Piers Wehner
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FPDSavills’ Tim Wright joins Knight Frank
Tim Wright, head of FPDSavills’ highly profitable Kensington office, has joined Knight Frank. Wright will become an equity partner and will run both the Kensington and Notting Hill offices, which…
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Existing waterways could fuel govt’s South East plans
Water supply company Watergrid has claimed that existing canals and rivers could supply water and wastewater to three of the four South East “growth areas” outlined in the government’s Sustainable…
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Law firm Speechly Bircham makes property duo partners
Law firm Speechly Bircham has promoted two members of its property team to partner. The two are property investment specialist Lee Medlock (pictured right) and Justin Starling (left), who handles…
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St Enoch to lose leisure for flats
Plans for a £170m leisure-box redevelopment of Glasgow’s St Enoch Centre have been dropped in favour of a residential scheme. Stannifer and Miller Developments – joint venture partners for the…
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Savills loses Kensington head to Knight Frank
Knight Frank has poached Tim Wright, head of FPDSavills’ highly profitable Kensington office. Wright will become an equity partner and will run both the Kensington and Notting Hill offices, which…
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MPs challenge Prescott’s plans
Communities Plan’s housing target for South East draws economic and environmental criticism. A parliamentary select committee has questioned the government’s plans for an extra 200,000 new homes in the South…
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Holyrood weighs heavily on Labour in Scottish elections
Labour’s losses in Thursday’s Scottish parliamentary election have been ascribed in part to ongoing controversy over the development of the parliament’s Holyrood building.
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TCPA slates “obstructive” MPs on Communities Plan
The Town & Country Planning Association (TCPA) has accused a Commons committee of undermining John Prescott’s Sustainable Communities Plan (SCP). The SCP proposes an extra 200,000 homes in four growth…
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Westbury plans growth in the South after profits rise
Housebuilder Westbury this morning posted a 29% hike in pre-tax profits to £93m for the year ended February 2003. Turnover was up by 41% – from £560.1m to £790.9m -…
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Knight Frank opens for business in Phuket
Knight Frank has opened an office in Phuket, Thailand to cater for increased demand for holiday homes in the region. It is the first international agency to open in Phuket…
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NAEA split over seller’s pack
The former chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) has attacked the organisation for its “damaging and self-indulgent” opposition to the controversial seller’s pack – now dubbed…
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RBS seeks resi partner for E1 site
A residential developer is being sought to trigger a long-awaited 1.1m sq ft development in the Whitechapel area of the City.