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Douglas & Gordon's Ed Mead is taking on a new role as Executive Director of the agency. Mead. D&G front man, FRICS, PrimeResi contributor

RICS London is launching a residential forum to complement its existing Commercial Property Market Forum, and has made a couple of "important new leadership appointments" to make it all happen:

You didn't happen to show a Kazakh millionaire called "Oleg Duchenko" around any properties in 2013 did you? Chauffeured Bentley, dark glasses, heavy Eastern European accent? No? Phew...

Savills Director of National Development, Simon Stone, has jumped ship to Candy & Candy.

The annual Estates Gazette Awards were dished out at a snazzy do on Park Lane last night, with Jones Lang, British Land, Savills and Berkeley walking off with the top resi gongs.

Mayfair-based buying firm Black Brick has just taken on a couple of new recruits, hiring former Foxtons man Jamie Burnhope as buying consultant and Sophie Amasha as property manager. Jamie Burnhope

Haus Properties - the agency founded by former BBC Apprentice finalist Jamie Lester - has strengthened its offering in Chiswick, appointing James Henen-Webber as Lettings Director.

If you were wondering what all the commotion was about in Lancaster Gate on Thursday night, that's where the great and the good of the resi property world descended for its annual knees-up in the guise…

Surrey & Berkshire estate agent Aston Mead has acquired its seventh office in the region, buying-up Claud Waterer in Chertsey.

Santander is creating a whole new division to take care of mortgages, appointing Miguel Sard to run the lending business (all subject to FCA approval).

Trevor Abrahmsohn is surprised to find himself agreeing with Tessa Jowell... Am I hard of hearing or has Tessa Jowell woken up and smelt the coffee in relation to Mansion Tax? Isn’t it incredible;

Carter Jonas has hired former Lambert Smith Hampton man Tim Shaw as Partner to lead the firm's London Development team.