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![Agents Do Charity - community care](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/AgentsDoCharity.png)
Agents have been showing there is more to being charitable than just donating money. This weeks charitable exploits have a big focus...
23 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Industry trainer marks 20-year milestone](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Industry veteran Michael Day is marking 20 years since setting up his Integra Property Services consultancy and training business. The brand now...
05 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents Together reaches mentoring milestone](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents3-400x310.png)
Industry charity Agents Together is celebrating reaching new mentorship and volunteering milestone. It has revealed that 800 free mentorships have now been...
30 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![New LGBTQ+ estate agency group launches](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents2-400x310.png)
A trio of estate agents have setup an LGBTQ+-focused mentoring, learning and networking group. Founded by James Hummerstone-Pope, Danielle Andrews and Caren...
27 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - warm hearts on colder days](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AgentsDoCharity-NewLogo2-400x310.jpg)
There have been plenty of heart-warming examples of agents supporting their local communities and charities this week, from sleep-outs to donations. Whatever...
02 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![The Agency UK plans industry exhibition](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessTeam-400x310.png)
Self-employed estate partnership brand The Agency UK (TAUK) is to host its first industry exhibition. Titled Grow your Agency in 23, the...
21 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![A Level results: Agency highlighted as viable career for school leavers](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/2%20people.png)
Estate agency brands have begun reaching out to school leavers as students received their A and T-Level grades yesterday. Top grades for...
19 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: ‘the only way to bring about change is to be proactive’](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
In this latest ‘Women in Property’ edition of the Natter, I check in with Collette Allen, who was recently appointed as...
28 May 2022
From: Features
![Industry charity aims to boost agent focus on wellbeing](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/MentalHealthImage-400x310.jpg)
Industry charity and mentoring group Agents Together is planning to help firms prioritise mental wellbeing. It has developed a checklist that agents...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency launches new Franchise and Consultant schemes](/upload/images/library/MillennialAgent-400x310.jpg)
A three-branch agency in the south west has launched a franchise model which it says should appeal “to those wanting a...
29 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![The mistakes we made at Purplebricks - by the Bruce brothers](/upload/images/Logos/Purplebricks-TeamGB-Board-400x310.jpg)
Michael and Kenny Bruce have for the first time given their views on what went wrong for Purplebricks during their time...
21 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Busted - newspaper reveals scandals behind self-employed agents on TV](/upload/images/library/Newspapers-400x310.jpg)
A national newspaper has lifted the lid on what it alleges to be the backgrounds of high-end self-employed agents who feature...
28 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Phil Spencer: Healthy Staff mean a Healthy Business](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PhilSpencer-MoveIQ-EATLAT-400x310.jpg)
It’s often said that agency is a people business, and I can see no reason to disagree - agents dealing face-to-face...
10 January 2022
From: Breaking News
OnTheMarket has signed an exclusive commercial partnership with business coaching specialists, Property Academy. OTM will provide full fee-paying customers with free access...
15 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - movers and shakers this summer](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to another Property Jobs Today, your chance to see the latest moves in our industry. Why not be a...
26 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![England player is early graduate of estate agency academy](/img/default/eat.png)
A former England international is an early graduate of a new estate agency academy in Yorkshire. Rebecca Rayner, a former England under-18...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Three top tips for agents offered by Kerfuffle’s Simon Whale](/img/default/eat.png)
Kerfuffle founder Simon Whale has given Estate Agent Today readers three top tips for improving their performance. The trio of suggestions -...
17 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - well done Agents Together and industry fund-raisers](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and we’re at the end of another week celebrating all those in our industry who do great work. And this...
11 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![In Conversation Today – ‘I've always believed agents should be regulated’](/img/default/eat.png)
In this week’s In Conversation Today, I am delighted to chat with Lucy Morton, Head of Residential Agency at JLL, about...
27 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Boomin names Bruce brothers’ charity chief as portal strategy leader](/img/default/eat.png)
Sarah Edmundson, the chief executive of the Agents Together charity - set up by the Bruce brothers, Michael and Kenny -...
23 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - this week it’s all about young people and, er, bees](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to a sunny Friday and this week’s round-up of the industry’s good works. We’re keen to feature agents and...
23 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents offered trip to Dubai - as Health Secretary warns against it...](/img/default/eat.png)
High profile agency owner Sean Newman is offering his entire self-employed team of 100 agents and mortgage advisors a chance for...
25 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![High profile agent opens up on his mental illness issue](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the country’s most experienced estate agents has spoken out about mental illness in the industry and his own condition...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Corona kindness - the best of agency in 2020](/img/default/eat.png)
The industry seems almost back to normal. Not the ‘new normal’ we spoke so much of a few weeks and months ago,...
12 December 2020
From: Features
![PropTech offer for NAEA agents to work with start-ups](/img/default/eat.png)
The National Association of Estate Agents is inviting members to join a panel reviewing new PropTech produced as a result of...
