Formerly employed by KPMG and J. Walter Thompson, and a director at Dentsu Group for Europe, Nicholas Candy started the Candy & Candy brand with his brother in the late 1990s after recognising that there was a niche in the top end of the market to supply properties that push boundaries in luxury design. Candy & Candy has since become one of London’s leading design and development management firms and has built its brand through outstanding design and delivering properties of the highest quality.

The Elton John AIDS Foundation in the UK is an international non profit organisation funding programmes to alleviate the physical, emotional and financial hardship of those living with, affected by or at risk of HIV/AIDS.