Spicerhaart
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Spicerhaart Group Ltd is an English estate agency and financial services company based in Colchester, Essex, and operating throughout the United Kingdom. It is the largest independent estate agency network in the UK.
History
The company has its origins in 1989,[1] where father and son Alick and Paul Smith opened three branches of Spicer McColl in East Anglia. They took over 45 Darlows branches in 2000[2] when that company went into receivership, and acquired the South Yorkshire company Haybrook in 2007.[3]
Spicerhaart purchased iSold estate agents (formerly Tesco Property Market) from Tesco plc in 2008, after it was ruled that Tesco could not act as an estate agent without being registered as such. Spicerhaart and Tesco are now involved in a legal dispute.[4]
Spicerhaart came under criticism during the COVID-19 outbreak by terminating hundreds of staff the day prior to the furlough scheme.[5]
Management
Paul Smith is the Executive Chairman with Antony Lark and John Phillips as joint CEO's. The company's headquarters and contact centre are in Colchester, Essex.
Estate agency brands
Spicerhaart currently trade under the following brands:
- Butters John Bee (Staffordshire, Cheshire & Shropshire)
- Chewton Rose (South England and Midlands)
- Darlows (Cardiff and Wales)
- Felicity J Lord (London area)
- haart (across England)
- Haybrook (South Yorkshire)
- Howards (Norfolk)
- Just Mortgages
- Spicerhaart Financial Services
- Spicerhaart Land and New Homes
- Valunation
Notes
- ^ "About us | Spicerhaart Corporate".
- ^ "Receivers called in on Darlows". 21 December 2000.
- ^ "Spicerhaart expands following acquisition of Haybrook". 14 November 2007.
- ^ "Tesco in legal battle with estate agents Spicerhaart". 2 October 2012.
- ^ "UK estate agent accused of 'inhumane' sacking of staff". 21 March 2020.
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