﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title>Cision News</title><link>https://news.cision.com</link><description>Cision is the leading global provider of media research, distribution, monitoring and evaluation services. With over 40 locations throughout the world, Cision provides the insight, expertise and intelligence that improve performance and build reputations.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:05:40 GMT</pubDate><image><title>Cision News</title><width>146</width><height>60</height><link>https://news.cision.com</link><url>https://news.cision.com/Content/img/news-logo.png</url></image><item><title>Peckham’s Children Create Public Art</title><link>http://news.cision.com/sky-communications-international/r/peckham-s-children-create-public-art,c9632409</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1679891</guid><description><![CDATA[Regenerated Peckham has new public art. Created by the children of Peckham, and symbolising the new generation coming through, the fabulous, colourful, 10ft by 7ft masterpiece was made in Peckham’s Queens Road this week, by Kids Company*, the South London charity that helps 36,000 vulnerable children.
This spectacular and compelling piece of public art shows a cityscape representing Peckham. It is adorned with the children’s hand prints and includes some self-portraits of Peckham’s next generation.

Suzie Curran, from the charity, Kids Company* explains: “We are delighted with this work.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2014 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Architect to the Stars and Hampstead-Knightsbridge Millionaires, sells his Peckham Rye Showcase House</title><link>http://news.cision.com/sky-communications-international/r/architect-to-the-stars-and-hampstead-knightsbridge-millionaires--sells-his-peckham-rye-showcase-hous,c9621683</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1662439</guid><description><![CDATA[High net worth clients from Hampstead Garden Suburb down to Knightsbridge use architect David Hingamp to extend style and swish their multi million pound designer homes. So when David told his then girlfriend he wanted to move from plush Marylebone to Peckham, seven years ago, to live and open a show room for his work, she was apprehensive, to say the least.
GJM David Hingamp case study (http://mb.cision.com/Public/245/9621683/8793d58d8d73a1b8.pdf)David explains: “When Bella, now my wife, realised I wasn’t joking, she was reluctant to move to Peckham and thought my clients wouldn’t come down]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2014 13:28:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Environmental Consultant’s London Eco-Conversion</title><link>http://news.cision.com/sky-communications-international/r/environmental-consultant-s-london-eco-conversion,c9600068</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1630847</guid><description><![CDATA[A Victorian family house in London’s trendy Camberwell, SE5, has been renovated and extended to become a sustainable eco home.
Environmental Consultant Marieke Heijnen (31) lives as environmentally friendly a life as possible. Her career is dedicated to improving sanitation facilities in developing countries*, she travels by bicycle, and buys locally sourced goods. She loves the nearby organic cafes and many independent shops which East Dulwich has to offer and has put her money where her mouth is in transforming a period home into something quite cutting edge in eco-conversions, using only ‘]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2014 10:52:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Property News: Andrea Reidy OBE puts her ‘Peckham Palace’ on the Market</title><link>http://news.cision.com/sky-communications-international/r/property-news--andrea-reidy-obe-puts-her--peckham-palace--on-the-market,c9589572</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1615216</guid><description><![CDATA[When Andrea Reidy OBE bought her first house in Choumert Road, Peckham Rye, SE15, 25 years ago, she had recently returned from 14 years in South America and was just starting her brilliant career in the Foreign Office.

At the time, Andrea was blissfully unaware that her career would take her on an extraordinary journey to become Consul General for Northern Iraq (2006-2007), Her Majesty’s Ambassador in Eritrea (2008 – 2010), Deputy High Commissioner in Sierra Leone (2000-2002), First Secretary Political in Baghdad (2004-2005), Head of UK office in the CPA, Baghdad (2003-2004, for which]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2014 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>London’s Hottest Hotspot: It’s All About Peckham</title><link>http://news.cision.com/sky-communications-international/r/london-s-hottest-hotspot--it-s-all-about-peckham,c9556782</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1564619</guid><description><![CDATA[Introducing GJM Gareth James Property
Peckham is now the hottest investment spot in the UK for properties under £1.5 million, according to the district’s premier estate agent, GJM Gareth James Property.

“Prices have risen as much as 45% in the last 12 months and well over 100% in the last five years. Rental rates are also beyond what even we could have imagined.” according to GJM’s founder and managing director, Gareth James Mozley. The figures speak for themselves.

Likewise, rental investments are still rising and capital growth on investments in Peckham are still outstripping those]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2014 14:46:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Buyers Still Prefer Period Homes to Modern Homes</title><link>http://news.cision.com/sky-communications-international/r/buyers-still-prefer-period-homes-to-modern-homes,c9549022</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1553263</guid><description><![CDATA[Modern Homes Vs Period Homes - the debate continues...

