Jobs

Key people interviews

Green agenda

David Pollock swept the board at The Negotiator Awards 2008, wowed judges of The Sunday Times 100 Best Small Companies to Work For list for two consecutive years and has expansion plans under way.

Turner’s prize

Grenville Turner runs the UK’s largest estate agency business but he remains relatively unknown. In his first in-depth interview since his appointment in 2006, he tells Clare Bettelley about his journey to becoming a chief executive and what has been keeping him busy behind the scenes.

Stress Relief

Property Stress Relief aims to help struggling vendors sell their properties, with services including the management of their estate agents.

Baker Boy

Tom Parker’s tenure as chairman of the Association of Home Information Pack Providers will end in March. Here, he tells Clare Bettelley about his plans for the role and how he turned a home-based business into a £28m enterprise.

Chain reaction

Sarah Beeny is fronting a new online tool designed to help first-time buyers onto the property ladder by helping them plug their mortgage funding shortfall. Anh Nguyen investigates.

Townends appoints new area lettings manager

Townends has appointed Elaine Francis as area lettings manager.

Core appoints office manager

Core Systems has appointed Paul Boggeln as office manager.

The key to success is good training

Craig Walford is on the brink of rolling out a franchise model that has the potential to revolutionise the agency market, arming franchisees with invaluable skills at a time when the industry needs them most.

Adversity is opportunity

Times are tough, but Roberts Newby MD Simon Roberts is still thinking about expansion. He talks to Clare Bettelley about weathering the storm and developing new initiatives.

Fox & Sons recruits area director for Dorset and Wiltshire

Southern-based agency Fox & Sons has appointed Mark Chant as area director for its Dorset and Wiltshire offices.

Hamptons appoints new land manager

Hamptons International has appointed Jeanine Swaine as a new land manager to cover its South West region.

Mike Lawton

Handing business to mortgage brokers can help to boost your bottom line and improve your clients’ experience, with good knock-on effects.

Miles Shipside

Instead of focusing on what the current market is depriving us of, you should be looking at what you have, what rivals are up to – and selling.

Jonathan Davis

The problems the market is facing are part of a global phenomenon so there is a large degree to which your hands are tied. To think otherwise is folly.

Guy Chilvers

The success of every business depends on the smooth interplay of three factors – marketing, operations and finance – in order to keep on track.

Martin Gahbauer

Estate agents can expect a boost from the next generation of first-time buyers

Judienne Wood

A six-month secondment in the lettings market turned into a 28-year career for Judienne Wood. She talks to Clare Bettelley about her role in helping transform the lettings market and its enduring appeal

Karl Tatler

Navigating your way out of the market’s choppy waters will mean putting into place a number of checks – otherwise you are likely to sink

Richard Rawlings

Maximizing sales opportunities requires you to focus on the most serious sellers and introduce a string of measures to justify an increase in fees.

Paul Owen

Many UK agents have worked in the overseas market without success – usually because they have failed to take the steps outlined below.