MOVERS & SHAKERS
ACQUISITIONS
OPENINGS
LAUNCHES Who grows there?
If you’re not growing, you’re shrinking – and there’s certainly growth in estate agency, even in these tough times.
L-R, Charlotte Willoughby,
Sat Basi, Divisional Lettings Director for haart
and Kay Willoughby.
over when we left was driven by finding a professional agency with sound financial backing, legal expertise and a strong customer focus, and I believe I have found just that in haart.”
Spicerhaart has also acquired
one of London’s best-known independent estate agents, Thomson Currie.
Thomson Currie, which opened Spicerhaart acquiSitionS
Spicerhaart has acquired Northampton-based Hamiltons as part of its strategy to become the largest independent lettings agent in the UK. The family-owned lettings
agent, founded by Kay Willoughby in the early 1990s, has been run jointly with her daughter Charlotte for the last few years. Spicerhaart purchased the
Andrews & Partners has expanded its award-winning letting and management service in the South of England with the opening of four new branches. Andrews Letting & Management has over 80 Sales and Lettings branches across the South of England. Bexhill, Mitcham, Orpington and Sevenoaks is the latest in over 30 branches of Andrews to offer full letting and management services to customers, from established Andrews branches in the towns. These branches are
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business for an undisclosed fee after Kay Willoughby announced her decision to retire from the company to pursue her equestrian interests. Two of the staff from Hamiltons, a property manager and a negotiator, have transferred over to the Spicerhaart branch on Bridge Street in Northampton. Says Andrew Benn, MD of haart
andrewS expandS in the South eaSt
supported by Andrews’ new website –
www.andrewsonline.
co.uk – which links directly, live, to the branches and gives landlords the opportunity to access their account information and read viewing feedback at a time convenient to them – offering greater levels of transparency and convenience to customers. “We are continuing to see
strong demand for rental properties, and these latest branches have been opened to address the growing need from tenants in these areas” said David Westgate, MD, Andrews Letting & Management.
Lettings Division, “We’re delighted to have acquired Hamiltons and look forward to providing a great service to both landlords and tenants as we continue towards our goal of haart being the biggest and best independent lettings agent in the country.” Kay Willoughby, Founder of
Hamiltons Lettings Agency said, “My decision on who would take
its offices on Upper Street in Islington Street in the mid-1980s, covers areas such as Canonbury, Clerkenwell, Farringdon, Highbury, Hoxton, Kentish Town, Islington, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington. Spicerhaart has taken over both the sales and lettings divisions and the branch will be rebranded as Felicity J Lord. All of the remaining eleven staff have been retained by Spicerhaart. Thomson Currie Founder and Managing Partner Iain Currie will be focusing on developing a New Homes business. Explains Paul Smith, CEO of the Spicerhaart Group, “The acquisition of such a well-known name as Thomson Currie confirms our position as one of the most active estate agency groups in London and I am confident that our combination of national presence and local knowledge will prove of huge benefit to Thomson Currie’s customers moving forward.”
Board rolling in Kent
Andrews, still growing and still winning awards!
Ward & Partners, Kent’s largest independent agents and part of the Arun Estates Group, is introducing eye- catching new boards, prior to major re-branding later this year. Featuring new colours and a striking new shape, the boards represent a significant departure from Ward & Partners’ current visual identity. MD David Lench says, “These latest initiatives are aimed at appealing to more buyers. According to the latest figures, we receive 20-30 per cent more enquiries from Rightmove than our competitors.”
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