Best of both worlds: modern home with period features for sale in Peckham Rye, London SE5
Period properties not only command premium prices, but they are more expensive to maintain, refurbish, decorate and heat, according to Becky Munday, South East London property expert and head of sales at GJM Gareth James Property. Despite this, given the choice, buyers nearly always prefer period homes to more modern ones.

The reason, Munday cites, is that: “Period properties, whether they are Victorian, Georgian, Regency or Edwardian, nearly]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2014 16:50:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Family of Six Architects Create Eco Homes in SE London Garden</title><link>http://news.cision.com/sky-communications-international/r/family-of-six-architects-create-eco-homes-in-se-london-garden,c9534280</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1531515</guid><description><![CDATA[Something extraordinary happened in the Camberwell Grove Conservation Area in Camberwell, SE5 when a close-knit family of six architects, spanning three generations, all got together to transform a decaying and derelict historic house in Grove Park, and to create and build two breath-taking new eco homes in its vast garden.

Architect Niki Borowiecki explained: “Liz and I bought our Victorian semi-detached home 23 years ago in 1990 for just £210,000. It was steeped in a rich history, but it was a big old wreck, quite frankly, and money was tight, so it took over a decade for us to design]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:51:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Future of Property Hunting:  Estate Agents Saved Time &amp; Money with Neighbourhood Information</title><link>http://news.cision.com/sky-communications-international/r/the-future-of-property-hunting-estate-agents-saved-time---money-with-neighbourhood-information,c9463781</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1423241</guid><description><![CDATA[By studying buyer psychology, alongside its own survey results, rising star property portal www.needaproperty.com has identified the new prime reason for viewings not converting into a sale or let, is neighbourhoods.
A property found online may match a buyer or tenant’s search criteria, but when they go to view it, or carry out more in-depth searches, many decide not to put in an offer because the neighbourhood has not matched their expectations.  

NeedAProperty has responded to its findings by developing its state of the art portal to further inform buyers and tenants on each individual]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2013 13:46:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Future of Property Hunting:Neighbourhood Knowledge</title><link>http://news.cision.com/sky-communications-international/r/the-future-of-property-hunting-neighbourhood-knowledge,c9463724</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1423185</guid><description><![CDATA[Wasting time viewing unsuitable properties could soon be a thing of the past for property hunters, as rising star property portal www.needaproperty.com has developed yet another time-saving information device on its state of the art property portal.
NP The Future of Property Hunting CONSUMER (http://mb.cision.com/Public/245/9463724/94ca94561365ae1b.pdf)y studying buyer psychology, alongside its own survey results, NeedAProperty has identified that disappointing neighbourhoods are the new prime reason for buyers and tenants not buying or renting a property they have viewed. A property found]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2013 12:55:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Journey to Return £Millions to Divorcees</title><link>http://news.cision.com/sky-communications-international/r/journey-to-return--millions-to-divorcees,c9462941</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1421689</guid><description><![CDATA[The first two cases have now been settled and 860 are in progress...

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Divorce LifeLine is moving towards returning many millions of pounds to divorced women throughout the country. Two cases have now been settled out of court, with the next 860 in progress.

In 2011, Entrepreneur Roger Mahoney1 discovered that in up to 50% of divorce cases, solicitors were miscalculating the value of pensions, often by tens of thousands of pounds.

This has left many thousands of women out of pocket and Mahoney’s new company, Divorce LifeLine, is on a crusade to]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2013 11:00:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Couple Transform Peckham Shell £220,000 to a Fabulous £825,000 Home</title><link>http://news.cision.com/sky-communications-international/r/couple-transform-peckham-shell--220-000-to-a-fabulous--825-000-home,c9461767</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1419656</guid><description><![CDATA[From a Bucket-Loo Shed to a Peckham Palace
When Mark Disley and Alison Fitzpatrick rented Arthur Miller’s[i] (http://file:///C:/Users/Julia/Desktop/GJM%20Property%20text%20only.docx#_edn1) daughter’s loft apartment in New York 17 years ago, they fell in love with the space and decided to create something of their own when they came back to London.

After four years of scouring the back streets of South East London in search of the perfect ‘space’, the couple found a disused workshop in Peckham Rye, SE15, once thought to have been where the military’s hats were made.

Alison, 44, a]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2013 16:19:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NeedAProperty Makes Property Hunting Available Through Women's Glossy Online Magazines</title><link>http://news.cision.com/sky-communications-international/r/needaproperty-makes-property-hunting-available-through-women-s-glossy-online-magazines,c9446055</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1391065</guid><description><![CDATA[Over 3.7 million women across the UK who read Cosmopolitan, Company, Reveal, Best (at the newly launched Bestdaily.co.uk), Handbag.com and Allaboutyou.com (incorporating County Living, House Beautiful and Prima), now have direct online access, from their favourite magazine sites, to the hundreds of thousands of homes for sale and rent across the UK on property portal NeedAProperty.com. Hearst Magazines UK is the largest digital publisher in the UK. Its reach extends to 1 in 3 UK women and 1 in 4 UK adults.

