Business & People
Heaton moves into London with “A-List” signing
Just 12 months after launching, Heaton & Partners has made an "A-List" signing to head-up its new London operation and has added two more big names to its advisory board
Fine & Country man elected as UK FIABCI President
Left to right: Marcus Whewell CEO of GPEA Ltd
Executive role for D&G’s Ed Mead
Douglas & Gordon's Ed Mead is taking on a new role as Executive Director of the agency.
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RICS launches new residential forum
RICS London is launching a residential forum to complement its existing Commercial Property Market Forum, and has made a couple of "important new leadership appointments" to make it all happen:
Wage Wars: Golden handshakes return as property firms hunt top talent
After a five-year absence, it sounds like the "golden hello" is making a comeback in the upper echelons of the property industry, as firms battle to sign key personnel
NAEA and ARLA to advertise for licensed agents
The National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Lettings Agents are launching TV advertising campaigns to promote the importance of choosing a licensed sales or lettings agent
Prime Suspect: Olig-arch villain jailed after phoney viewings
You didn't happen to show a Kazakh millionaire called "Oleg Duchenko" around any properties in 2013 did you? Chauffeured Bentley, dark glasses, heavy Eastern European accent? No? Phew...
What Goes Around: How to refer (and get referred)
Effectively managing referrals to and from your business is the best way to guarantee great leads
Parity Pledge: UK housebuilders promise end to ‘foreign first’ sales tactics
A bevy of big league resi developers have signed up to a new "voluntary commitment" that could affect the way new schemes are marketed from next year
Aggressive expansion sees Countrywide buy two lettings businesses every month in 2013
This is buy-to-let on an industrial scale. Britain's biggest property services group, Countrywide plc, has acquired 28 lettings business throughout 2013, spending £23.
Savills’ Development Director joins Candy & Candy
Savills Director of National Development, Simon Stone, has jumped ship to Candy & Candy
Stick The Vs Up: How to commission a property video
There's generally two types of property videos out there at the moment; amazing and amazingly bad