A bad, bad month for brokers ...

The Biba conference has been and gone - but how farther forward are we? Biba chief executive Mike Williams has quit to head up a new super-network. His decision, he says, has come because he believes there is a need for what his consortium proposes.

His departure, says Biba, is a blow, and the hunt is on to find a new chief executive. Given the fact that it will take four to six months to get someone new, this could not have come at a worse time.

And, for all the calls of patience that