Property portal NeedAProperty.com, Britain’s “low cost alternative” to Zoopla and]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2013 13:11:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NeedAProperty.com Partners Hearst Magazines UK</title><link>http://news.cision.com/sky-communications-international/r/needaproperty-com-partners-hearst-magazines-uk,c9446018</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1390964</guid><description><![CDATA[More than 3.7 million women across the UK now have direct access to NeedAProperty’s thousands of flats and houses for sale and for rent, through their favourite glossy magazine websites. This follows the new partnership of NeedAProperty.com with Hearst Magazines UK, the largest digital publisher in the UK. Their reach extends to 1 in 3 UK women and 1 in 4 UK adults.
NP Partners Hearst TRADE (http://mb.cision.com/Public/245/9446018/92a4ce3eb6ecb72b.pdf)NP Partners Hearst TRADE (http://mb.cision.com/Public/245/9446018/92a4ce3eb6ecb72b.pdf)NP Partners Hearst TRADE (http://mb.cision.com/Public/]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2013 11:38:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>House Hunting by Travel Time to Work</title><link>http://news.cision.com/sky-communications-international/r/house-hunting-by-travel-time-to-work,c9428461</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1358129</guid><description><![CDATA[Travel Time, an exclusive technological first amongst property portals, allows users to search for a new home by journey time from work, school or any other location. The journey time can be calculated by tube, train, bus, all public transport, driving and walking.

Searching for a new home online will become even easier from this Friday, as rising star property portal, www.needaproperty.com has launched ‘Travel Time’ on its new, state of the art platform.
93% of people looking to move or rent start their initial search online according to NeedAProperty.

Newcomer property portal,]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:52:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UK Property Survey Has £25,000 Prize</title><link>http://news.cision.com/sky-communications-international/r/uk-property-survey-has--25-000-prize,c9377969</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1257874</guid><description><![CDATA[Rising star property portal www.needaproperty.com has launched a national online competition with a prize worth £25,000. This is one of NeedAProperty’s extensive, on-going property surveys designed to find out more about property hunters, tenants, vendors and landlords, in terms of their needs, priorities and challenges.
The competition prize is to win up to £25,000 in rent or mortgage for a year (plus the difference in cash if it is under £25,000)*. At the same time, NeedAProperty will collect and collate information on what property hunters are looking for.

CEO, Scott Green explains: “]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>needaproperty.com launches New National Property Portal Platform</title><link>http://news.cision.com/sky-communications-international/r/needaproperty-com-launches-new-national-property-portal-platform,c9368462</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1238482</guid><description><![CDATA[First RWD Property Portal Webiste Launched in UK
UK property search portal, www.needaproperty.com produces new ‘responsive web design’ (RWD) website.

Needaproperty.com, the rising star property finder portal, has just launched its new interactive website for property hunters in the UK (and overseas coming soon).

With the design and management of specialist user experience agency, Cyber-Duck, needaproperty.com’s revamped website is the first online property portal to be built with a fully ‘responsive web design’ (RWD), able to scale to desktop, tablet and smartphones.

The new mobile-]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:46:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Solicitors Urge Divorcees to Seek Help with Pensions</title><link>http://news.cision.com/sky-communications-international/r/solicitors-urge-divorcees-to-seek-help-with-pensions,c9368420</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1238410</guid><description><![CDATA[Divorcees who have gone through a divorce in the last 12 years1are being urged by solicitors to look carefully at the valuation of their divorce pensions. This follows the announcement by Divorce LifeLine that hundreds of thousands of divorcees in the UK2 may have received an incorrect pension valuation when their divorce financial settlement was made. Subsequently, they may be able to claim thousands of pounds, even after the divorce has been settled.    