09 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Ground-breaking agent mentoring scheme wins lavish praise](/img/default/eat.png)
A self-employed agent has gone public to lavish praise on the mentoring scheme which is part of the Agents Together charity. Cameron Carter,...
03 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Nothing wrong with 'Commisery' says unrepentant Michael Bruce](/img/default/eat.png)
A founder of Purplebricks, Michael Bruce, suggests there was nothing wrong with the controversial Commisery TV ads that contributed to making...
27 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![NAEA Propertymark in PropTech deal to promote start-ups](/img/default/eat.png)
NAEA Propertymark is partnering with a service called REACH UK, to promote selected PropTech start ups to agents who may need...
10 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Ex-Countrywide chief joins mentor team at Agents Together](/img/default/eat.png)
Industry veteran Harry Hill, a former chairman of Countrywide and founder of Rightmove, has now become a mentor at the new...
24 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks' founders reveal new project to re-enter the agency industry](/img/default/eat.png)
The brothers who founded Purplebricks - Michael and Kenny Bruce - have returned to the agency industry for the first time...
09 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ biggest challenges now are handling instructions in ‘new normal’](/img/default/eat.png)
A survey of estate agents conducted through trade publications has revealed that market uncertainty and the handling of transactions within government...
09 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![What are your views on well-being and Corona recovery? New survey](/img/default/eat.png)
A mystery group, believed to consist of high-level former agents and suppliers, is asking the industry for its feedback on current...
29 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - new moves on the March...](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and another Monday means PJT Day, your regular update on movers in the industry - and it’s March already. If there...
02 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - from desert marathons to nuclear rushes…](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the end of the week, which always means a round-up of our industry’s good work for charity....
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - your weekly update on who’s moving where](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to PJT, breaking you in to the working week every Monday with news of the movers and shakers...
05 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Making the transition from estate agency to property development](/img/default/eat.png)
Property developing is an incredibly diverse and exciting career choice, and something that many people aspire to do in the UK. I...
15 June 2019
From: Features
![NAEA and ARLA launch training and compliance service for agents](/img/default/eat.png)
NAEA and ARLA Propertymark have launched an initiative called Propertymark Inspire to promote training and compliance awareness amongst agents. A statement says the...
29 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Major Purplebricks backer launches new PropTech start-up fund](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the largest investors in Purplebricks has now joined forces with an off-shoot of luxury car firm Porsche to launch...
21 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agency using hub-style Market Centres now has 130 UK agents](/img/default/eat.png)
Keller Williams, the US agency which allows agents to work from hub-like ‘market centres’, says it now has 130 freelance agents in this...
08 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - the latest industry moves and appointments](/img/default/eat.png)
The first signs of a seasonal slowdown are appearing according to some agents in touch with EAT, but there are still...
05 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Ditch High Street branches and use serviced offices, urges agency chief](/img/default/eat.png)
Increasingly cash-strapped traditional estate agencies should consider abandoning their High Street offices and work from serviced offices or similar lower-profile and...
28 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![My journey from franchisee to MD at the UK’s original hybrid agency](/img/default/eat.png)
After gaining my MBA qualification from Edinburgh Business School in 2005, I took careful consideration over my career moves and prospective...
22 August 2018
From: Features
![Property Jobs Today - the industry's latest moves...](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT - a thinner than usual edition as the industry enjoys the last of the...
20 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Top Man! Mike Day celebrates 15 years as leading consultant](/img/default/eat.png)
Mike Day, one of the best known and most popular figures in the agency business, is celebrating 15 years as one...
11 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![US agency opens third office in UK - and pledges more in 2018](/img/default/eat.png)
Keller Williams UK is launching its third office in the UK. It’s in Glasgow and the new market centre - the term...
14 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - the first-mention-of-the-C-word edition](/img/default/eat.png)
Now we hate to spoil a long weekend but for much of the UK this is the final Bank Holiday before......
25 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Learning and growth - top tips for upskilling](/img/default/eat.png)
Our recent roundtable on the government’s proposed ban on tenant fees generated 10 tips for growing your business. Since then, we’ve been...
23 June 2017
From: Features
![Agency hires Aussie TV property pundit for staff training](/img/default/eat.png)
Spicerhaart has signed what it describes as one of the world’s top estate agency mentors to work with its teams across...
14 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - let's honour our industry's sparklers](/img/default/eat.png)
Bonfire Night is upon us but the brightest lights this weekend are those from our industry tirelessly working for good causes. As ever, those...
04 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![City financier who paid less tax than his cleaner is new Savills chairman](/img/default/eat.png)
Private equity financier Nick Ferguson is to become chairman of Savills in May. Ferguson’s CV includes his current role as chairman of...
28 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Agents Giving initiative for armed forces personnel to become agents](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents Giving today launches an armed forces mentoring scheme to the property industry on behalf of the Royal British Legion. Agents are being...