Business & People
Tchenguiz brothers bring Serious Fraud Office to account
The Serious Fraud Office has been ordered to pay property barons Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz (significant) legal costs, following the collapse of a case against them earlier this year.
Oakvest appoints new PR agency
Private equity property investment company and developer Oakvest Ltd. has appointed property PR agency AB Property Marketing, as the firm looks to raise its profile.
Property Week Editor goes out on a high
Giles Barrie rounded-off his tenure as Property Week's head honcho by scooping a brace of awards at last night's British Society of Magazine Editors (BSME) Awards.
New material for Farrow & Ball founders
Tom Helme and Martin Ephson, the partnership behind posh paint purveyors Farrow & Ball, are back in the interiors game after a six-year break.
Thank God for English Heritage, says William Cash from Upton Cressett in Shropshire
As wind turbines taller than Nelson's Column threaten the setting of his family home in Shropshire, William Cash has mobilised Britain's heritage conservation community to action.
Record month for Zoopla Group
Zoopla Property Group has released its first performance figures as a fully integrated platform; unsurprisingly, they're the biggest yet.
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Winckworth Sherwood strengthens real estate team
London-based law firm Winckworth Sherwood has added to its specialist enfranchisement and residential property team with the appointment of Syeda Malik, who joins from Glinert Davis LLP.
Rightmove boss to retire at 50
Ed Williams, the man behind Rightmove since its launch in 2000, is retiring in April; he'll be just 50 years old.
BBC Antiques Roadshow star to launch Fine & Country Windsor
Connoisseurs of - whisper it - best show on television, the Antiques Roadshow, will know the chap on the left as Thomas Plant, rising star of the programme's expert panel.
Down with the socialist regime, says Trevor Abrahmsohn
Forget Mansion Tax; an extra £600m from an extension to Council Tax banding would be much more sensible, says prime property's man of the moment Trevor Abrahmsohn, exclusively for PrimeResi.
New (new) UK MD for CBRE
Ciaran Bird will take over from Matthew Pullen as Managing Director of CBRE UK on 1st January 2013, after Pullen resigned with immediate effect just two weeks after his appointment as MD was announced.
More stock but buyers continue to “wait and see”
Recent reports of a slight fall of 3.6% in the number of sales transactions in prime central London in Q3 have been attributed (by Chesterton Humberts) to a growing "wait and see" mentality.