What is Savills?
{{Infobox company | name = Savills plc | logo = Savills logo.svg | type = [[Public company|Public]] | traded_as = {{lse|SVS}} | industry = [[Real Estate]] | foundation = {{start date and age|1855}} | location = 33 Margaret Street, [[London]], W1G 0JD | key_people = {{plainlist| * Nicholas Ferguson (<small>[[Chairman]]</small>)<ref name=BoD>[http://ir.savills.com/company-information/management/board-of-directors.aspx Board of Directors] Savills</ref> * Mark Ridley (<small>[[CEO]]</small>) * Simon Shaw (<small>[[CFO]]</small>) }} | products = | revenue = [[Pound sterling|£]]1,761.4 million (2018)<ref name=prelims>{{cite web|url=http://ir.savills.com/~/media/Files/S/Savills-IR-V3/result-centre/2019/preliminary-results-2018-v2.pdf?cid=181&newsid=988858|title=Preliminary Results 2018|publisher=Savills|access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> | operating_income = [[Pound sterling|£]]100.6 million (2018)<ref name=prelims/> | net_income = [[Pound sterling|£]]77.2 million (2018)<ref name=prelims/> | num_employees = 35,000 (2018)<ref name=staff>{{cite web|url=https://www.savills.co.uk/why-savills/|title=Savills trusted advisors to real estate clients around the globe - Key Facts|work=savills.com|access-date=23 April 2017}}</ref> | parent = | subsid = | footnotes = | homepage = [http://www.savills.co.uk www.savills.co.uk] }} '''Savills plc''' is a global real estate services provider listed on the [[London Stock Exchange]] and is a constituent of the [[FTSE 250 Index]]. ==History== The business was established by [[Alfred Savill]] (1829 - 1905) in 1855 in [[London]].<ref name=history>{{cite web|url=http://www.savills.de/index.php?id=99&L=1|title=Savills Germany - History|work=savills.de|access-date=3 April 2015}}</ref> By the time of Alfred Savill's death in 1905 his sons Alfred, Edwin and Norman were established in partnership. In the 1920s the firm moved to [[Lincoln's Inn Fields]]. During the [[Second World War]] Norman Savill went to Wimborne in [[Dorset]], taking vital records with him. The remaining partners stayed at