Business & People

Insurance titan Hiscox has reached a preliminary agreement with Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings to acquire Synergy Insurance Services (UK) and R&Q Marine Services Limited.

Savills has announced a tie-up with top-end Parisian firm Agence Varenne.

Super-prime developer Finchatton has promoted Jiin Kim-Inoue to the role of Design Director, responsible for "leading and implementing the firm's global design strategy". Jiin Kim-Inoue

Wriglesworth, one of the capital's top property PR agencies, has been snapped up by global consultancy Instinctif Partners to create a 90-strong UK team. Instinctif Partners & Wriglesworth

Chestertons has amped up its Middle Eastern presence with a joint venture with Saudi-based MEDAD Valuation International (part of the Najeeb Abdullatif Alissa Holding Company).

Home Counties estate agent Waterfords has moved into a new "flagship office" in Fleet after out-growing its old space.

Make, the architecture practice behind projects including St James's Market and Rathbone Square, has appointed its first female board member.

Another week, another new acquisition by Carter Jonas, this time in the shape of two Cambridge-based property firms.

Property-focused short-and-medium-term lender Dragonfly has hired a Regional Business Development Manager to boost its capability outside of London and the South East.

Quintessentially Home has recruited a new leader for its property management and home concierge operations.

Specialist new build agency Johns & Co has launched a new app to make its residents' lives a bit easier.

As OnTheMarket - the new property portal that's banned online-only agents - gears up for its big launch at the end of this month, Zoopla Property Group has featured an online estate agent on PrimeLocation's…