Business & People

Winkworth's 180th year in business is off to a good start despite "dampened" transaction levels in the capital.

2014 was also a big year for developer Mount Anvil, with a 33% increase in turnover (to a record £216.2m), a profit of £20m, and a 46% rise in the value of its pipeline, to £1.36bn.

Top end developer Native Land has appointed big-name financier James Downing as Chairman.

Developer London Square is stoking its expansion with "significant hires" and a couple of promotions to its Ickenham-based land team.

New luxury developer Residence One has recruited a new Director of Architecture and Projects from Oliver Burns.

The team behind a raft of acclaimed PCL projects, including one of Chelsea's most talked-about new-builds of recent years, Echlin's Sam McNally and Mark O'Callaghan take on the PrimeResi Q&A...

Chestertons' Mit Kotak has been promoted to Director of Professional Valuations alongside Eric Shapiro.

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

Knight Frank has promoted Robert Adams to Salary Partner within the Prime New Homes team.

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.

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…