Countrywide announces Lambert Smith Hampton acquisition
Countrywide plc announced on Thursday that they have entered into an agreement with Lambert Smith Hampton Acquisitions Limited, and Sankaty European Investments Sarl to acquire Lambert Smith Hampton Limited for a total cash consideration of £34.1 million. Countrywide will acquire the entire issued share capital of Lambert Smith Hampton, free from all existing non-trade borrowings […]
Safe-Move hit charity milestone
On 9th August, Safe-Move walked, jogged and sprinted(!) their own Race for Life between their offices in Midway and the Shoulder of Mutton pub in Shelf. The event meant that since 2007 Safe-Move has raised over £10,000 for charity. Over the last couple of years, Safe-Move have raised money through this event for the Breast […]
BRM Solicitors expands residential property team
BRM Solicitors has announced the appointment or a new Partner and Head of their Residential Property Department. Stuart Taphouse, a former Director of Banner Jones Limited and latterly a partner at James Peters & Co will start at the firm on 1st October. Julie Gretton, a solicitor with over 20 years in the legal profession […]
Property transactions reach four year high
The latest property transaction figures released by the Land Registry show that non-seasonally adjusted transactions were at their highest level since December 2009. 89,460 transactions were carried out in August, up 0.4% up on July and 19.2% up on August last year. Paul Smith, CEO of haart estate agent, said: “More good news for the […]
myhomemove big winners at Law Firm Services awards
On Thursday evening winners of the Law Firm Services Conveyancing awards were crowned. myhomemove took home the award for Overall Conveyancer of the Year as well as Direct Conveyancing Firm of the Year. These awards came only a day after myhomemove was awarded best ‘Alternative Business Structure (over 100 employees)’ at the inaugural Modern Law […]