Belvoir celebrates first franchise to break the million pound barrier

July 24, 2015 - PRLog -- Belvoir Peterborough has become the first office in the network to achieve a million pounds in annual turnover, and on one record-breaking day agreed a million pounds of property sales.

“June was an excellent month for our sales team,” says Terry Lucking, owner of the Belvoir Peterborough office.

“I always say that the most important asset of any business is the team of people that works there and I am extremely fortunate to have some great people working at Belvoir Peterborough and Belvoir Cambridge. They are all very motivated and driven and managed brilliantly by Emma Falco.

“I can confirm that the Peterborough office achieved a million pounds in turnover last year and this was mainly because of sales, which we added to our portfolio of services in 2013. I am absolutely delighted that the sales team is doing so well, and that they have achieved so much in such a short time. However, every time the bar is raised we look at ways that we can raise it higher, so that we can continue to outperform the competition, so we are already looking at ways improve on this next year!”

“The estate agency market in Peterborough has been outstanding and our sales performance in June was excellent,” says General Manager, Emma Falco. “During the month of June we completed on 20 properties and instructed 29 sales to solicitors. On one memorable day we agreed a million pounds worth of property sales for a single client, which was a record for them too!”

Speaking of the success of Belvoir Peterborough, Dorian Gonsalves, Director of Commercial and Franchising said: “It is fantastic news that one of our offices has broken through the million pound turnover barrier. I am delighted for Terry Lucking and his team at Peterborough. Many congratulations to manager Emma Falco as I know that the Belvoir Cambridge office is also achieving fantastic results.

“Terry started Belvoir Peterborough as a cold start 16 years ago and has achieved all this purely through organic growth, which is amazing. It also proves how strong brand Belvoir is when franchise owners are able to develop a business with a value of 1.8 million pounds.

“Belvoir Peterborough is not a one off as I am aware of several other Belvoir offices that are also achieving amazing turnover figures, with great sales performances as well as lettings.

“Belvoir now has almost 200 offices throughout the UK and we have identified many new territories with potential to be highly successful businesses in sales and lettings. I would recommend anyone that is interested in a career in property management to contact our recruitment team and arrange for an informal chat to discuss what opportunities are currently available.”

• Belvoir now have 190+ offices nationwide. To find your nearest Belvoir office, visit their website at www.belvoir.co.uk

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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 the Chief Executive Officer of Belvoir. Dorian Gonsalves is Director of Commercial and Franchising. Dorian sits on the Board of The Property Ombudsman.

·       Belvoir is recognised as one of the largest specialist lettings agency franchises in the UK, with 160+ offices nationwide and aims to have 200 franchises in the next three years.

·       Belvoir was officially awarded the Best Lettings Agency Franchise – Gold Award at the 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2010 Lettings Agency of the Year Awards in association with The Sunday Times & The Times. Belvoir also won the Silver Award in 2011.

·       Belvoir was voted Best Large Lettings Chain at the Estate & Letting Agent Awards (ESTAs) 2013, which was hosted by Phil Spencer, and won Silver in 2014. Belvoir has 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 21^st February, 2012.

For further information or to arrange an interview with Dorian Gonsalves please contact Andrea McHugh, Headlines Journalism, tel: 01476 567438/07940 930 331

email: andrea@headlinesjournalism.co.uk