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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
editPurplebricks was conceived by former Burchell Edwards founders Michael & Kenny Bruce.
History
editIn 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.