The big 150! Major milestone for Belvoir Lettings

June 12, 2013 - PRLog -- Belvoir Lettings is delighted to report that the recent recruitment of four new franchise owners has brought the total number of offices in the network to over 150.

The new offices have just opened in Ealing and Haywards Heath, with Belvoir Enfield due to open soon.

“This is another major milestone for Belvoir,” confirms CEO Dorian Gonsalves. “The network is expanding rapidly, and as well as the recent new cold starts we have also implemented an ambitious acquisition programme, which was made possible following Belvoir’s successful flotation on the AIM market of the London Stock Market in February 2012.

“As one of the UK’s biggest specialist residential lettings franchise agencies, we recognised the negative impact of market conditions on independent agents and reacted by putting together a dedicated acquisitions team to assist franchise owners in the buy out of local agents. Support from the acquisitions team at Central Office includes the sourcing of opportunities, negotiating with and on behalf of franchise owners, access to corporate lawyers, financial assistance and advice on how to rebrand and incorporate a new business and staff into an existing franchise. A total of 11 franchises have successfully completed acquisitions to date, with many more in the pipeline. Belvoir also now has five corporate offices in Grantham, Burton, Lichfield, Cumbria and Belgravia.

“We are looking with confidence towards reaching our target of 200 Belvoir franchises by 2016.

“I would like to offer a very warm welcome to Belvoir’s new franchise owners - Martin Simmons and Rachel Circus from Belvoir Enfield, Matthieu Behroozi from Belvoir Ealing and Kevin Kelly of Belvoir Haywards Heath.

“Belvoir was recently voted the UK’s Best Lettings Franchise at the Lettings Agency of the Year Awards in association with The Sunday Times and The Times and this really is a very exciting time for those new franchise owners that are choosing to join the network. I wish them every success for the future.”

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Belvoir Lettings now has more than 150 offices nationwide. To find your nearest Belvoir office, visit their website at www.belvoirlettings.com

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NOTES TO EDITORS

·       Belvoir was founded in February 1995 by Mike and Stephanie Goddard. Its Central Office is in Grantham, Lincolnshire.

·       Mike was chairman of the bfa for three consecutive years and is currently Director of International Affairs. He also sits on the board of the Property Ombudsman.

·       Belvoir is recognised as one of the largest specialist lettings agency franchises in the UK, with 140+ franchises nationwide and aims to have 200 franchises in the next three years.

·       Belvoir won Brand Builder of the Year at the bfa Franchisor of the Year Awards 2011 and Best Marketing Campaign of the Year at the Franchise Marketing Association (FMA) Awards 2011.

·       Belvoir is a founder member of the SAFEagent Kitemark scheme, which is fully supported by NALS. SAFEagent promotes client money protection (CMP) and provides consumers with a clear message on those agents they should do business with.

·       Belvoir successfully listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange on 21st February, 2012.  

·       Belvoir won the Gold Large Lettings Agency Award at the ESTAs 2013.

·       Belvoir was officially awarded the Best Lettings Agency Franchise Gold Award at the 2013 Lettings Agency of the Year Awards in association with The Sunday Times & The Times. Belvoir also won Gold in 2012, Silver Award in 2011 and Gold in 2010.

For further information, or to request an interview with a Belvoir Lettings expert, please contact Andrea McHugh, tel: 01476 567438.079430 or email: andrea@headlinesjouralism.co.uk