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Clarke appointed permanent chair of Standards and Regulations Board
Nigel Clarke has been appointed as the permanent chair of RICS’ Standards and Regulations Board (SRB).
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‘The revolving door’ continues as Rachel Maclean sacked as housing minister
Rachel Maclean has been sacked as housing minister after nine months in the role, as part of prime minister Rishi Sunak’s cabinet reshuffle.
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Eight split from Avison Young to form retail advisory practice
A group of eight leading retail warehouse agents have left Avison Young to set up a new advisory practice called Park Place Retail, Property Week can reveal.
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WeWork president and COO Anthony Yazbeck leaves company
WeWork’s president and chief operating officer Anthony Yazbeck has reached an agreement to leave the company.
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Knight Frank to cut up to 3% of UK workforce
Global real estate adviser Knight Frank has opened a consultation that could lead to up to 3% of it staff, or around 90 people, being made redundant.
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Avison Young duo buys and relaunches healthcare property consultancy
Avison Young’s Rob Hearle and George Todrick have left the consultancy to relaunch specialist healthcare property firm Medical Premises Consultancy (MPC).
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Thriving Investments names four new non-executive directors
PfP Capital, which last week rebranded as Thriving Investments, has brought in four new non-executive directors including former UKGBC chief executive Julie Hirigoyen and PfP Capital founder Tim Saunders.
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Apple and Tesla visionary to lead Verge Motorcycles’ global store expansion
Electric superbike company Verge Motorcycles has brought in George Blankenship, the man who brought to life Apple and Tesla’s first stores, to lead its global store expansion strategy.
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Commane becomes GPA chief operating officer
The Government Property Agency (GPA) has appointed Lisa Commane as chief operating officer to lead its executive team in modernising the government’s property portfolio.
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Young named as new levelling up minister
Jacob Young has been appointed as levelling up minister, replacing Dehenna Davison, who stepped down yesterday.
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Levelling up minister Davison quits due to chronic migraines
Levelling up minister Dehenna Davison has resigned from the role, revealing that chronic migraines were making it impossible to do her job.
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Hargreaves Group names Peake head of property team
Hargreaves Group has appointed Cluttons’ head of commercial property management Matthew Peake as its new property director, Property Week can reveal.
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Rayner takes over from Nandy as shadow housing secretary
Angela Rayner has been labelled a "very strong appointment" by industry sources after taking up the role of shadow secretary for levelling up, housing and communities in Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour shadow cabinet reshuffle.
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New energy secretary Claire Coutinho must ‘re-prioritise’ net zero
Claire Coutinho has been named as the new secretary for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and is facing calls for “decisive action” to reprioritise efforts to tackle the climate emergency.
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Avant grabs land director from Taylor Wimpey
Nottingham-based Avant Homes East Midlands has appointed Neil Ballett as land director to support the housebuilder’s regional expansion strategy.
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RICS appoints interim standards and regulations board following mass walkout
RICS has appointed Nigel Clarke as new interim chair of its Standards and Regulations Board (SRB) plus five new board members following the mass walkout of the original board last month.
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EDI Q&A: Andrew Argent, business development manager, Close Brothers
The next cohort of young developers is facing a tough market with SME developers dropping from contributing 40% of housing share 30 years ago to just 10% currently.
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BPF appoints British Land CEO Simon Carter as junior vice president
British Land chief executive Simon Carter has been appointed British Property Federation (BPF) junior vice-president.
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Infighting, whistleblowing and power struggles resurface in RICS saga
Speaking to Property Week in June 2022 upon the publication of his independent review, Lord Bichard said people were “fed up with RICS being completely dominated by internal issues”.
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Long-time Connells Group chief executive to retire
Connells Group’s chief executive David Livesey is to retire in 2024.