Business & People
Ireland’s biggest property auction house enters UK market
BidX1 swoops on venerable firm of auctioneers creating "omni-channel powerhouse" with plans to "revolutionise the property auction world"
Redrow launches the UK’s first housebuilding degree
Property developer and Liverpool John Moores University have teamed up to offer a BSc qualification in housebuilding
New finance chief named at British Land
Simon Carter returns to the Clarges Mayfair developer as CFO
AI property management platform raises £500k
Well-known prop-tech investors Newnes, Caan & Butt are backing artificial intelligence as a future for property management
Savills recruits new Head of Resi in Ireland from Marsh & Parsons
Marsh & Parsons' Notting Hill chief moves back to Dublin
‘Disappointing’ estate agency performance pushes Countrywide profits down
The property Plc's full year results show that Total Group Income is down by c.17% in 2017 compared to 2016
Lettings growth helps Winkworth weather ‘testing’ year
Agency expects boost for pre-tax profits despite a suffering sales market; notes improvement in PCL activity
New bridging lender launches in Mayfair with heavyweight team
Harry Hill-backed Glenhawk promises to "shake up the market"
Yorkshire buying agency branches out
Toby Milbank and Tom Robinson's The Search Partnership launches property and estate management arm, headed by former Strutts man Steven Fieldsend
Savills sets up Great Estates team
Cushman's Guy Taylor to head up new division advising the Great Estates of London
Colliers boosts London resi team
New director for Marylebone-based division
Savills confirms Ridley as Helsby’s successor in 2019, in a suite of succession planning announcements
Mark Ridley will replace Jeremy Helsby as Savills' Group Chief Executive at the start of 2019; James Sparrow to become Chief Exec of UK and Europe; Richard Rees to become UK MD