Purplebricks CIO David Kavanagh explains why the firm's founders sought to bring in IT expertise
Co-founders spent a lot of money on 'nothing' before his arrival, and Kavanagh had to shake things up from an IT perspective

When Purplebricks became the first British online estate agency to float on AIM (formerly the Alternative Investment Market) in December, it was valued at about £240m. It marked a remarkable rise for a...
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