Business & People

Buckinghamshire law firm BP Collins LLP has boosted its burgeoning property team with the appointment of four new associates.

A league table of local estate agents' performance has been launched to 'help property owners make an informed decision' and drive business for local independents with skinny marketing budgets. C

Christie's International Real Estate has made its first foray into the Middle East, signing up a new affiliate in Dubai to cover the United Arab Emirates.

Nicky Richmond assesses the inaugural MIPIM UK from a property lawyer's point of view and asks 'what is it good for?' Tempted as I am to finish the line of that song, it would not be entirely accurate. If

Knight Frank has made a strong play on the research front, by creating the new role of Chief Economist to 'place the company at the forefront of debate on the future of global property'.

Alexander Lewis, Residential Development Partner at Knight Frank, talks us through the six key value drivers, the PCL area he's tipping for outperformance, and why no amount of gimmicks can rescue a fun…

Fine & Country has lifted the lid on its new consumer website, bringing the estate agency up-to-date with a clean image-led site that puts property search at the top of the bill. Fineandcountry

The panel discussions have been packed to the rafters, but maybe because Hammersmith Road isn't the Croisette, reports Nicky Richmond from behind the barricades...

Walpole Mayfair developer Oliver Burns stands proud as the only super-prime sponsor of the inaugural MIPIM UK.

'A great opening splash' at London's Olympia - inside if not out - followed by some lively nuggets on foreign investment into the capital, notes Joe Burns in his first daily dispatch from the inaugural MIP…

Louise Hewlett has just launched an independent property company

RTKL, the architecture / urban design uber-practice behind the likes of Shanghai's Baccarat Residences and Jakarta's Four Seasons,  has made a move on London's residential arena with the "strategic hire" o…