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Former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan has gone into bat for property management firm Capital Properties as its Leadership & Development Director.

Savills has announced plans to open a new office in Aberdeen's West End, offering the full gamut of resi and commercial property services.

Peer-to-peer property lending platform LendInvest has recruited an industry veteran as its new Head of Sales & Marketing.

ZPG has launched a new Property News section, with separate editions covering resi, commercial, new build and overseas markets.

Hugo Thistlethwayte will be stepping down as Managing Director of Savills' buying arm Prime Purchase, which he helped to found back in 2002, in January.

Bridging specialist Dragnofly Property Finance has recruited a new Head of Residential Development.

Independent buying outfit Watership Property has hired former Savills Associate Tania Thompson to cover the key Cotswolds and Oxfordshire patch.

Luxury developer teams up with New York-based investment boutique Junius Real Estate Partners

So it's not quite as appealing as the Guadalmina branch, but Winkworth is continuing its expansion apace, notching up a new office in Reading.

Knight Frank has made a bundle of promotions, bumping 34 employees up to Partner level and another 69 to the Associate rank. On the residential side of the business, 25 have been made Partners:

Savills' Jonathan Hewlett walked away with the "Property Advisor of the Year" gong at last night's Spear's Wealth Management Awards, while Zoopla's Alex Chesterman and Simon Kain were named "Entrepreneurs…

Kensington-based Banda Property has strengthened its buying team after reporting a surge in demand for off-plan resi. Helical Bar's hotly-tipped Barts Square scheme by Smithfield Market