Entrepreneurs

POD Management, the residential management company backed by former Dragons’ Den investor James Caan and entrepreneur Faisal Butt, has clinched a deal with property firm Inspired Homes. The London-based firm is introducing its home…
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Noe Group, the company founded by British multi-millionaire property investor Leopold Noe, has launched an accelerator programme to support real estate technology start-ups. Launched through Goldacre, which forms part of the Noe Group £2.3…
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Alex Chesterman, the Zoopla founder and chief executive, stands to make an impressive £135 million from ZPG, which is being snapped up by a US private equity firm. Silver Lake, which has investments in companies such as Alibaba, GoDaddy and…
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Dragons’ Den star James Caan has teamed up with Spire Ventures founder Faisal Butt to back a new real estate investment company. QuoinStone Investment Management, which was founded in February, is targeting value-add assets and aims to…
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A London-based property consultant has launched a company that helps people to shift their homes via a raffle process. Lara Buckler, 28, is starting the business with the sale of her own flat in Nunhead, South London. Raffle entrants pay £2…
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A 19 year-old entrepreneur has managed to create an online estate agent valued at £12 million in the space of just 12 months. Akshay Ruparelia, from Harrow in North East London, launched Doorsteps.co.uk with the aim of providing good…
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Low yields, London, tax changes and Brexit are all making investors think about the realistic prospect of 'investing up north'. Frankly, this is some of the most dangerous advice being bandied around. I can count on one hand people who have…
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A stay-at-home mum became a successful London property developer with a portfolio worth more than £120 million in just five years. Former banker Nicole Bremner tried several ventures, including baking, photography and knitting, in an…
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7 years ago Reza Merchant was graduating from university. Now he's the CEO of a multi-million pound property empire in one of the fastest growing sectors in global real estate. How did this rising star go from university dorm to the…
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The general consensus of property development is that increasing square footage the most important selling factor. However, at Landmass we think differently. Let me tell you how I went from a small flat in Elephant & Castle to where we…
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When I started in property, I was almost £50k in consumer debt. I’d tried my hand at a few businesses; art, architecture and pub landlording, but none of them were a real passion for me. My university debt compounded and times were hard. A…
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You’ve got to be prepared to pitch investors anywhere you find them. When I first met Oliver Samwer, Chief Executive of Rocket Internet, he asked us to jump in a cab down the road with him as he was short of time. We had 10 minutes with him…
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My first experience of the challenges faced by young people living in London was as a student and then a young professional living in a poor quality (and tiny) bedsit in Wimbledon. With rents and house prices rising year-on-year I was…
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In 2010, aged 25, Gary Linton founded The Linton Group, a company specializing in the acquisition and development of residential and mixed use property in central London. Five years later when he turned 30 he claimed the total development…
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