Business & People
Chestertons makes a move on Marbs
Chestertons has done a deal with Marbella estate agency Affinity Property Group to open a new Spanish outpost in Puerto Banus, Chestertons Affinity.
CIT boosts South Bank Tower’s cultural creds with McCurry exhibition
South Bank Tower (formerly King's Reach Tower) developer CIT has taken the cultural provenance of the Southbank and run with it, commissioning uber-photographer Steve McCurry - he of Afghan Girl fame -…
Savills sets up shop in the Middle East
Savills has formed new partnerships in Bahrain, Qatar and Dubai to boost its presence across the region
United House gears up for major London play
United House Group's development arm - United House Developments - is winding up for an 'ambitious' expansion, aimed squarely at the capital's private resi market.
Sharps & Flats: TWCL debuts Music Box plans
Taylor Wimpey Central London has unveiled plans for its forthcoming creation in Southwark
Grainger turns to the big screen to reach local buyers
Property videos have become part of the standard marketing collateral for high-end developments, but Grainger Plc has upped the ante for its 84-unit Macauley Walk scheme with a big screen version, showing …
Paying Up: Residential Property Salary Survey 2014
The resi property industry "remains a lucrative sector to work in" says specialist recruitment agency Deverell Smith, with the sector's average wage now standing 14.63% above the national average
New owners of Sotheby’s franchise unveil ambitious expansion plans
It sounds like the new owners of the British arm of Sotheby's International Realty have some pretty big plans for the high-end estate agency
£8m investment fuels Canburg’s global interiors ambition
Canburg, the owner of high-end interiors brands Smallbone of Devizes and Mark Wilkinson Furniture, has netted an £8m capital investment from the Business Growth Fund to "accelerate its UK and international …
INTERVIEW: Ben & Nick Wilson of ResidenceOne on starting a prime resi development business
With two significant projects currently launching in Belgravia - including a per square foot record-breaker - and a rapidly burgeoning super-prime pipeline, brothers Ben and Nick Wilson may be new to …
Special Relationship: Knight Frank teams up with top US brokerage
Anglo-American relations have taken a big step forward - in the resi property world at least - with the formation of a 'strategic alliance' between Knight Frank and US brokerage Douglas Elliman.
Knight Frank Finance teams up with Shawbrook
Knight Frank Finance has signed up to Shawbrook Bank's Strategic Partner programme for the South East.