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    • Friday, 12 August, 2022
      Investments
      Directors’ Deals: Black Horse pays out for directors

      Board members lock in profits from vesting options

    • Tuesday, 2 August, 2022
      Purplebricks swings to loss despite post-lockdown sales surge

      Online-only estate agent warned it is not likely to break even until 2024

    • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
      De La Rue PLC
      De La Rue shares fall after banknote maker issues profit warning over rising costs

      M&S and Purplebricks among other UK companies under pressure from inflation and economic uncertainty

    • Friday, 25 March, 2022
      Investments
      Directors’ Deals: Is Purplebricks a ‘doer upper’?

      Non-executives show faith in the online estate agent

    • Thursday, 10 March, 2022
      Purplebricks chief to step down ‘due to personal reasons’

      Vic Darvey will be replaced at online estate agent by chief operating officer Helena Marston

    • Monday, 31 January, 2022
      Purplebricks swings to loss as UK housing market cools

      Online estate agent blames shortage of new listings and higher staff costs for slide into the red

    • Monday, 13 December, 2021
      Purplebricks faces multimillion pound payout to remedy lettings errors

      Shares in online agency slide further as it warns of potential risk over deposits

    • Saturday, 4 December, 2021
      FT CollectionsData rich: the numbers behind corporate news
      The Purplebricks puzzle: online agencies suffer despite hothouse market

      Crop of young companies intent on disruption lose ground to their more traditional rivals

    • Thursday, 4 November, 2021
      Lex
      Purplebricks: business model bears more blame than stock shortage Premium content

      Online estate agent is not alone in struggling with a seized-up market

    • Thursday, 4 November, 2021
      Purplebricks issues profit warning as homes for sale run low

      Shares in the UK online estate agency plunge more than 30 per cent

    • Wednesday, 20 October, 2021
      Purplebricks faces legal action from agents over holiday and pension pay

      More than 100 workers say they were wrongly classed as self-employed by online property group

    • Tuesday, 15 December, 2020
      Purplebricks expects to beat profit forecasts

      Online estate agent benefits from resurgent housing market

    • Wednesday, 3 July, 2019
      Lex
      Purplebricks: spall of gloom Premium content

      A prolonged downturn in UK housing sales may prove painful for the online estate agent

    • Wednesday, 3 July, 2019
      Purplebricks to exit US market as losses almost double

      Doubts over business model after online estate agency admits it expanded too quickly

    • Sunday, 9 June, 2019
      Small Talk - CompaniesKate Burgess
      Purplebricks investors step in after Neil Woodford and founders sell

      Online estate agent shows the wisdom of being prepared when the deluge threatens

    • Monday, 3 June, 2019
      LombardMatthew Vincent
      Kier investors get that sinking feeling as they smell a Carillion

      Contractor’s dumping of bad news has left many holding their noses

    • Monday, 3 June, 2019
      Axel Springer doubles stake in online estate agent Purplebricks

      Media group just behind Neil Woodford as second-largest investor, paving way for potential bid

    • Wednesday, 22 May, 2019
      LombardMatthew Vincent
      This is not just a £600m rights issue, it’s an M&S rights issue

      Fundraising for Ocado venture will not deliver a profiterole or a profit for a while

    • Tuesday, 14 May, 2019
      Residential
      Toronto market stabilises with sales up 17 per cent

      A round-up of world property news

    • Friday, 10 May, 2019
      Property sector
      Purplebricks on shaky foundations as global ambitions falter

      Co-founder Michael Bruce steps down as chief as Australian adventure falls flat

    • Tuesday, 7 May, 2019
      Property sector
      Purplebricks founder steps down as chief after ‘disappointing’ year

      Estate agent pulls out of Australia as it concedes international growth was ‘too rapid’

    • Tuesday, 7 May, 2019
      Lex
      Purplebricks: red faces Premium content

      Struggles in Australia and US have hit group’s credibility as a digital disrupter

    • Tuesday, 7 May, 2019
      City Bulletin
      Opening Quote: Purplebricks founder is forced out to build a new future

      Your morning City briefing on companies in the news, job moves and what’s happening in the markets

    • Friday, 5 April, 2019
      Berenberg turns bearish on Purplebricks, cuts price target by 80%

      Analysts point to limitations of online estate agent’s upfront fee model

    • Friday, 22 February, 2019
      News in-depthInvestments
      Neil Woodford endures tough week in the market

      UK fund manager says he remains committed to stocks including Purplebricks and ‘the Provvy’

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