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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Former Savills director launches high-end competitor
Lindsay Cuthill's Blue Book agency will target the very top end of the market, especially in the South.
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‘Struggling’ agents must widen recruitment net to attract talent
Danielle Nash of Property Academy says agents need to be proactive, think differently and target potential employees from other sectors if they want to tackle the recruitment challenge.
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Foxtons staff take on mammoth charity fitness challenge
An 80 strong team will support former Area Director James Clarke’s fight to raise money for motor neurone disease charity, My Name’5 Doddie Foundation.
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Purplebricks ‘must become Amazon of property world’
Proptech consultant Andrew Stanton says Purplebricks and its new owners Strike should copy Amazon's offer to customers.
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Strike name set to disappear as new combined company to be called ‘Purplebricks’
Strike CEO Sam Mitchell tells The Neg that after the purchase of the troubled agency the business is "highly likely" to take the Purplebricks name.
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David McCooke launches residential development consultancy
The McCooke Group will specialise in land acquisition and sales operations for developer clients across London and is already involved in off-market transactions in Docklands and Croydon.
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BREAKING: Purplebricks sold to Strike for just £1
The troubled agency's senior team have decided to gift the business and its assets to Strike, assuming its shareholders agree at a later vote.
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Douglas & Gordon facing questions over compliance record
The company's sales arm, which was bought from administration by CEO James Evans, may not be following AML and GDPR rules, it is suggested.
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Foxtons ramps up property licensing compliance with tech deal
The London estate agency is to work with licensing experts Kamma to help individual branches avoid fines.
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Marsh & Parsons chief set to leave, reports suggest
Patrick Littlemore, Marsh & Parsons' CEO, may leave the company just a few months after it was bought by Dexters.
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