Archive for December 18th, 2008
Dragon's Den Star, James Caan, Moves Into The Online Property Business
James Caan snaps up the chance to bring ‘new deal’ to the UK housing market.
One on the UK’s highest profile businessmen has been appointed chairman of a leading property website, www.look4aproperty.com. James Caan says the move is a clear sign of his confidence in the UK housing market.
“This is the first stage in a number of initiatives we will be launching in 2009 through www.look4aproperty.com,” says Caan.
James Caan
Through the investment arm of his business empire – Hamilton Bradshaw – Caan has secured a 25 per cent stake in the look4aproperty.com site for an undisclosed sum which was founded by one of the country’s most successful young entrepreneurs, Aaron Turner.
Caan and Turner now plan to announce a series of new products to kick-start the struggling UK housing market in the New Year.
“I see this investment as an important move in the face of the current recession,” says Caan.
“Aaron Turner is one of the most innovative and successful entrepreneurs in the country and I am delighted to be working with him.”
Caan, famous for his role as one of the ‘Dragons’ in BBC show The Dragons Den, believes that Turner is one of the only innovative players in the property market.
“I invest in people,” says Caan. “I have been watching Aaron Turner’s career very closely and he represents one of those exciting and innovative entrepreneurs which this country needs.”
Aaron Turner first made his mark in the business world and on TV screens when he was chosen by Billionaire John Caudwell to run part of his Phones4U business in 2001. At the time the appointment made Turner one of the youngest Managing Directors in the country.
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About www.look4aproperty.com and Aaron Turner
Before setting up www.look4aproperty.com, Aaron Turner worked for 12 months as a ‘young MD’ for The Caudwell Group. The Caudwell Group is the parent company of several other major businesses, including Phones 4U and 20:20 Mobile Group. During Turner’s time at the company he was the subject of a BBC documentary for The Money Programme.
In 2004 he set up www.look4aproperty.com.
www.look4aproperty.com allows potential buyers or tenants to search for the right home for them, using properties submitted by estate agents up and down the country. It features properties both in the UK and abroad and has more than 100,000 properties listed in London alone.
Unlike similar sites, www.look4aproperty.com is not tied to, owned or affiliated with any estate agency company, or any other property company or media group.
For further information about www.look4aproperty.com, or to arrange an interview with Aaron Turner, please contact Alex Valk at Results PR on 020 7953 7529, or email alex.valk@resultspr.co.uk.