Speaking of the findings of the recent report by Divorce LifeLine, Sali Jackson-Thomas, Partner and head of Family Law at JCP]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:06:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Year Post-Divorce Pension Check</title><link>http://news.cision.com/sky-communications-international/r/new-year-post-divorce-pension-check,c9359219</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1220533</guid><description><![CDATA[More than 1.8 million couples will have contemplated divorcing their partner during the Christmas period. Counselling service, Relate, reported they have a 50% surge in the number of calls they receive over the festive period and this is often followed by the start of divorce proceedings in January1.
The week beginning 8thJanuary is one of the busiest weeks of the year for divorce lawyers2but according to Jeremy Wolff, founding partner of specialist divorce and pension settlement consultancy Divorce LifeLine: “This is often only the beginning of the pain people suffer. The whole trauma of]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:00:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Facebook Fuels Divorce</title><link>http://news.cision.com/sky-communications-international/r/facebook-fuels-divorce,c9340690</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1183491</guid><description><![CDATA[Facebook: Fuel for Divorce

Date of issue: 26thNovember 2012

More than one third of divorce petitions in the UK cite Facebook as a contributing factor to the end of a relationship.1Thousands more divorcees use the social media site to vent their frustrations and post nasty comments for public viewing. This can have dangerous consequences to their divorce settlement entitlements, advises divorce and pension consultant, Divorce LifeLine.

A recent survey1revealed that feuding couples increasingly complain of unreasonable behavior online and now inappropriate messages and photographs]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Disabled West Midlands Mother Left Without Divorce Money</title><link>http://news.cision.com/sky-communications-international/r/disabled-west-midlands-mother-left-without-divorce-money,c9335545</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1173162</guid><description><![CDATA[Press Release - subject: women's lifestyle / pensions

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Around one in 25 UK divorcees could have have missed out on millions of pounds where their ex-partners’ pensions were undervalued during their divorce settlement or where solicitor errors were made in the paperwork.

Specialist divorce and pension consultancy, Divorce LifeLine, says that up to 750,000 divorces that have taken place in the UK since December 2000 have probably not had the pension correctly valued by a financial expert and/or have had their divorce settlements wrongly administered by their solicitors,]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:06:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Divorce Solicitors Under Fire?</title><link>http://news.cision.com/sky-communications-international/r/divorce-solicitors-under-fire-,c9286689</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1078864</guid><description><![CDATA[Divorce lawyers in the UK may have to consider paying out compensation to hundreds of thousands of disgruntled divorcees.

By: Elite Communications on behalf of Divorce LifeLine
Date: 24 July 2012
Divorce lawyers in the UK may have to consider paying out compensation to hundreds of thousands of disgruntled divorcees. This is because possibly as many as half of all divorce settlements in the UK since December 2000* may have had the pension undervalued when the divorce settlement was reached.

Around 750,000 people may be entitled to claim thousands of pounds from their former divorce]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>One Person in Every 25 of Britain’s Divorced Population Might Be Able to Claim Thousands of Pounds</title><link>http://news.cision.com/sky-communications-international/r/one-person-in-every-25-of-britain-s-divorced-population-might-be-able-to-claim-thousands-of-pounds,c9286315</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1077840</guid><description><![CDATA[Around one in 25 divorced men and women in the UK may have missed out on thousands of pounds if their ex-partners’ pensions were undervalued during their divorce settlement.

By: Elite Communications, on behalf of Divorce LifeLine
Date: 20 July 2012
Around one in 25 divorced men and women in the UK may have missed out on thousands of pounds if their ex-partners’ pensions were undervalued during their divorce settlement.

Specialist divorce and pension consultancy, Divorce LifeLine, estimates that it is possible that up to half of the 1.5 million divorces that have taken place in the UK]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:24:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Divorce LifeLine Returns £Millions To UK Divorcees</title><link>http://news.cision.com/sky-communications-international/r/divorce-lifeline-returns--millions-to-uk-divorcees,c9284949</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1076285</guid><description><![CDATA[Under Valued Divorce Settlements Reveal Thousands of Pounds May be Recovered for Over 750,000 Divorcees Across the UK
More than 750,000 divorcees across the country may be entitled to claim back thousands of pounds after their divorce settlement was undervalued at the time of their divorce. This is according to Divorce LifeLine, a divorce and pension consultancy that is helping affected divorcees claim back their money from their former solicitors.

Following a major change in the Law in 2000, Divorce LifeLine has estimated that up to half of the 1.5 million divorces that have taken place]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Camberwell Grove is a Model of Beauty</title><link>http://news.cision.com/sky-communications-international/r/camberwell-grove-is-a-model-of-beauty,c9281133</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision515465</guid><description><![CDATA[Date of Issue: 05 July 2012
By: Sky Communications International, on behalf of Wooster & Stock
Camberwell Grove in south east London’s SE5 is often regarded as one of the most beautiful streets in the capital.* Leading south London estate agent, Wooster & Stock, claims that its charming Georgian terraces have played home to former Prime Ministers, actors and models** over the years and now, due to the area’s great value for money, it is more affordable than ever to enjoy the beauty and convenience of this neighbourhood.

Models 1’s agent to the stars, Fraser Belk, says: “In my opinion,]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:01:08 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>