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New National Trust Director-General named
Dame Helen Ghosh DCB has been named as the new Director-General of the National Trust, taking over from Fiona Reynolds who is to become Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge next year after 12 years at…
Sotheby’s moves into Henley
Sotheby's International Realty has just opened a new branch in well-to-do Henley-on-Thames, covering the prime territories of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.
Planning gurus DPP fall into administration; relaunch as DPP
Leading planning and design advisory firm DPP Consulting has gone into administration, and immediately relaunched as DPP.
Morpheus appoints Steven Blaess to head up in-house resi design team
Super hi-spec resi developer Morpheus has just announced the appointment of Steven Blaess as Creative Director to spearhead the expansion of its design team.
New resi development director for Hamptons
Hamptons has expanded its Residential Development and Investment team with the senior appointment of Lesley Stringer as a Director.
Property portal pioneer moves away from Zoopla
Nick Leeming, who founded the UK's first online property portal PropertyFinder, has stepped down from his role as Business Development Director at Zoopla.
Stearn steps up as new Quintain Finance Director
Richard Stearn has been promoted to be the new Finance Director of property developer Quintain.
New Kensington Church Street office for Chestertons
Nick Carter and Francesca Fortunati
Chesterton Humberts has announced the opening of a brand new office in Kensington Church Street, to work alongside their existing Kensington High Street branch.
Trevor Abrahmsohn surprises himself by agreeing with Grant Shapps
Selling off social housing in prime areas may not be such a daft idea, but banks witholding lending for private development certainly is, says Trevor Abrahmsohn.
New Associate Partner for PPS
Charlotte de Silva
Charlotte de Silva has joined the new London office team of buying agency, Private Property Search (PPS), an independent subsidiary of the Strutt & Parker brand.
Battle to find best golfer in UK resi property heats up
Over the last three months, 260 residential agents and developers have been battling it out on the golf course in the regional qualifying heats of the Zoopla Charity Classic 2012 to secure a much-coveted…
Plans for Valandy nuptials cause a stir
If yours hasn't arrived yet, you're probably not going unfortunately.