Entrepreneurs raise £1mn to launch ‘Skyscanner of building materials’
New price comparison platform aims to help builders source better construction materials for less.
What to read next
Modulous recruits heavyweight design and tech names
Former Squire & Partners and Canary Wharf Group director Chris Hartiss has joined construction "scale-up" company Modulous, as has ex-UBS man Correy Voo.
89% of builders are having to delay jobs due to materials & staff shortages
A survey of construction businesses "shows a damning situation for the building industry," says the boss of the Federation of Master Builders, with "dramatic delays to jobs" and "skyrocketing" prices.
Reapit’s Barker steps down to join Micheal Bruce’s ‘Launch B’ start-up
Gary Barker has left Reapit after 13 years to join Purplebricks-founder Michael Bruce's "data led, disruptive & Greenfield start-up" in Birmingham.
Most read
Savills completes £170mn townhouse run at Chelsea Barracks
Contracts exchanged on £40mn Banda-designed residence, rounding out sales at Mulberry Square.
Super-prime Kensington development launch draws over 150 agents
In Pictures: London’s prime property crowd gets first look inside REDD’s newly completed One Palace Green.
US brokerage giant launches global division for cross-border property deals
Compass rolls into international markets including the UK with new agent network.
Picky buyers & patchwork performance: The state of Prime Central London in 2026
Fresh data and charts reveal differing fortunes across the capital’s luxury property heartlands - and offer some pointers as to what happens next.
Strutt & Parker broker ranks hit double figures
Seasoned St John’s Wood agent becomes tenth member of recently launched brokerage division as heritage firm targets further Prime London expansion.
Broker lands stellar £18mn instruction in SW London
Grade I-listed Richmond observatory - now a super-prime residence - was originally built for George III to watch the transit of Venus.
‘There are quiet Augusts and then there are quiet Augusts’: Prime London sales hit 18-year low
Latest LonRes numbers point to a particularly slow summer for prime London - but there are signs of life at the top end.
The £100k Mistake: A top buying agent on what prime property buyers need to know about AI
The real value of a good advisor is in judgement & knowledge of things beyond data, says Property Vision's Rob Fanshawe.
London super-prime sales haul jumps 72% despite global slowdown
Knight Frank tracked a 'flurry of remarkable sales' in London during Q2, but US$10mn+ transaction volumes dipped slightly.
Well-known London agency adds two more self-employed brokers
Olia Sequeira & Victoria Peters sign to the 68-year-old brand.
LATEST ARTICLES
Zoopla COO steps down after three years
Former Mojo Mortgages boss leaves the property portal to pursue ambitions of 'leading a business again.'
£33k-a-week Mayfair mansion leads run of blockbuster London rental deals
Mount Street and One Hyde Park mega-lets mark five-year highs as capital's luxury rental supply shrinks.
Treasury eyes £1.5mn mansion tax threshold as Budget rumours gather pace
Updated: Reports suggest Treasury is considering widening the HVCTS net, potentially hitting nearly 300,000 homes.
Tycoon weighing UK exit looks to offload luxury PCL properties
£18mn-plus Knightsbridge flat goes up for sale, along with other homes in Mayfair, Kensington and Chelsea, as entrepreneur says ‘there’s just no point in being here’.
£11.8bn development wave to reshape West Kensington’s market
New research makes the case for a West Ken renaissance, as a trio of major development projects look set to redraw the local map - and hike property values.