Business & People
Ex-CBRE trio launch resi-centric development consultancy
            Former CBRE Directors Jamie Gunning, Guy Passey and Charlie Philip have founded 'end-to-end' consultancy practice Sq. One Real Estate         
    Estate agents ‘can’t wait around for the government’s plans for professionalisation’
            Service levels won't improve until all estate agents have access to training, argues Keller Williams UK boss Ben Taylor         
    GLA names its new London Development Panel for public land
            Public bodies can use the 29 property firms 'to accelerate housing delivery on sites that they own';        
    Cain International pumps £400m into Fortwell Capital
            Investment giant acquires majority stake in real estate lender to fund ambitious expansion strategy;        
    JLL launches ‘virtual’ office covering Westminster & St James’s
            Agency continues strategy of rolling out virtual office teams to focus on specific postcodes         
    Heritage Alliance names its new Chair as Grossman stands down
            Peter Ainsworth will take over from Loyd Grossman as Chairman of The Heritage Alliance in December         
    Luxury agency connects via WhatsApp
            Quintessentially Estates rolls out high-end platform with instant messaging functionality as clients increasingly eschew emails and calls         
    Bricks & Mortarboards: Three real estate courses to further your prime education
            Master the intricacies of the English Country House, Real Estate Economics, and Property Development at these top London institutions...         
    Savills’ UK resi business rallies amid ‘challenging’ market conditions
            Revenue and profit up for division as higher values offset lower volumes         
    RIBA names its new President
            Alan Jones will take over from Ben Derbyshire next year         
    New Development Manager for West Eleven
            DRE's Annika Prince joins Will Herrmann's boutique developer as it prepares to embark on two new projects in south west London         
    Britain’s top 30 estate agency suppliers
            Property Academy has short-listed the 30 best estate agency suppliers, as voted by estate agents, in advance of its EA Masters conference