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Purplebricks Group PLC

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  • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
    Purplebricks sells itself for £1 as plan to upend estate agents falls flat

    London-listed group promised to undercut traditional operation but model failed to gain traction

  • Friday, 17 February, 2023
    Purplebricks seeks buyer as it warns on earnings

    UK online estate agent expects full-year loss after costs prove higher than expected

  • 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

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