If you cannot beat them…buy them? On the consolidation of the lettings industry

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If the market is to be dominated by mega-businesses in the coming years - as some are predicting - what does this mean for hard-working independents and their customers, asks Anderson Rose boss Jon Byers.

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Jon Byers

Managing Director at Anderson Rose

Jon Byers is Managing Director of London estate agency Anderson Rose. Jon spent fourteen happy years at Hamptons prior to launching Anderson Rose. He began his career at Hamptons Tower Bridge, he then launched the City of London office which he ran until 2007 and then moved out to the country to become Hamptons’ South East Regional Director.

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