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“We’re not for sale,”
Badger office
rebrand
says Connells
Badger
Holdings,
parent
company to
Townends &
Connells has categorically denied Regents Estate
that there is any truth in a report in Agents, have rebranded their
the Sunday Times (7th June) that Hounslow Regents office to
it has been put up for sale by its Townends and introduced
parent company, Skipton lettings to offer a complete
Building Society. property service.
“It is our usual practice to Group Sales Director
offer “no comment” on market Douglas Sleaper says, “I am
speculation such as this. delighted that we are able to
However, on this occasion, I want welcome Hounslow into the
to unequivocally state that the Townends family and I see
article is twaddle and Connells the added brand awareness
is most definitely NOT for sale,” as a key benefit for all our
said Stephen Shipperley, Connells existing vendors. The addition
Group Executive Chairman. of Hounslow makes our
“As ever, we are purely focused Townends network by far the
on making the best of the largest locally and will further
recovering housing market, so we our aim to offer the complete
can well do without the distraction property solution to as many
of unfounded market rumours.” customers as possible.”
‘I want to unequivocally state that the
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article is twaddle.’ stephen shipperly, chairman
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new part of Badger Holdings.
FRANCHISING
Growth for
Gas-elec
Gas-elec,
national
suppliers
of gas and
electrical
safety
inspections, services, products
and advice, reports that their
business has grown by
11 per cent across the
franchise network in Q1 2009.
The franchise sector has
seen a substantial growth, as
more and more people turn
to franchise ownership as an
employment option. John
Davidson, MD of gas-elec
says, “According to the British
Franchise Association the
franchise market grew by
RESIDENTIAL SALES
15 per cent in 2007 and we
House moves home
expect them to report record
greater growth for 2008.” It is usually people that move make way for a development. owners, Fenchurch Developments,
He went on to say that the but Carter Jonas are marketing a Emma Lee-Harper, of Carter Jonas commissioned I.W. Payne, a
earning potential for gas-elec house that moved. says, “There was a great deal of well-known firm of restoration
franchisees continues to be 16th Century Chantry Cottage discussion about what should builders in the area, to dismantle
high and that there is a lot in Andover has been ‘recycled’ happen to the cottage, which had the cottage and rebuild it on
of interest in new franchises. and found a new place to live fallen into a state of disrepair but its new site.” Guide price for the
www.gas-elec.co.uk. at the top of the High Street to which nobody wanted to lose. The property is £425,000.
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