Business & People
Private housing continues to drive architects’ growth
The RIBA Future Trends Workload Index bounced back strongly in January 2016, rising to +29 (up from +15 in December 2015), with private housing continuing to be the primary growth area for the profession.
MHA boosts team with trio of hires
Knightsbridge-based development and investment firm MHA London has recruited a new design manager, planning manager and financial director.
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New Director for heritage group SAVE Britain’s Heritage
Historic building campaign group SAVE has brought in a new Director to replace Clem Cecil, who moves on to become Executive Director of Pushkin House.
Investment banking chief takes up non-exec role at Helical Bar
Veteran real estate investment banker Richard Cotton has joined Barts Square developer Helical Bar as non-exec director.
Rightmove reports a win from portal wars as market share rises to 85%
Revenues at Rightmove have climbed by 15% to £192.1m (2014: £167m), marking 15 successive years of growth for the UK's No.
‘A challenging year’ for Countrywide as operating profits slump 37%
2015 was "a significantly tougher year" said Countrywide Plc's Chairman Grenville Turner as the firm presented a "mixed" bag of financial results - including a hefty 37% drop in operating profits - in…
ZPG reports ‘a solid start’ to the financial year
Zoopla Property Group - which owns the likes of No.
Candy’s Omni Capital rebrands as Fortwell Capital
CPC Group-owned short-term lender Omni Capital Partners Limited has changed its name to become, with immediate effect, Fortwell Capital Limited.
JLL restructures top-level management team
Current EMEA CEO Christian Ulbrich takes on the role of President
Employers should add commission to holiday pay – Employment Appeal Tribunal
Employers of commission-led teams will need to take total earnings - rather than just basic pay - into account when calculating holiday pay, after a ruling (which is being appealed) by the Employment Appeal…
Savills crowned top UK real estate ‘superbrand’
Savills has been named as the UK's top real estate "super brand" - again - by The Centre for Brand Analysis.
Carter Jonas recruits New Homes boss from CBRE
Heather Littlejohn has been signed up to lead Carter Jonas' New Homes team in London.