http://www.propertyweek.com http://www.propertyweek.com http://www.propertyweek.com/magazine/graphics/logo.png http://www.propertyweek.com http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/bloxham-makes-a-splash-in-art-world/5054840.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/bloxham-makes-a-splash-in-art-world/5054840.article The sartorially savvy residential developer, Tom Bloxham, showed his appreciation for fine art earlier this month when he purchased “the Field” — a painting with Rothko-esque colour blocking used in Property Week’s Site Life Competition in 2010. Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/oms-idea-has-legs/5054841.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/oms-idea-has-legs/5054841.article On hearing that OM Property Management had given its staff pedometers, Ludgate thought this was a rather cheeky and roundabout way of trying to get their stay into shape. Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/mack-on-the-mic/5054842.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/mack-on-the-mic/5054842.article Tannoy announcement of the day at Sunday’s National Surveyors Rugby Sevens tournament came from one of the event organisers, Christopher Mackaness. Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/shed-heads-shake-mania/5054847.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/shed-heads-shake-mania/5054847.article Will Hunting, asset manager at M7 Real Estate, pointed out to Ludgate that when M7 did its own version of the Harlem Shake (pictured), its industrial team was behind it, just as was the case in the Colliers Harlem Shake. Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/mysterious-call/5054851.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/mysterious-call/5054851.article Retail agent to the stars, Tim Hance from Prime Retail, should be nonchalant when it comes to showbiz by now. Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/partridge-makes-a-buzz/5054488.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/partridge-makes-a-buzz/5054488.article David Partridge, managing partner at Argent, breezed into an interview with Property Week TV on Wednesday wielding a pot of honey. Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/hendersons-deloitte-delight/5054491.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/hendersons-deloitte-delight/5054491.article Last Thursday was the fifth Deloitte Real Estate indoor six-a-side cricket competition at Lord’s. Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/dutton-after-the-gold-rush/5054497.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/dutton-after-the-gold-rush/5054497.article Clive Dutton, the recently retired director of regeneration and planning for Newham, may be best known as a visionary and regeneration guru, but his departing email to colleagues and friends also showed he is a NeilYoung fan. Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/absolute-rubbish/5054499.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/absolute-rubbish/5054499.article Martin Levy, head of tenant representation at ITRA Global, was preparing to sell a property in Edinburgh to some US clients when he spotted this poster stuck on to the side of a bin in an adjacent car park. Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/christian-or-charlie?/5054501.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/christian-or-charlie?/5054501.article One starred in Nil By Mouth, Hustle and the Fifth Element. Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/london-marathon-runners-take-on-cycle-25-years-later/5054503.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/london-marathon-runners-take-on-cycle-25-years-later/5054503.article Twenty- five years ago, a sporting bunch of property professionals (pictured), including Helical Bar’s Mike Slade, ran the London Marathon and raised £500,000 for Great Ormond Street Hospital. Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/colliers-milk-shake-meme-for-all-it’s-worth/5054173.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/colliers-milk-shake-meme-for-all-it’s-worth/5054173.article This week, Colliers International has gone one better than BNP Paribas Real Estate last week, by sending Ludgate a video that will leave viewers amazed, entranced and confused. Fri, 3 May 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/bat-for-ashes/5054183.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/bat-for-ashes/5054183.article Do you have a cover drive to rival Ian Bell’s? Can you swing both ways like James Anderson? Or perhaps you have better glove work than Brad Haddin? Fri, 3 May 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/from-egg-chasers/5054188.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/from-egg-chasers/5054188.article Loafers and red trousers get swapped for gum shields and Deep Heat a week on Sunday, as surveyors more used to pounding the streets of Mayfair gear up to pound the turf — or faces — at Richmond Athletic Ground. Fri, 3 May 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/to-egg-heads/5054190.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/to-egg-heads/5054190.article Property is known for its love of the oval ball — as shown by the 6,000- strong crowd expected for this year’s Surveyors Sevens but that hasn’t stopped its fans of the round ball from pulling off a coup. Fri, 3 May 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/carroll-ringer/5054192.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/carroll-ringer/5054192.article Can you spot the difference between our lookalikes this week? Fri, 3 May 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/here’s-our-patrick-…-on-a-blind-date/5053881.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/here’s-our-patrick-…-on-a-blind-date/5053881.article Property Week joked in a headline earlier this month that “the Pryce was right” when Patrick Pryce joined BNP Paribas Real Estate. Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/bray-foxer-goes-the-distance/5053883.