17:00 Thu 16 May 2019
Belvoir Lettings PLC - AGM Trading Update and Board Changes
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BELVOIR!
(the "Company" or "Belvoir")
AGM Trading Update
and
Board Changes
Trading Update
The Board is delighted to report that trading during the first quarter of the current financial year has been robust. Belvoir is outperforming the three key markets in which it operates, namely residential lettings, property sales and financial services. Growth in Management Service Fees ("MSF") from lettings of 6.3% was noticeably ahead of the reported year-on-year rental index of 1.2%, growth of 10.3% from sales MSF compared with a drop of 1.5% in property transactions, and net banking from financial services (on a like-for-like basis) was up 20%.
Consequently, the Board is confident of meeting market expectations for the year ending
Acquisition and diversification continue to be integral to the Group's growth strategy. In the year to date Belvoir's Assisted Acquisitions programme has supported six franchisees to acquire a local competitor adding
Our second financial services acquisition in
Board Changes
The Company also announces that after 24 years of service, Mike Goddard, Belvoir's founder and the non-executive Chairman is today retiring from the Board. Michael Stoop, who was appointed as a non-executive to the Board in
Dorian Gonsalves, CEO, commented:
"The Board is very encouraged by trading in Q1 with our franchise model proving that, even in a challenging year for the property market, it has the resilience to overcome and indeed benefit from changes in the sector.
"Belvoir was founded by Mike in 1995 with his wife Stephanie, and I have had the pleasure of working alongside Mike since 2005. Through his entrepreneurial spirit and his passion for franchising, Belvoir has become the largest property franchise group in the UK. I would like to express my personal and the Board's sincere gratitude for all that Mike has done and achieved as founder, CEO and Chairman over the past 24 years.
"We welcome as Chairman, Michael Stoop, who has over 40 years' experience of the property franchise sector and has already made a significant contribution since joining the Board in
The person responsible for arranging the release of this information is Louise George, Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
For further details:
Dorian Gonsalves, Chief Executive Officer |
01476 584900 |
Cantor Fitzgerald Europe Rick Thompson, Phil Davies, Will Goode |
0207 894 7000 |
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Buchanan Charles Ryland, Victoria Hayns, Maddie Seacombe, Tilly Abraham |
0207 466 5000 |
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Founded in 1995 and listed on AIM in 2012 (BLV.L), Belvoir operates a nationwide property franchise group with 365 offices across four brands specialising in residential lettings, property management, residential sales and property-related financial services. With its Central Office in Grantham, Lincolnshire, the Group manages over 63,000 properties and reported record revenues of
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