Business & People

Regional property/lifestyle publishing group Archant is backing estate agent-owned challenger portal OnTheMarket.

PCL-based independent Henry & James has hired Steve Cook to head up its Belgravia lettings team.

Hamptons International has ramped up its Country Residential Development & Investment, Land & New Homes offering, with the appointment of James Turpin as Senior Land Negotiator.

Agents Mutual co-founder Knight Frank has opted to ditch Zoopla and go with Rightmove under OnTheMarket's "two portal rule".

Former JLL Director Richard Osborne-Young has joined Savills' Prime London Residential Development team.

Bojana Stozinic has worked at two very different firms recently.

It seems as though most major property development projects now involve some form of joint venture.

Real-time data powerhouse Lonres has announced the appointment of "Mayfair Guru" Peter Wetherell to its board.

Mayfair-based buying agency Black Brick has hired a new business consultant to develop its network across Asia. Grace Ding

The Council of Mortgage Lenders has called on Moray McDonald, head of personal and business banking products at the Royal Bank of Scotland, to take over as Chairman.

Zoopla Property Group has recruited a former Digital Property Group director to the newly-created role of Chief Product Officer.

Agents' Mutual has opened up the final membership tier for OnTheMarket.com, aimed at the cautious and commitment-phobic.