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03 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide chairman admits company had been grossly mismanaged](/img/default/eat.png)
In an exclusive and candid interview with Estate Agent Today, Countrywide chairman Peter Long has admitted that the company had been...
08 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Platt will receive £675,000 pay-off despite Countrywide failure](/img/default/eat.png)
The magazine Property Week is reporting that Countrywide’s former chief executive Alison Platt, who quit her post this morning, will receive...
24 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Exclusive: another senior Countrywide exec is leaving the company](/img/default/eat.png)
Another member of Countrywide's top table is leaving the company. Kate Brown, Countrywide’s human resources chief with the responsibility for implementing what...
22 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Latest Countrywide restructure gives more work to chief executive](/img/default/eat.png)
Countrywide has announced another management restructure, this time with chief executive Alison Platt appearing to take on additional responsibilities. The announcement makes...
18 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide: architect of 'online option' is latest to leave](/img/default/eat.png)
Sources within Countrywide say the latest senior management figure to leave the company is Sam Tyrer, who under her title of...
17 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide announces further changes to senior leadership team](/img/default/eat.png)
The UK's largest estate agency has announced a series of internal promotions, bolstering its senior leadership team. Yesterday evening Countrywide confirmed that...
08 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide: City analyst less gloomy about group's prospects](/img/default/eat.png)
Countrywide’s long-term share price decline and turbulent branch closure programme have not prevented a relatively positive endorsement of the group’s strategy and...
16 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: Q & A with Countrywide’s Sam Tyrer](/img/default/eat.png)
A post-Christmas treat this week, as I carry out a Q & A with one of the leading figures in property,...
14 January 2017
From: Features
![Countrywide claims excellent results from hybrid agency pilot](/img/default/eat.png)
Countrywide’s controversial hybrid estate agency business has produced “fantastic results” according to Sam Tyrer, the group’s Managing Director, Retail & London. In...
13 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Online v High Street: enemies no more, possibly converging...](/img/default/eat.png)
A debate discussing how online and traditional estate agency would develop in the future, organised by City investment consultancy Jefferies, has...
09 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Whither Countrywide](/img/default/eat.png)
Although Brexit, portal juggling and portal wars have stolen property industry headlines in recent months, there's been one story almost constantly...
05 November 2016
From: Features
![Countrywide chief to face questions ahead of latest results](/img/default/eat.png)
Countrywide's second most senior management figure - Head of Retail Sam Tyrer - is to speak before an industry audience next...
01 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![More upheaval at Countrywide as London reshuffle continues](/img/default/eat.png)
The UK's largest estate agency has announced another key departure from its senior management team. Graham Bell, managing director for London, is...
26 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![New Countrywide service changes how agents interact with customers](/img/default/eat.png)
Countrywide's retail chief says the group's new hybrid joint online and traditional project has involved training agents to change the way...
06 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Some Countrywide branches to experiment with 7am to 9pm working day](/img/default/eat.png)
Countrywide has revealed to Estate Agent Today that it is to begin a trial where selected local branch staff will work between 7am...