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Senior industry figure to step down after 50 years in same town
An senior estate agency figure who has notched up 50 years of working in both the same town and agency in Norfolk is to retire. Simon Arnes (main picture), who works for Connells as its national operations director, has been working as an estate agent at the same location since starting out back in 1972 in the town of Dereham. Arnes, who says he intends to retire next year at the end of march, started his career working as an office boy at what was then TH Warren & Son, later to become William H Brown estate agents, part of the Sequence group of agencies. He then rose through the ranks to become a divisional MD for the group’s eastern and central divisions running some 100 sales branches, two auction centres and 40 lettings offices, the Dereham Times reports. Six years ago Arnes was appointed group estate agency operations director for the entire Connells network, which includes Sequence which it bought during 2003. warning Arnes helped make headlines during the early days of Covid when he warned both colleagues and competitor agencies that criminals were targeting estate agency branches during the pandemic to steal employee’s personal belongings. “I have been…
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Connells branch accused of ‘underhand’ energy switching contract clause
Company says tenant's energy was switched in error - despite having previously given her landlord assurances it would not happen.
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Connells appoints Land Director
Paul Quelch brings 30 years’ property experience to his new role as Land Director, across the Sequence brands of William H Brown, Allen & Harris and Brown & Merry.
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Revealed: How far Purplebricks has REALLY eaten up high street market share
Independent research into the hybrid agency breaks down its performance for 2020 including sales agreed, exchanged and listed.
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Fordham and Flint join William H Brown
William H Brown is bolstering its New Homes Division in South and West Yorkshire with two new area appointments for New Homes Sales managers, Chloe Fordham and Hayley Flint.
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Is this the strangest lot to ever be offered for sale at auction?
A single room that cannot be accessed from the outside and has never been seen by the auction house offering it up for bids could go for just £100.
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Purplebricks’ listings grow at expense of Your Move
Anonymous website claims the hybrid agency is No.1 brand by listings and the third largest by agency grouping.
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Connells buys one of the first independent agencies to try traditional and online side by side
The three branches of Cambridge agency Optima have already been re-branded and the company's website has been taken down.
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William H Brown announces appoints Ellen Stewart
William H Brown’s New Homes division has appointed Ellen Stewart as Field Sales Manager for the East Midlands.
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