Merseyside agent bids to go national as it launches into franchising
Firm offering first 15 territories makes key appointment to push brand
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Chestertons boss Robert Bartlett to run gruelling Marathon des Sables
Race that’s the equivalent of six ordinary marathons starts on Bartlett’s 50th birthday
Impoverished students pose as millionaires to view £5m flat
But their cash offer of £800 is turned down by agent
Countrywide launches two-year apprenticeship scheme
Scheme set to recruit 100 apprentices a year
Estate agency brothers’ feud over direction of business ends in court
Stresses put on business by property market crash put brothers at loggerheads
One in every eight estate agency reviews is a fake
Bogus reviews written by agents themselves – giving their own firms top rating or rivals lowest
Julian O’Dell and Peter Chapman acquire full ownership of training company
In wake of LSL acquisition of Thomas Morris, pair take control of TM Training & Development
Winkworth launches corporate services arm
New property search department headed up by ex-relocation agent
Record profits for UK’s second largest estate agency chain
Owner of Your Move and Reeds Rains reports to shareholders
No redundancies but staff headcount down at Foxtons
Staff who left Foxtons in second half of last year not replaced as market slowed