was re-listed on the London Stock Exchange. In November 2013, Countrywide acquired national commercial property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH). Countrywide acquired the southwest Wales estate agency John Francis in 2015. In January 2018, an unscheduled profits warning sent Countrywide's share price plummeting by nearly 19 per cent, and CEO Alison Platt stepped down, to be replaced by Peter Long, appointed executive chairman until a new CEO is found. In August 2018, the share price fell by 60% after an emergency cash call (in the form of a rights issue), and after having downgrading profit forecasts four times in eight months. In December 2020 Connells Group agree to buy the company at a valuation of circa £82 million. On 8 March 2021 Connells Group acquired Countrywide Plc. Brands Abbotts Accord Lets Alan de Maid Andrew Reeves Ashby Lowery Ashton Burkinshaw Austin & Wyatt Bairstow Eves Beresford Adams Bridgfords Blundells Carson & Co. Chappell & Matthews CityLets York Clive Watkin Partnership Country & Waterside Prestige Countrywide North Cryers Dixons Entwistle Green Finders Keepers Frank Innes Freeman Foreman Fulfords Gascoigne-Pees Geering & Colyer Hamptons International John Francis John D Wood & Co. King & Chasemore Lambert Smith Hampton Lighthouse Property Services Mann Miller Countrywide Morris Dibben Palmer Snell R.A. Bennett & Partners Regal Residential Lettings Slater Hogg & Howison Spencers Stratton Creber Sutton Kersh Taylors Tucker Gardner Urban Spaces Watson Bull & Porter Wilson Peacock Woods References External links Official website Apollo Global Management companies Real estate companies established in 1986 Property services companies of the United Kingdom Companies based in Chelmsford Companies listed on the London Stock Exchange 1986 establishments in the United Kingdom