User talk:EggBites1992
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| Industry | Real Estate & Internet |
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| Founded | 2014 |
| Headquarters | Birmingham, UK |
Key people | Michael Bruce (CEO) Kenny Bruce (Sales Director) David Shepherd (Product Director) Nick Discombe (Chairman) Paul Pinder (Non-Executive Director) |
| Website | www.purplebricks.com |
Purplebricks is a fully interactive, 24/7 UK-based Hybrid Estate Agency. The company enables customers to buy, sell or let using it's online platform whilst receiving professional support from a dedicated Local Property Expert. It currently employees more than 150 personnel across the UK with it's HQ based in Shirley, Birmingham.
The Company
[edit]Purplebricks was conceived by former Burchell Edwards founders Michael & Kenny Bruce.
History
[edit]In March 2014, Former Capita boss Paul Pindar made a significant investment in the company.[1]
That same month former Virgin Media directors Will Whitehorn and James Kydd joined Purplebricks as a non-executive director and marketing director respectively. [2]
5 Months later Neil Woodford invested £7 Million into the growing start-up[3]
In May 2015, Purplebricks were named as the UK's number one startup of 2015 by Startups.co.uk [4]
Also in May Confused.com Marketing Director Joby Russell joined Purplebricks as their new Chief Marketing Officer [5]
26 months after it's initial launch, Purplebricks expanded in Northern Ireland [6]
References
[edit]- ^ The Telegraph (15 March 2014). "Dotcom estate agent to shake up property industry". Retrieved 9 June 2015.
- ^ Marketing Magazine (20 March 2014). "Former Virgin directors James Kydd and Will Whitehorn join Purplebricks.com". Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ Tech Crunch (18 August 2014). "Purplebricks Gets Another £8M To Disrupt Real Estate Agencies In The UK". Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ startups.co.uk (11 May 2015). "Purplebricks.com". Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ Marketing Magazine (28 May 2015). "Confused.com marketing chief Joby Russell moves to Purplebricks.com as CMO". Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ Belfast Telegraph (2 June 2015). "Northern Ireland online estate agents return home with 'cheaper alternative". Retrieved 16 June 2015.