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New kid on the block Tavistock Bow has hired one of the longest-serving - and top-performing - members of CBRE's West End office.

Knight Frank has ramped up its Central New Homes offering with three senior hires, after a raft of new business wins across the region.

Finchatton has hired a new Head of Design from Philippe Starck’s Yoo Studio.

PCL estate agency Kay & Co has promoted Joe Le Beau to the role of Sales Manager in its Hyde Park office. Le Beau has been at the firm for four years and will now oversee sales across W2.

Resi developer Barratt London has recruited a new Regional Finance Director from the Berkeley Group.

High-end resi agency Hanover Private Office has hired a new director from Beaney Pearce.

The Pollen Estate, which owns quite the chunk of prime retail Mayfair including Savile Row and Bond Street, has named David Shaw - head of The Crown Estate’s Regent Street portfolio - as its new Chairman.

CBRE has been ploughing more investment into its burgeoning resi business; the firm has significantly strengthened its lettings capability in the capital with a raft of new hires. James Thornett

Strutt & Parker has acquired two-branch Buckinghamshire estate agency Roberts Newby.

Countrywide Plc has made a batch of key appointments to its Executive Team, with a remit to "lay the foundations for delivering the ambitions of  Building our Future programme."

Developer Miller Homes has a new National Sales and Marketing Director.

Resi titan Grainger has appointed RBS’s current Global Head of Real Estate Management as its new CEO.