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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‘Desperate’ Spicerhaart demands suppliers knock 20% off existing invoices
Roofing firm says it is shocked that a £123m turnover firm like Spicerhaart is leaning on its suppliers to accept lower payments than original invoiced for.
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‘Danger to public’ kidnapper of estate agent refused parole
Michael Sams put Birmingham agent Stephanie Slater through a horrendous four-day ordeal before releasing her after a £175,000 ransom was paid by her employer.
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OTM’s acting CEO confirms he’s in the running to keep the top job
Clive Beattie says the process is taking longer due to the Covid social distancing rules, but that agents should expect an announcement 'soon'.
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35% of staff now want to work from home up to three days a week, survey reveals
Lockdown has fundamentally changed employee attitudes to working from 'the office' as agencies proved they could operate from home.
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Leading independent chain bats off lockdown with multiple acquisitions
Linley & Simpson has purchased a lettings portfolio in Hull, an estate agency in Leeds and opened a new flagship branch just weeks after the market reopened.
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Watkin and Day: Why we’re backing Agents Together
Mike Day and Chris Watkin make the case for Michael Bruce's new foundation and why experienced people in the industry should join its panel of business mentors.
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Former Purplebricks boss launches industry foundation to ‘give something back’
It won't be popular with some agents who view Michael Bruce's legacy dimly, but the foundation is backed with £1 million of his personal wealth.
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Former Spicerhaart boss joins leading recruitment company
Russell Jervis, who left Spicerhaart late last year after over thirty years at the firm, is to head up the estate agency division of Rayner Personnel.
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Your Move parent group LSL says 43% of furloughed have returned to work
UK's fourth largest estate agency which also includes Reeds Rains and Marsh & Parsons, also says it made a profit during lockdown.
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What happened next: the estate agency that launched on the day Britain closed down
The Negotiator meets two former Foxtons and Fine & Country estate agents unfazed by the unlucky start for their property business.
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