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Tom Grogan and Kouros Golestaneh's resi design and development outfit LUTTI - which scored backing to the tune of £50m from Halkin Investments last year - has made a chunky acquisition on Great Portland…

Triangle has strengthened its London-based team by hiring a new Head of Asset Management, just a few weeks after snapping up the New Oxford Street Estate for £15.75m. The New Oxford Street Estate

Marsh & Parsons has expanded its Residential Development & Investment department by recruiting Matt Bird as its new Head of Affordable Housing.

Heaton & Partners, the top-end consultancy set up two years ago by former Property Vision man Ed Heaton, has poached a key member of Strutt & Parker's buying team.

Independent property search agency Sourcing Property has recruited a new member to its ranks of buying agents. Rob Chard joins the firm after spending four years at Deutsche Bank in London and Singapore.

Industry veteran and RICS Fellow Peter Goldsmith has joined the Chestertons board as non-exec director.

Hertfordshire-based developer Heronslea Group has hired a new Sales and Marketing Director from CALA to drive some "significant" expansion plans.

UPDATE: It turns out that Mark Francois' appointment to Housing Mininster was all just a bit of mix-up. Francois' name was mistakenly put up on the DCLG website...

Cadogan has announced the appointment of Jane Henshaw as Joint Head of Building Surveying, alongside existing Head of Building Nicholas Dutton.

The Conservatives will be the power party for the next five years, and they've even got a fully-fledged majority government.

Hamptons International - part of Countrywide Plc - has confirmed that it has bought North London and City estate agency Greene & Co.

Christopher Hamer, better known as The Property Ombudsman, has announced he'll be stepping down at the end of the year.