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National letting agents Martin & Co, with its head office based in Bournemouth has just been awarded the UK’s “Best Large Letting Chain” at the Estate and Letting Agency Awards (ESTAs) in London earlier this month.
Signs Express is delighted to announce that it has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Franchisor of the Year awards which are organised by the British Franchise Association.
The British Franchise Association’s (bfa) ‘Franchisor of the Year Awards’, sponsored by Express Newspapers and HSBC, today announces its shortlisted finalists. The awards aim to demonstrate that even during an economic downturn there are still many business success stories to be told.
Signs Express introduces its latest product lines supplying blinds, awnings, canopies and café style barriers just in time for the summer season.
On the second anniversary of the scheme (April 2007 – April 2009), figures have been released which show that protection of tenant’s deposits and the schemes have made real progress in their quest to deliver a more secure system for the public. According to the latest survey from The Deposit Protection Service (DPS), some 91% of tenants feel safer since tenancy deposit legislation was introduced 2 years ago.
In the wake of a number of cases of end-of-tenancy disputes and even the fraudulent misappropriation of deposits held on some letting agencies’ client account, the Managing Director of the UK’s largest dedicated letting agency has hit out at the Government’s failure to go further in legislation covering the security of tenants deposits.
Defying the prevailing economic climate, leading SMART (Small to Medium Area Repair Technology) automotive paintwork repair specialist ChipsAway reports a massive 9,000 leads passed onto franchisees in a bumper month of March, described by Chief Executive Lloyd Evans as “Our best month ever for customer leads to our network”.
The latest report by Christopher Hamer, the Ombudsman for Estate Agents (OAE) shows a massive 200% annual increase in letting-related complaints, highlighting the need for the public to be acutely aware of rapid changes in the property letting industry.
Ten offices within the Martin & Co network have been shortlisted as one of the best letting agents in their region at the Estate & Letting Agent Awards.
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