Business & People
London retains ‘World’s Most Expensive City’ to live/work title
London has held on to the dubious honour of being "the world’s most expensive city to accommodate an employee" for the third year, says Savills, although the firm suggests that both London and second-placed…
Private housing continues to drive architects’ growth
The RIBA Future Trends Workload Index bounced back strongly in January 2016, rising to +29 (up from +15 in December 2015), with private housing continuing to be the primary growth area for the profession.
MHA boosts team with trio of hires
Knightsbridge-based development and investment firm MHA London has recruited a new design manager, planning manager and financial director.
Nuno Meira
New Director for heritage group SAVE Britain’s Heritage
Historic building campaign group SAVE has brought in a new Director to replace Clem Cecil, who moves on to become Executive Director of Pushkin House.
Investment banking chief takes up non-exec role at Helical Bar
Veteran real estate investment banker Richard Cotton has joined Barts Square developer Helical Bar as non-exec director.
Rightmove reports a win from portal wars as market share rises to 85%
Revenues at Rightmove have climbed by 15% to £192.1m (2014: £167m), marking 15 successive years of growth for the UK's No.
Candy’s Omni Capital rebrands as Fortwell Capital
CPC Group-owned short-term lender Omni Capital Partners Limited has changed its name to become, with immediate effect, Fortwell Capital Limited.
‘A challenging year’ for Countrywide as operating profits slump 37%
2015 was "a significantly tougher year" said Countrywide Plc's Chairman Grenville Turner as the firm presented a "mixed" bag of financial results - including a hefty 37% drop in operating profits - in…
ZPG reports ‘a solid start’ to the financial year
Zoopla Property Group - which owns the likes of No.
JLL restructures top-level management team
Current EMEA CEO Christian Ulbrich takes on the role of President
Employers should add commission to holiday pay – Employment Appeal Tribunal
Employers of commission-led teams will need to take total earnings - rather than just basic pay - into account when calculating holiday pay, after a ruling (which is being appealed) by the Employment Appeal…
Savills crowned top UK real estate ‘superbrand’
Savills has been named as the UK's top real estate "super brand" - again - by The Centre for Brand Analysis.