Curtin call: CIO joins Alvarium from Close Brothers
Boutique private office Alvarium Investments will draw on the expertise of Nancy Curtin, who has joined as CIO Boutique investment…
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Lockdown, dress up
For entrepreneurs and aesthetes from Jeremy Hackett to Spear’s contributor Nick Foulkes, working from home during lockdown is no excuse…
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Cambridge risk expert: Covid-19 is a ‘black elephant’
The Centre for the Study for Existential Risk (CSER) at the University of Cambridge is a multidisciplinary institute that has…
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Crispin Holborow
‘Our view is that the country property market is very well set,’ says Crispin Holborow when Spear’s catches up with…
ByCharles McDowell
‘Success breeds success, and reputation breeds success in this market,’ says Charles McDowell, the discreet agent who’s been operating in…
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Peter Wetherell
Peter Wetherell, known by some as ‘Mr Mayfair’, prefers ‘The Mayfair Guru’ these days. Since he started his business 37…
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James Forbes
James Forbes is ‘a key driver’ behind the growth of Strutt & Parker’s Sloane Street office, which the firm says…
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Andy Buchanan
‘It’s frightening to think how many years I have spent here,’ says property veteran Andy Buchanan. He joined John D…
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Rise of the ‘virtual family office’
The coronavirus crisis has forced many family offices to rethink their approach Markets and businesses across the world continue to…
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Lady Lucan’s fashion brand launches spring/summer collection
Anne-Sofie Foghsgaard’s fieldsports-inspired aesthetic is back with a bang Award-winning luxury British fashion brand, Lucan, founded by the Countess of…
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Make your next Deliveroo order a £1,320 magnum of Chateau Lafite: The best wine delivery services for lockdown
Our usual watering holes may be closed for the foreseeable future, but oenophiles can still enjoy a drop of something…
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Trevor Abrahmsohn
‘I went from despair to elation in a matter of hours,’ says Trevor Abrahmsohn. He speaks to Spear’s over the…
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Hide and Hedonism invite ‘guests’ to a virtual wine dinner
The Mayfair restaurant and wine boutique invite diners to a virtual four-course dinner with head sommelier Julien Sarrasin ‘Guests’ of…
BySaul Empson
Saul Empson looks after the London equation of Haringtons. It’s a patch he’s been familiar with since he operated in…
ByHannah Aykroyd
Former VanHan director Hannah Aykroyd’s eponymous firm might be barely two years old, but it has already developed a reputation…
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Ed Tryon
Ed Tryon set up Lichfields in 2007, and it has since perfected the art of acquiring high-value newbuilds in prime…
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Caroline Takla
The Collection has just had its tenth anniversary, and founder Caroline Takla’s drive to find the best property deals in…
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Alex Stroud
The prime central London market might have stalled in 2019, but that didn’t prevent Alex Stroud from doing more transactions…
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Roarie Scarisbrick
‘A few people claim to be the oldest buying agent,’ says Roarie Scarisbrick, ‘but Property Vision genuinely invented the concept.’…
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Richard and Sophie Rogerson
‘The telephone has been going mad,’ says Richard Rogerson when he speaks to Spear’s over a breakfast of boiled eggs…
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