Rising star Dufrain gets City vote of confidence as private equity investor PEP checks in with fresh cash July 18, 2022 Data management and analytics firm Dufrain confirmed this morning it has agreed fresh funding from Phoenix Equity Partners, a private equity investor in medium-sized UK companies. The cash will be used to fuel the next stage of its growth as part of a management buyout, the firm said. Dufrain has so far delivered year-on-year revenue [...]
Meet the founders on a mission to change the face of the real estate industry March 5, 2024 Two real estate headhunters wanted to build their own shop - seven years later, their friendship (and business) is stronger than ever.
City of London plans to convert empty office space into housing April 27, 2021 Empty office space in the City will be converted into housing as part of a wider post-Covid revamp of the Square Mile. The City of London Corporation has outlined plans to convert some of the vacant office space into at least 1,500 new units by 2030. It comes as part of an overhaul of the [...]
City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile? March 31, 2022 City A.M.’s Millie Turner provides a roundup of the most important hires and job moves across the City, every morning. Email citymoves@cityam.com to be featured. IMMO Capital London-based residential investment platform IMMO Capital has appointed a new director. Anna Clare Harper, who launched her career at Big Four firm Deloitte, previously co-founded a boutique investment firm focused on the UK’s private rental sector. Supporting co-founder [...]
City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile this week? January 18, 2022 City A.M.’s Millie Turner provides a roundup of the most important hires and job moves across the City, every morning. Email citymoves@cityam.com to be featured. Knight Frank Real estate giant Knight Frank has posted a new partner to its London office leasing team, who will work closely with the capital’s landlords. Mike Voller, who re-joins the firm after six years, will advise [...]
Jones Day ups pay for new lawyers to £140,000 a year August 11, 2022 US law firm Jones Day is set to give its newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers 27 per cent pay rises in upping their annual salaries to heights of £140,000 a year. NQ lawyers working in Jones Day’s London offices will see their salaries surge beyond those paid out to those in the Magic Circle in seeing their [...]
Clifford Chance undecided on plans to ditch Canary Wharf HQ and slash size of offices February 8, 2022 Clifford Chance is weighing up plans to slash the size of its London offices, with a view to leaving its Canary Wharf headquarters and moving back into the City. However, City A.M. understands the London law firm has not yet come to a decision on whether to leave its docklands HQ or get rid of [...]
City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile? November 16, 2022 City A.M.’s Millie Turner provides a roundup of the most important hires and job moves across the City, every morning. Email citymoves@cityam.com to be featured. DWS German asset manager DWS has built out its London office with a new head of infrastructure research, poached from Fitch Solutions. Richard Marshall will be responsible for supporting research on the global infrastructure market and the [...]
Workers in the UK spend less time in the office than any other country July 20, 2023 A new report shows that workers in the UK spend the least amount of time in the office each week compared to workers from other countries. In fact, we spend significantly less time in the office when compared to the global average, with 34% of Brits spending four days or more in the workplace compared [...]
Investment in London’s commercial property market drags as economic woes deepen July 25, 2022 London’s commercial property market took a hit in the second quarter of 2022 as investment declined amid a weakening economic outlook, according to data by BNP Paribas. Central London properties experienced an eight per cent investment drop at £4.5bn compared to Q2 last year, with the number of office deals transacting at less than half [...]