Revealed: the Spear’s Property Advisers Index 2017
Spear’s unveils the biggest names in prime property in 2017, after a bruising year of survival of the fittest, says…
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LSE-Deutsche Börse merger threat to London’s position as financial capital — senior MP
Much is still unclear about the proposed merger which could seriously damage UK financial markets after Brexit, writes Sir Bill…
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Review: Cucina Angelina, Courchevel 1650
Edwin Smith meets Michelin-starred chef Angela Hartnett in the French Alps, where she tells him what drew her to the…
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Interview: the Uzbek oligarch helping HNWs rediscover their wardrobes
A novel service is helping the rich and famous make the most of their wardrobes by storing and transporting their…
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PETER WETHERELL
Wetherell knows Mayfair like nobody else, as his @mayfairguru Twitter handle suggests. He has focused on the area for his…
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IAN COOKE
From ‘the sheikh or the oligarch who wants a property to live in or to have as an investment hold’…
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BERTIE HOSKYNS-ABRAHALL
While some say Hoskyns-Abrahall’s star is rising, we say it’s already pretty elevated. Withers’ landed estates co-head is an expert…
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BEVERLEY LEWIS
‘The market continues to suffer,’ says Lewis, pointing to the stamp duty rises in 2014 to 2016, amid myriad tax…
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MICHAEL RANSON
Ranson’s colleagues remember his rather unusual application for a training contract at Macfarlanes. ‘I put “I love property law” on…
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CAROLINE ROBERJOT
A tier-one counsel to UHNWs, wealth managers, private banks, trustees and family offices, Roberjot has built an enviable contacts book…
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CLIVE HOPKINS
Now an international juggernaut, Knight Frank boasts more than a century’s history selling rural property — and Hopkins, a steadfast…
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RUPERT SWEETING
If you were looking to sell a house in the country, the chances are someone would recommend you speak to…
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PADDY DRING
Dring is a one-firm man: he has been at Knight Frank for almost 30 years (and some of his clients…
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PENNY MOSGROVE
Soft services may be all the rage these days — not least among property firms looking to boost their bottom…
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HUGO THISTLETHWAYTE
The owner of one of the most enviable contacts book in global property, Thistlethwayte feels the pulse of the world’s…
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Fred Sirieix Net Worth
Mega-matchmaker and boxer-philosopher, the magnificent maître d’ of First Dates Fred Sirieix’s net worth is still under review. Fred Sirieix…
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ANDREW MACPHERSON
Money can buy you everything these days — except your ideal country abode, says Macpherson. ‘If you’re in the market…
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JESSICA PARKINSON
‘We leave no stone unturned — that’s Quintessentially’s motto as a whole,’ says Parkinson. The concierge firm’s senior adviser recalls…
ByALAN RUSSELL
‘I worked for an agency with a shop-front for three and a half years,’ says Russell. ‘I found it was…
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PAUL WELCH
Welch has noticed a worrying trend among vendors becoming highly geared as overpriced property is increasingly difficult to sell in…
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