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In a strategic move that signals growth and diversification within the facilities and property services sector, LBC Exterior Cleaning has announced the acquisition of a major stake in Avisan, a rope access and maintenance company.

Odevo, the fast-growing international leader in residential property management, has acquired Ginger Energy — marking a strategic expansion of its service offering in the UK.

Leading multi-use developer, Rockwell, has marked a significant milestone with a traditional topping out ceremony at Hurlingham Waterfront, its landmark 3.2-acre luxury riverside development in SW6. 

Whilst London is widely considered the nation’s most expensive area of the rental market, it’s Buckinghamshire that is home to the postcode with the highest average rent in the current market, where tenants are paying almost three times the going rate when compared to the wider average in the South East and 358% more than the British average.

National brickwork, scaffolding and SFS specialist Phoenix Brickwork, based in Pinxton, Derbyshire, has won two major projects with a combined value of £4.5m.

With rental prices soaring in Greenwich, many Londoners are finding themselves priced out of the area. L&Q is proud to offer a solution with the launch of new London Living Rent apartments at their popular L&Q at Kidbrooke Village development, providing an affordable pathway to homeownership.

Two office blocks and a number of commercial buildings in Potters Bar look set for a new lease of life after their sale was agreed with developers

In March the Government published a Commonhold White Paper: the first stage in its fulfilment of a manifesto promise to abolish leasehold. The Ministerial foreword to the white paper states, that ‘The government is determined to ensure that commonhold becomes the default tenure… commonhold is not merely an alternative to leasehold ownership, but a radical improvement on it’.

A major fire that destroyed a block of flats in Dagenham last August was fuelled by flaming objects that travelled through the air and ignited combustible materials on and around the building, according to a new report from the London Fire Brigade (LFB).

The UK property market is becoming increasingly dominated by large property management companies and institutional investors, leaving smaller, independent landlords and investors struggling to compete. Rising property prices, increasing regulatory requirements, and limited access to prime development opportunities have squeezed out many smaller players who once formed the backbone of the private rental and buy-to-let sectors.

Paramount Block & Estate Management strengthens North West operations with new Strategic Property Manager and Liverpool office base.

A must-attend event for aspiring homebuyers, the London Home Show will return to the QEII Centre, Westminster, on Saturday 26th April. Hosted by Share to Buy, the country’s leading online portal for affordable homeownership, the London Home Show has attracted over 80,000 hopeful buyers since it began in 2013.