Connells offer | Zoopla claim | TV duo's bid Connells offers £104m for Countrywide against ‘flaky’ Alchemy rival deal Connells chief says it will now pay shareholders £3.25 a share, an increase of 30% on its original £2.50 deal revealed last week.Click here to read Connells offers £104m for Countrywide against ‘flaky’ Alchemy rival deal. Meet the estate agents hoping to be the industry's next TV property experts<br /> Twins Tonya and Rea from Essex tell The Negotiator they want to be a younger and more relatable version of TV's Phil and Kirstie.Click here to read Meet the estate agents hoping to be the industry's next TV property experts<br />. Branching out: Zoopla just 1,000 agents behind arch-rival Rightmove Zoopla is just 1,000 branches short of Rightmove's total, its latest published list of agents reveals.Click here to read Branching out: Zoopla just 1,000 agents behind arch-rival Rightmove. Leading industry training firm pivots to online only operations Julian O'Dell says his new operation 'Marvellous' is a direct response to challenges of Covid for both agents and trainers.Click here to read Leading industry training firm pivots to online only operations. Dezrez hooks up with Boomin and Zapier for its 20,000+ agents Leading estate agent CRM strikes deals with soon-to-launch portal and automation platform Zapier for its customers.Click here to read Dezrez hooks up with Boomin and Zapier for its 20,000+ agents. The December issue is out now! The UK's only trade magazine for estate and letting agents is online and available to all to read. It's packed with features, interviews and comment from leading industry figures. Read it now!Click here to read The December issue is out now!. 2017-05-17 Grant Leonard