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Foxtons looks to Nokia for Windows
Foxtons has handed out 900 Microsoft-powered Nokia Lumia 820 phones to staff across its 37 offices to use as their business smartphones. No news on what colour yet
Investec goes pro with new mortgage products
Investec, the specialist bank and asset manager, has launched a new range of mortgage products, available only through intermediaries, aimed specifically at professionals such as accountants, architects…
Countrywide launches £200m IPO
Oaktree Capital Group has confirmed its plans to float Countrywide holdings, the owner of 46 property estate agency brands, including Hamptons International and John D Wood, with a value of £200m.
Kelly Hoppen enters the Dragons’ Den
Interior design maven Kelly Hoppen MBE is joining the BBC's Dragons' Den. Paphitis and Devey left the show after Series 10, leaving one more available spot in the Den for a screen-friendly investor
Clegg: Mansion tax could be a death duty
Nick Clegg has mooted more ideas about how his mansion tax might work in practice, suggesting that it exemptions could be made for homeowners who have lived in a property for a long time, and/or that taxes…
Decision looms on Abramovich’s £100m Cheyne Walk blueprint
It sounds as though Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich is about to have his wishes granted by Kensington and Chelsea Council
High life: Skyroom to become residential
David Kohn’s Skyroom, the events venue built in 2010 on top of the Architecture Foundation’s offices on Tooley Street, is set to become a residential apartment.
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Bridgebank Capital adds to senior management team
Manchester-based short term property lender Bridgebank Capital has appointment Lesley Gibbons in a new senior management role, as Company Accountant.
Who Lives in Mayfair?
There are only 24 residential units under construction in Mayfair at the moment, according to a smashing briefing from Wetherell
BIID international interior design event – 13th March
The British Institute of Interior Design (BIID) has announced a new event, "Global Perspectives - International Influencers of Our Generation", to be hosted by its International Committee in the Lutyens…
Hiscox Private Client launches to service HNW market
Hiscox insurance has announced the launch of Hiscox Private Client, which will operate as a wholly-owned tied agency working exclusively with Hiscox products
Thrills and spills in Notting Hill
Some typically forthright stats from the Crayson team today, focusing mainly on their Notting Hill stomping ground and reporting a deluge of overseas buyers, tidy price per square foot increases and a…