MOVERS & SHAKERS


ACQUISITIONS


OPENINGS


LAUNCHES


MERGERS


Leaders continues on expansion traiL


Leaders has announced its latest acquisition - the purchase of from K R Letting Services Limited in Southampton.


The business which was serviced


from K R Letting Services’ offices, has been integrated with the Leaders’ branch, which looks after more than 1000 properties. Two members of K R Lettings staff have joined Leaders, but the original shareholders have left the business. K R Letting Services vendor


a Broken ankLe and a Broken record!


A south London lettings agency is celebrating after achieving its most successful month ever in spite of its manager breaking her ankle. The team at Felicity J Lord Lettings in Shad Thames let out more properties in September than ever; all the more remarkable as Monika Matuleviciute had tripped and broken her ankle. “At first I was very concerned, as we are such a small team here. Everyone has been fantastic, we have all pulled together. I carry out the valuations so the team have taken me to appointments and helped in so many ways. To have achieved our best month despite this setback is incredible.” Monika says that much


of its success is down to her team’s expert knowledge, with negotiators Ricardo Rocha and Martina Mecelova, supported by administrator Anna Zloteck. Divisional Lettings Director Mariella Petralia said, “Monika and the team at Shad Thames thoroughly deserve their success and should be extremely proud of their achievements.”


Kellie Regan said, “I am confident that our landlords, tenants and staff joining Leaders will be well looked after. “The management team at


Leaders has impressed us with their professional and pragmatic approach and the speed with which they have completed their acquisition, creating minimal fuss and disruption to our landlords and tenants. They are clearly experts at making this process as painless as possible.”


BarBon hoLds graduation ceremony


Property and commercial broker Barbon Insurance Group Limited recently held a prestigious graduation ceremony for the 15 employees who successfully completed its challenging 18-month BIG Management Programme. During the ceremony, CEO Martin Oliver offered his congratulations and presented each graduate with their Chartered Management Institute Diploma in Management. Martin Oliver said, “We are


delighted at the level of enthusiasm and dedication that each of these Barbon employees demonstrated throughout the BIG Management Programme. It was an extremely challenging course that required a high level of


personal commitment. They are our leaders of the future and I have no doubt that each graduate will go on to achieve great success and have a positive impact on the Group, as well as the insurance industry in general. I wish them all the very best of luck in their future careers.”


Winner of Martin Oliver’s special


prize (£200 Red Letter Day) for the best Management Project was Kara Moyse, Business Change Co-ordinator at Lincoln-based HomeLet where she has been employed for five years. All 15 candidates have


graduated with a Level 3 Diploma in First Line Management and Level 5 Certificate in Management and Leadership, accredited by the Chartered Management Institute.


LMS, suppliers of outsourced conveyancing and EPC services announced its sponsorship of The Bloom Apprenticeship Academy for Estate and Letting Agents. This coincides with the launch of the Academy’s first dedicated training centre in Birmingham, where 25 apprentices have already started on their six-month government- funded course leading to the achievement of their NFoPP Technical Award and Level 3 NVQ Diploma. Andy Knee, MD of LMS said, “Bloom approached us to help them deliver the conveyancing part of the syllabus and we are delighted to be involved both as a sponsor and a training partner. We visited the new training centre in Birmingham yesterday and were really impressed to see so many bright young people clearly on a mission to succeed! “Conveyancing will never be the most stimulating topic on what is clearly an extensive and well thought-out course. So our job is to deliver conveyancing training in a way that not only educates, but engages. We’ll be training apprentices as to how to work closely with IFAs and mortgage providers.” Bloom’s MD Greg


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Morrall said, “One of our key objectives is to ensure that our apprentices, (most of whom we have already placed with an employer) are able to add real value in the workplace by having a thorough understanding not only of all the various property legislation and compliance issues, but also of the reality of effective working practices in estate agency.”


Lms to train BLoom property apprentices


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