Connells adds to its awards tally
02 December 2009
Connells continued its consistent success in the Estate Agency of the Year Awards, run in association with The Sunday Times, scooping up a number of titles over a wide range of disciplines at the recent Awards Ceremony.
In addition to receiving the Gold Award for Best Financial Services, Connells also picked up awards in the Best New Homes and Best Large UK Agency categories. In addition the Connells Group was also shortlisted for its Customer Care and Technology/Web offerings.
“I doubt there is any other estate agency that can boast the number and consistency of our awards success over the six years that the Estate Agency of the Year Awards have been in existence,” commented Connells Chief Executive Stuart Flavell. “This latest batch of awards highlights the quality of the core areas of our business – property sales and mortgage services – and also recognises our underlying commitment to customer care.”
The independent panel of judges in the Best Large UK Estate Agency category summed up the Connells Group by saying: “Connells Group is an excellent example of a professional business providing quality levels of service.” They also recognised our continued dominance in the New Homes category, saying: “Consistently achieving success in this category, Connells offer a comprehensive coherent service.”
The Estate Agency of the Year Awards, which are widely recognised as the most important event in the industry calendar, this year received a record number of entries. The winners were presented with their awards by television personality Penny Smith at a ceremony held at the Chelsea Football Club, London.
Following their initial submissions each of these winners was subjected to rigorous scrutiny by a panel of independent industry experts and the whole judging process was overseen by the Property Ombudsman Christopher Hamer. Peter Knight, Chairman of the event organisers Estate Agency Events, summed up by saying; “The award winners are shining examples whom I would urge all others to aspire to.”
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About the Connells Group:
Founded in 1936, the Connells Group, a subsidiary of the Skipton Building Society, comprises 470 estate agency branches and is the second largest wholly owned estate agency network in the UK. In addition to operating under the Connells brand, which comprises around 150 branches, the Group trades under other well-known local names including William H Brown, Sharman Quinney, Fox & Sons and Barnard Marcus. As well as residential property sales the Group is involved in a comprehensive range of housing related activities including land and new homes, lettings, surveying, mortgages, conveyancing, relocations, asset management and auctions. The Connells Group has been named Best Large Estate Agency at the Estate Agency of the Year awards for four of the past six years. For more information, please visit www.connells.co.uk