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/bray-foxer-goes-the-distance/5053883.article Bray Foxer goes the distance Sim Khatkar, partner at Bray Fox Smith, ran the Virgin London Marathon on Sunday in aid of children’s charity Barnardo’s, and at the 23rd mile he asked his girlfriend, Sharan, to marry him. Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/fitzroy-place-safe-and-sound/5053886.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/fitzroy-place-safe-and-sound/5053886.article It seems somebody in the Google Maps team decided to have a bit of fun with the identification of Exemplar and Aviva Investors’ Fitzroy Place scheme in Fitzrovia, W1. Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/colliers-trekkies-blaze-trail/5053887.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/colliers-trekkies-blaze-trail/5053887.article Ludgate sends good luck wishes to the four intrepid walkers from Colliers International’s Bristol office who will be talking part in the Oxfam Trailtrekker challenge in June. Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/propertys-best-dressed/5053888.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/propertys-best-dressed/5053888.article To check out which property professionals wowed Ludgate with their style at the Property Awards, view our online gallery. Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/fantasy-property-awards-the-results-are-in/5053454.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/fantasy-property-awards-the-results-are-in/5053454.article Now the hangovers from Wednesday night’s Property Awards have cleared, the only thing left to clear up is how your votes from the Fantasy Property Awards compare with the actual winners. Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/who-plays-in-a-band-like-this?/5053461.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/who-plays-in-a-band-like-this?/5053461.article One property professional is doing his absolute damnedest to shake off the stereotype that the industry is a congregation of squares. Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/fantasy-property-awards-has-hatton-lads-in-a-frenzy/5053190.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/fantasy-property-awards-has-hatton-lads-in-a-frenzy/5053190.article The judges have deliberated, cogitated and digested the entries for this year’s Property Awards and their judgements have been pronounced. Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/house-of-style/5053193.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/house-of-style/5053193.article If you do not fancy your chances of winning at the Property Awards, Ludgate offers another field in which you can triumph: fashion. Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/dtzs-skulking-teenager/5053194.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/dtzs-skulking-teenager/5053194.article Neil Robinson, retail surveyor at DTZ, was called upon to become an extra in the new music video by the Wonder Stuff alongside comedian Greg Davis and musician Miles Hunt Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/project-turner/5053195.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/project-turner/5053195.article One is a partner specialising in commercial property law at Baker & McKenzie, the other is a celebrity fashion consultant, TV presenter and author most famous for his stints as a style adviser on the hit TV show, Project Runway. Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/flash-mobs-take-to-streets/5052771.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/flash-mobs-take-to-streets/5052771.article Last week the new owner of Jessops must have been the only retailer in the country whose high street sales were better than those online — for a brief snap, anyway. Fri, 5 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/lock-stock-no-more-barrels/5052774.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/lock-stock-no-more-barrels/5052774.article The news that Guy Ritchie is selling the Punch Bowl pub in Mayfair will have come as a blow to property folk who enjoy some surreptitious celeb-spotting while talking West End deals. Fri, 5 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/jobs-for-the-boy/5052777.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/jobs-for-the-boy/5052777.article Since migrating from Manchester investment agency to London West End agency eight weeks ago, Jones Lang LaSalle director Jonathan Mills hasn’t exactly been twiddling his thumbs. Fri, 5 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/propertys-pedigree-chum/5052779.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/propertys-pedigree-chum/5052779.article They say dogs are man’s best friend. Fri, 5 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/scrapheap-challenge/5052781.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/scrapheap-challenge/5052781.article Property investors looking for “asset management opportunities” or regeneration companies searching for their next project need look no further than New Cumnock, Ayrshire, which has been voted the “most dismal town in Scotland”. Fri, 5 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/have-you-been-picked-to-join-the-magnificent-sevens?/5052470.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/have-you-been-picked-to-join-the-magnificent-sevens?/5052470.article It has been an agonising wait, but rugby-loving property professionals across the land discovered this week whether they have qualified for entry to this year’s National Surveyors Rugby Sevens Tournament. Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/agent-with-time-on-his-hands/5052471.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/agent-with-time-on-his-hands/5052471.article Eagle-eyed Simon Fryer of Thames Valley-based Fryer Commercial drew Ludgate’s attention to a new requirement posted on the Office Agents Society website. Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/big-shots/5052472.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/ludgate/big-shots/5052472.article North-west agents showed off just how multi-skilled they were last week in a “shot for shot” challenge dreamed up by Property Alliance Group. Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:00 GMT