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Global indoor air quality benchmark launches
Ekkist founder Olga Turner Baker has launched a new venture, teaming up with Metrikus to create AirRated, which provides property developers and owners with a "global benchmark for Indoor Air Quality".
Government to tap up agents with £100m AML levy
New Economic Crime Levy will fund additional financial investigators and technology in the fight against 'dirty money'
How to greet clients in a viral pandemic, according to Debrett’s
Handshakes are out, but is a fist-bump too much? High-society etiquette guide Debrett's has come up with some handy advice for business folk to avoid both contagion and faux pas.
ARLA conference postponed to September
The ARLA Propertymark Conference & Exhibition was due to take place on 24th March; it's now been pushed back to 2nd September as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Hamptons names new sales boss
Mary Beeton takes charge of the agency's 90-plus sales offices around the country
Jenrick outlines ‘planning for the future’ reforms, with new rights to replace disused buildings with new homes
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has set out another raft of proposals designed "to bring Britain’s planning system into the 21st century."
Sotheby’s International Realty hits 1,000-office milestone; reports record worldwide sales of $114bn
High-end real estate network launched 50 new offices around the world last year, and now counts 23,000 affiliated sales associates across 70 countries & territories
Savills reports strong UK & global revenue growth
Savills saw a 10% jump in global revenues from 2018 to 2019 as the Plc shifts its emphasis from property transactions to "less transactional" services.
Property prices rise across the country, but surveyors expect the Coronavirus to hit Spring market activity
Demand, supply, prices and transaction numbers all increased from January to February, according to the latest RICS survey.
New index profiles 100 top SME property developers
Founders of the Real Developer Index 2020 say we should be celebrating the heroes of property development rather than dwelling on the bad apples.
City & Country and Barratt team up on major SW London project
The former Springfield University Hospital near Tooting will eventually house 800 new homes and a 32-acre public park
Budget 2020: Non-UK residents to face 2% SDLT surcharge from April 2021
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has confirmed a new property levy for foreign buyers, alongside a huge infrastructure spending plan and a suite of measures to ease the impact of the Coronavirus epidemic.