Online utility management service Helpthemove was named Best Start-Up 2017 in the Big Chip Awards, recognising innovative digital and technology businesses in the North.

The award was accepted by Helpthemove founder Stephen Henesy and team at the ceremony in Manchester.

The free online tool provides agents with a single portal to manage tenant and landlord utility notifications quickly and easily each time a tenant moves in and out of a property. It is used by 1,000 letting agents, housing associations and PRS organisations.

The judges said, “The enterprise stands out as a new and exciting generation of intermediaries for thoughtful design and innovative use of tech to simplify the complexities of being a landlord or tenant.”

Indeed, the service not only significantly reduces the admin time and associated costs in notifying the utility companies, it offers agents a new commission-based revenue stream for administrative updates that are traditionally unprofitable.

Helpthemove Founder, Stephen Henesy said, “We wanted to build a time-saving tool that would solve the inefficiencies of this task through digitisation and automation, and to monetise it in the process so agents could essentially get paid for a job they’re already doing.

We’re pleased to have been awarded the Big Chip – it’s testament to the demand in the property letting market for services that not only save time, but can make money.”

Helpthemove.co.uk