The super-active Knight Frank (KF) LinkedIn team would have been frightfully happy the day they posted a photo of their Senior Partner, William Beardmore-Gray (Ampleforth and KF Lifer), on the steps of Number 10 at a gathering to discuss diversity in real estate. So far, so good.

But wait, what’s this? Hard on the heels of that Number 10 photo-op – in fact the very next KF post – heralds KF’s “excitement” at the  appointment of their brand-new European leadership team, all set to lead KF boldly into a new era! The photos of this new-age team showed… wait for it…

Three white, middle-aged men. Whoops.

The Leasehold Reform Bill making its way through Parliament has provoked a lot of anger in – and to be fair some very sensible criticism from – the valuation fraternity, especially from those that earn their crust advising freeholders on lease extensions. If Michael Gove has his way, those days are over, and a spot of re-training will be required from that section of the RICS world.