Business & People

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 at least 179 estate agency branches in the City of Westminster alone, with 2,600 vying for business across the capital.

Candy & Candy director Simon Stone has left the hyper-prime firm to set up his own development and asset management business, Stone Real Estate. Sugar Quay, one of Stone's projects

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…

Countrywide plc, the UK’s biggest integrated property services group, has been on a buying spree in the first few months of this year, acquiring another four lettings businesses in Q1 to "significantly…

German behemoth Engel & Völkers has announced a plan to hire 2,000 new real estate agents in a giant global recruitment drive.

The Crown Estate has appointed a new Deputy Head of Urban & Head of Central London.

London Central Portfolio has hired a new property search manager to track down "the best on and off-market properties" in prime central London.

The world’s biggest peer-to-peer mortgage platform, LendInvest, has announced a "strategic alliance" Plentific.com, a property portal aimed at the renovation/investment/development market.

Harrods Estates will be throwing open the doors to its new Kensington base at the end of the month.

Regent's Park-based independent Aston Chase has boosted its lettings offering by hiring Marie Beirne from TK International.

Buying agency Middleton Advisors has recruited a new member to its core Hampshire market.