Savills reported a 13% rise in revenue to £1.45bn last year, while pretax profit was up 1% at £99.8m, supported by strong growth in its European and Asian activities.
In the UK, revenue from its residential business fell by 3% to £124.4m as the number of transactions dropped by 5%.
Chief executive Jeremy Helsby said the company had produced another record performance despite geopolitical distractions, and that trading in the first two months of the current year had been good. However, he described the stamp duty surcharge as the final nail in the coffin for the London market.
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