Business & People
Savills announces ‘important’ new venture in Jakarta
After completing a raft of international tie-ups and openings already this year, Savills has just launched a new office in Indonesia.
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Hamptons goes big on cab-vertising
Hamptons International has decided to head down the branded taxi route this year, wrapping more than fifty 'Sherbet Dabs' as part of its new marketing campaign.
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26 promotions at Carter Jonas (including five new Group Partners)
What a week for Carter Jonas.
The Story of Mayfair: Wetherell writes the book
People sometimes say that self-proclaimed Mayfair Guru Peter Wetherell wrote the book on prime W1 property; well now he literally has
‘Excellent year’ for Winkworth as expansion pays off and profits climb 58%
Winkworth has followed Foxton's lead, posting strong pre-tax profits and nearly doubling the amount of cash generated in its full year results on the back of 'dynamic' growth in the market and a series…
Private Finance and Carter Jonas announce tie-up
Mortgage broker Private Finance and property consultancy Carter Jonas have shaken hands on a formal 'Introducer Agreement'.
BPF Chief announces retirement
Liz Peace, Chief Executive of the British Property Federation, has decided to call it a day after 12 years at the helm
Banner boss steps down
The chief exec of developer Banner Homes has stepped down, just four weeks after the firm was snapped up by the CALA Group
Grosvenor prepares for PCL ‘correction’; slashes resi exposure by £240m
The Duke of Westminster's Grosvenor Group has dramatically reduced its exposure to luxury resi in prime central London and reiterated its concerns about property values in the capital. T
Branch growth and soaring prices drive big Q1 for Foxtons
Those little liveried Minis must have been buzzing around town even faster than usual over the last few months. Here's those remarkable Foxtons Q1 results at a glance...
Q1 Group turnover was £34.1m
Brand Slam: The seven best property agency rebrands of 2013-14
There's been a glut of prime resi rebrands over the last 18 months or so, ranging from little licks of paint to full-on corporate gut-jobs.
Here's our pick of the top seven recent brand overhauls:
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Case Study: Using video to market a trophy instruction
Can a set of snaps and some pithy paragraphs ever really do justice to a super-prime scheme? The developer of these two record-breaking penthouses in St John's Wood certainly didn't think so, and commissioned …