Council signs up Cadogan Estate, Capco, Skanska and other high-profile operators to new supply chain network
Buying agency Crown Mayfair recruits Carter Jonas man
Carter Jonas' Head of Residential Sales in Barnes has joined PCL buying agency Crown Mayfair
Queen surveys RICS to mark the Institute’s 150th anniversary
Surveyors presented Her Majesty with a Lego postbox
Humberts launches its first ‘revolutionary’ property hub; rolls out a lifestyle concierge service
Estate agency opens a 5,000 square foot "high tech, high touch" space in Poundbury, Dorset, and rolls out a new "Humberts Living" concierge brand
Estate agents are ‘the most stressed profession’ in Britain
Three new surveys tell us that estate agents are the No.1 most stressed profession in Britain, and the fifth least-trusted.
Miller’s return boosts KFH’s new homes team
Former St John's Wood sales manager Jonny Miller rejoins agency after stints with Johns&Co and John D Wood
Grosvenor Group names new FD
Robert Davis to succeed Nick Scarles as number cruncher-in-chief
London Square & Redrow triumph at the WhatHouse? Awards
London Square picked up six awards, including Best Luxury House, Best Interior Design and Best Luxury Development for The Star and Garter in Richmond
Former CBRE & Sotheby’s man launches resi consultancy business
Jack Ballantine - formerly UK Head of Residential Development & Investment at Sotheby's International Realty and CBRE UK's Head of Asia Desk - has set up his own property buying agency / development consultancy…