Propertynest strengthens senior team to support franchise development
Propertynest has strengthened its senior team with the appointment of Paul Sheard as national training and business development manager, to support the development of the sales and lettings franchise opportunity being offered by the estate agency.
Sheard has over 40 years’ experience and is well-known in the industry. He has worked with a number of brands including Countrywide and EweMove.
Sheard said: “The Propertynest franchise enables agents to set up their own sales and/or lettings business initially from home. The team have honed processes, created, integrated and deployed the most efficient lead generation and back-office tech and now with the right training and support, we can offer a genuine, tried and tested franchise opportunity.
“My role will be to support new agents joining to ensure they are in the best possible position to grow their own agency rapidly.”
The managing director and founder of Propertynest, Vincent Anthony, added: “Rising costs and higher inflation are already affecting the market. It may well become tough out there, but we know how to weather this storm because we’ve been here before. Efficient business models with low overheads and those that can offer both sales and lettings will prevail.
“Paul’s extensive experience in both buoyant and challenging market conditions means he is well placed to help steer the ship, supporting new franchisees as we invite more people to share in Propertynest’s successful model which has stood the test of time.”
James Gwynne joins Nicol & Co
James Gwynne has joined Nicol & Co in Worcestershire where he will manage the letting team.
He has more than 10 years working in the sector, including the last three years managing the sales and lettings teams at Cobb Amos in Herefordshire.
Before that, he spent four years working his way up the ranks at Andrews Estate Agents in Cheltenham, and he previously worked for the former Town & Country Property Services.
Gwynne, 30, will be working from Nicol & Co’s Droitwich headquarters and will manage a letting team of four based there and in the company’s Worcester and Malvern offices.
Gwynne commented: “I’ve got a bit of a history with Nicol & Co as they have always been around and I was trained by a former staff member when I was first working in the property sector.
“I then met the team a few years ago when applying for a job as a sales negotiator, and while I was impressed I was told that my experience meant I would be better to apply again when they had a more senior and lettings related position.
“This left an imprint on my mind as a company I’d like to work for, and so when this opportunity came up I applied and am thrilled to have been appointed.
“Nicol & Co understands the market and I like their ethos and how the company markets itself as a brand, wanting to be memorable for the right reasons.
“It worked with me and my mission is to ensure that this is also the case for our landlords and their tenants.”
Matt Nicol, managing director of Nicol & Co, said: “There is a range of new legislation and regulations coming through on the relationship between landlords and tenants, and James’ detailed knowledge of these changes will keep up one step ahead of the market.
“His appointment also reflects our ongoing confidence in the property market despite recent economic turbulence.”
SmartSearch announces appointment of new VP of enterprise sales
SmartSearch, a major provider of anti-money laundering (AML) software, has appointed Zowie Lees-Howell as their new vice president of enterprise sales.
Lee-Howell is a well-respected name within regtech, fintech and financial services, with more than 25 years of experience with global, publicly trading data and analytics firms. She joins from Equifax where she most recently served as sales director, with previous tenures at Dun & Bradstreet and over 13 years at Experian.
She will now head up SmartSearch’s enterprise sales team and be responsible for the firm’s continued expansion into markets such as banking, financial services, crypto, utilities and telco.
SmartSearch provides anti-money laundering software to a number of businesses, including estate agents.
Lee-Howell’s aim is to work with SmartSearch’s customers to help them with their anti-money laundering and compliance decisions.
She commented: “Joining an innovative and agile firm like SmartSearch that’s been hugely successful is a fantastic opportunity and one I’m really excited by.
“Over the past decade, SmartSearch software has set the standard for digital compliance, not only delivering an efficient and cost-effective solution, but a competitive advantage to businesses of all sizes. Fraud and money laundering presents a very real threat to all sectors, with electronic verification and digital monitoring offering the only viable way to mitigate that risk.
“I look forward to working with the SmartSearch team to further penetrate these emerging markets by providing highly valuable services to companies who may not have had access to them before. I’m thrilled to be presenting this valuable proposition to businesses to help keep them both safe and compliant.”
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