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Simon Carter to take over from Grigg as British Land CEO
Chris Grigg has announced that he will step down as CEO of British Land Plc in November, after 11 years at the helm. Current CFO Simon Carter will step up to the top job in November.
The Secret Agent: Will 2020 be the greatest ‘selling out’ our industry has seen?
Covid has given agencies the perfect excuse to reduce the footprint of their office networks, says our PCL insider, but what is left of a brand when all the good people have gone?
Milton Stone hires new lettings head from Strutt & Parker
Hugo James joins Sacha Moussaieff's firm after seven years in charge of Strutts' South Ken lettings team.
Hill appoints a Head of Strategic Land
Former Wates and Barratt man Matt Tunley has been recruited to help realise property developer Hill's ambition to build 4,000 new home a year by 2025.
New agency launches ‘disruptive’ turnkey service for prime property buyers
Harry Helsby (son of former Savills boss Jeremy) and Alexis Stellakis are setting out to ‘revolutionise’ London’s traditional market model with their ‘all in-house solution’.
Lichfields recruits London planning veteran
Michael Lowndes has joined top planning consultancy Lichfields as Senior Director in the Major Projects team.
Death of former Humberts boss announced
Highly-regarded industry figure Ian Westerling died suddenly last weekend.
Former Kier CEO joins Apex Airspace as Chair
Haydn Mursell has joined specialist London airspace developer Apex as Chairman.
Bruce in talks to raise ‘tens of millions of pounds’ for Boomin
The Purplebricks co-founder has reportedly received 'significant inbound interest' in funding his new venture.
KWUK recruits Knight Frank marketing chief
Simon Leadbetter - formerly Knight Frank's Group Head of Marketing, Communications & Digital and Countrywide's Group Marketing Director - has joined Keller Williams UK.
More change at Propertymark as Chair Hamer stands down
Propertymark's Executive Chairman Christopher Hamer is following bosses of the NAEA and ARLA out the door.
New Presidents at NAEA & ARLA as Propertymark gears up for estate agency regulation
Kirsty Finney is now in charge at the NAEA; Angela Davey has taken the helm at the ARLA.