Guest Blogs

Simon Deen

In Conversation With: Barry Burrows of Bartholomew Landscaping

When I was growing up, my father would say “To be a good talker, you have to be a good listener”. Always give people time. Always listen...

Simon Deen

In Conversation With: Jonny Rosenblatt of Spacemade

We’re not just competing with other flexible providers, we’re also competing with home. It’s somebody’s spare room or kitchen table...

Suzanne Tager

Negotiation: Psychology, influence and decision-making

Suzanne spent over fourteen years as a commercial litigator at Hogan Lovells, and now works as a commercial mediator - helping people...

Simon Silver

Ideology, inspiration and the pursuit of aesthetic pleasure

There are very few people in the property world who can be considered real tastemakers...

Jonathan Plant

Creativity, context and client relationships

I have always been fascinated with architecture, and actually, architects themselves. I find the term ‘practicing architecture’ such......

Hugh Wade-Jones

Secret mortgages

Hugh Wade-Jones co-founded Enness Global Mortgages in 2007 - on the same day that witnessed the demise of Northern Rock...

Gregg Kantor

Seven seconds to sell your home

In the third of my series of guest blogs, I was interested to hear from Gregg Kantor, co-founder of Flyp about the importance of first...

Will Castle

Will Castle on mental health & the real estate industry

If you have ever worked in a sales environment, you might appreciate that historically skills like empathy, compassion and kindness...

Jazmin Atkins

Jazmin Atkins on diversity and inclusion in the real estate sector

Diversity in the property industry is an ongoing topic of conversation that needs to be addressed. This issue has remained a quiet and somew

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