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The market may still be in choppy waters, but it doesn't sound like property firms are battening down the hatches just yet - far from it in fact.

Luxury travel brand Abercrombie & Kent's property arm - Abercrombie & Kent International Estates - is morphing into a new operation - Sphere Estates - following a management buyout by the company's General…

Global real estate giant Engel & Völkers has been on one hell of a recruitment drive, taking on 1,000 new employees in only five months. Paola Assetta

Westminster has announced a new Executive Director of Growth, Planning and Housing. Ed Watson, who's been in local government for a good 25 years, will take on the role from January.

Boutique developer and search agent Banda Property has recruited a new Development Manager "to spearhead ambitious 2016 development pipeline."

Helical Bar has appointed its current Development Director Gerald Kaye as its new Chief Executive after a "thorough selection process".

Chestertons has brought in a new Managing Director in the UAE to ramp up the property agency's presence in the "core" Middle East market, with a new International Properties division and an expansion plan…

Harrods Estates has added three new team members to its Chelsea operation, including a new London Resi Sales Manager.

There are changes afoot at architecture practice Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners.

Colliers International has appointed a former Army Major and Cushman & Wakefield Partner to lead its residential development team.

CBRE has boosted its Resi leadership team in London with a big hire from JLL.

Negotiators Charlotte Mitchell-Innes and Olivia Canning to AD level