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Countrywide’s Chief Executive resigns
Alison Platt has left the firm after the property services giant "lost focus" under her watch; Peter Long is in charge until a successor is found
Countrywide ‘could announce the departure of Alison Platt within days’, claims report
"The leadership of Countrywide Plc is in doubt", declares Sky News
Redrow launches the UK’s first housebuilding degree
Property developer and Liverpool John Moores University have teamed up to offer a BSc qualification in housebuilding
New finance chief named at British Land
Simon Carter returns to the Clarges Mayfair developer as CFO
Savills recruits new Head of Resi in Ireland from Marsh & Parsons
Marsh & Parsons' Notting Hill chief moves back to Dublin
New bridging lender launches in Mayfair with heavyweight team
Harry Hill-backed Glenhawk promises to "shake up the market"
Savills sets up Great Estates team
Cushman's Guy Taylor to head up new division advising the Great Estates of London
Colliers boosts London resi team
New director for Marylebone-based division
Savills confirms Ridley as Helsby’s successor in 2019, in a suite of succession planning announcements
Mark Ridley will replace Jeremy Helsby as Savills' Group Chief Executive at the start of 2019; James Sparrow to become Chief Exec of UK and Europe; Richard Rees to become UK MD
Raft of senior hires for Darling
Non-Exec Rupert Eastell joins the fast-growing architectural practice along with three new Project Directors
U+I brings in Development Director from Sellar Property
Regeneration specialist developer U+I has recruited a new Development Director
Interview: Alexander McLean of Knight Frank on working with sports stars
PrimeResi finds out how the agency's new division is advising clients from the sporting arena on their real estate plays...