Fine & Country gears up for worldwide recruitment drive

Connoisseurs of - whisper it - best show on television, the Antiques Roadshow, will know the chap on the left as Thomas Plant, rising star of the programme's expert panel.

The haute monde of top agency Fine & Country will wave goodbye to the miserable British weather later, as they head off to the launch of a glamorous new office on the French Riviera.

700 property types turned up to London's Lancaster Hotel last week for the annual Estate Agency Awards, in association with The Sunday Times and The Times, and sponsored by Zoopla.