Agencies & People
News covering the businesses, activities, people and personalities in estate agency and letting agency and wider residential property industry.
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Savills chief to step down after seven years at the helm
Mark Ridley is to be replaced by current CFO Simon Shaw as Group Chief Executive of the blue-chip agency.
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Thanks Rachel! Big estate agency group reveals best March ever
Chancellor's decisions to end Stamp Duty reliefs on April 1st and create huge 'cut off' surge drove big profit and turnover surge at Spicerhaart.
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More property industry firms in ‘financial distress’ reveals new report
Begbies Traynor says its quarterly financial health snapshot of British business shows property firms are among the top three sectors feelling the pinch.
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‘Fearless’ charity heavyweight takes lead role at Shelter
New CEO of homeless charity Shelter, Sarah Elliott, is former head of England’s largest membership organisation for the voluntary sector.
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‘David v Goliath fight’ between Rightmove and estate agency over naming rights
Rightmove has launched a trademark dispute against London-based rental agency Right Room, claiming both the smaller company's branding and name are too similar to its own.
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Ambitious South Coast estate agency snaps up rival
Hampshire-based Bernards Estate Agents has announced it has acquired fellow independent agency Eckersley White.
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New CEO for London’s fast-growing estate agency giant
Ash Kashyap has been appointed as the new CEO of Dexters, succeeding Andy Shepherd ahead of his retirement next year.
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Estate agency senior gets star turn on TV for The Apprentice final
Mary Beeton, Head of Sales at Hamptons, had her time in limelight during the BBC's primetime show seen by nearly seven million people.
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Foxtons reveals huge Stamp Duty boost for sales revenues
There has been a 73% rise in Group’s sales revenue in the strongest start to the year in a decade, says CEO Guy Gittens.
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World’s wealthy ‘leaving London’ claims leading property firm
Garrington boss says withdrawal of 'non-dom' tax benefits by the Government has persuaded many HNWIs to leave UK and rent out their trophy homes.
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