Staff from a Yorkshire estate agency are to hit new heights in their latest challenge to raise funds for the region’s leading children’s and young people’s hospice.

Another agency marking its 25th anniversary with a pledge to raise £25,000 is Linley & Simpson.

Lomond Group, one of the UK’s fastest-growing estate agency networks, has appointed Ed Phillips as its new Group Chief Executive.

Media reports over the weekend say talks between two firms are at an early stage, but Chestertsons purchase would be major coup for group.

Linley & Simpson seals another acquisition deal just six months after launching in the city, increasing the size of the firm’s rental portfolio by a third.

Disgraced former health secretary plays in Leeds event officially backed by Linley & Simpson but also former Hunters chairman and MP Kevin Hollinrake.

All estate agencies within Lomond Group are to use the platform and its app, standardising their lettings service across 20,000 properties.

The Yorkshire town immortalised in the long-running BBC comedy, Last of the Summer Wine, has become home to Linley & Simpson’s first dedicated Kirklees branch.