Business & People
Buy a flat in the UAE and get Caribbean citizenship
Prospective buyers of units in a new scheme in the Middle East are being offered a pretty unusual sweetener - citizenship of a Caribbean island.
Profits soar for Candy & Candy’s design arm as staff numbers slashed
Candy & Candy's interior design arm turned in a whopping 46.8% increase in pre-tax profits last year, according to the company's latest set of accounts
Native Land names new Chairman
Top end developer Native Land has appointed big-name financier James Downing as Chairman
London Square boosts land team
Developer London Square is stoking its expansion with "significant hires" and a couple of promotions to its Ickenham-based land team.
Residence One recruits new Architecture & Projects Director from Oliver Burns
New luxury developer Residence One has recruited a new Director of Architecture and Projects from Oliver Burns.
INTERVIEW: Sam McNally & Mark O’Callaghan of Echlin on the business of boutique development
The team behind a raft of acclaimed PCL projects, including one of Chelsea's most talked-about new-builds of recent years, Echlin's Sam McNally and Mark O'Callaghan take on the PrimeResi Q&A...
New Director of Professional Valuations at Chestertons
Chestertons' Mit Kotak has been promoted to Director of Professional Valuations alongside Eric Shapiro.
Partner promotion for Knight Frank Resi Development man
Knight Frank has promoted Robert Adams to Salary Partner within the Prime New Homes team.
Another new hire for ‘buoyant’ LCP
Investment firm London Central Portfolio seems to be going big this year, hiring a third new recruit in just a few weeks and promoting another
There are 83 estate agents in the average London borough; 179 in Westminster
There are at least 179 estate agency branches in the City of Westminster alone, with 2,600 vying for business across the capital
Top Candy man leaves to set up own £150m development business
Candy & Candy director Simon Stone has left the hyper-prime firm to set up his own development and asset management business, Stone Real Estate
Special Relationships: The art and science of HNW relationship management
Retaining high net worth clients is at the core of the high-value property industry's business model - whether on the buying, selling, investing or developing aspect - and there's a lot that can be learned…