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John D Wood says goodbye to Faron Sutaria with… free coffee?
Countrywide recently announced that the Faron Sutaria brand would be disappearing and its remaining branches rebranded as John D Wood & Co. But the change of name has been “celebrated” in an unusual way. Every day this week and into next week staff from the re-branded central London branches are to give away nearly 2,000 cups of coffee to bleary-eyed commuters. The on-the-go coffee give-away is taking place during the morning rush hour near five branches; Notting Hill Gate, South Kensington, Fulham Broadway, Earls Court and Sloane Square. Coffee vans The coffee will be supplied by the kind of mobile vans familiar to city dwellers these days, which were hired from and staffed by London-based coffee firm Café Santiago. Today’s activity was on Earls Court Road at which members of the local John D Wood branch were present including (from L to R) Lisa Cavanagh-Smith (Senior Lettings Manager), Samiye Mahmoud (Office Manager) and Jiselle Jessop (Senior Lettings Operations Coordinator), Jessica Wright (Associate), William Miles ( Sales Negotiator) as pictured, above. The campaign kicked off on Monday in Sloane Square and then moved to Fulham Broadway on Tuesday (see picture below) and each morning 250 cups of coffee are being given away which a John D Wood…
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John D Wood grows as Faron Sutaria goes
Countrywide has completed its merger of two subsidiary brands, expanding John D Wood & Co. by a third, while closing the Faron Sutaria brand which was established 40 years ago.
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John D Wood finishes gobbling up Countrywide stablemate Faron Sutaria
42-year-old London estate agency Faron Sutaria has disappeared for good following the completion of its merger with John D Wood. The company’s former shopfronts have now been replaced with John D Wood branded facades (see right and below). The move is part of parent company Countrywide’s plans to rationalise its branch network, which the plc says has so far saved it £3.5 million. The merger of Faron Sutaria was originally announced last month and since then its seven branches being added to the John D Wood network. These include its former branches in South Kensington, Sloane Square, Earl’s Court, Notting Hill, Fulham Broadway, Shepherd’s Bush and Islington. “I am delighted to have spearheaded the recent modernisation of John D Wood & Co. and now the merger of Faron Sutaria, bringing these two London estate agencies together,” says Tim van der Schyff, Head of Lettings at John D Wood. The new offices, refurbished in the fresh modern style John D Wood & Co. have [now been] rolled out across the network, look fantastic and are being very well received by our customers, colleagues and visitors.“ John D Wood also recently had six other Countrywide stablemates added to its network, and Alan de Maid, Hetheringtons,…
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