Premises and Property

Moore Allen & Innocent is hoping to future-proof its business with a series of steps including a tie-up with John Lewis.

Sotheby’s is relocating its Edinburgh office in time for the August festival season in the city and will preview its September Scottish art sale in its new home near St Andrew Square.

Leading dealers have signed up to take part in BADA’s inaugural ‘pop up’ selling exhibition in June and July on Pimlico Road, London.

Contemporary art dealership Goodman Gallery is to join Cork Street as its first major letting since its multi-million pound redevelopment last year.

A selection of expansion news and appointments across the art and antiques market.

Book dealership Bernard Quaritch is relocating to the Holborn area of London, from Mayfair.

Elaine Phillips Antiques has moved into new premises after 40 years in Harrogate.

A total of 18 phones competed for a rare devotional painting offered by a New York institution at Freeman’s in Philadelphia this week.

A £1bn plan to revamp Olympia London, including the home of the venerable Art & Antiques Fair Olympia, has been approved by planners.

The London auctions ‘hub’ of 25 Blythe Road will now operate under a single banner of Olympia Auctions.

US auction houses Leslie Hindman Auctioneers and Cowan's Auctions have been brought together under one umbrella company in a private equity-backed deal.

The decline in independent bookshops in the UK appears to have been halted with growth recorded for the second year in a row.

Former Thomas Watson Auctioneers director David Elstob is to launch his own auction house with wife Beth Elstob.

George Kidner Auctioneers and Valuers is to close following the retirement of its founder.