Office: Sheffield
Office owner: Rick Flay
Date Launched: May 2006
Background:
Rick Flay, who has a sales and marketing background and is a former police officer, returned to the UK with his family in early 2006 after living in Australia for 13 years.
During his time in Australia Rick had run his own property company and once home in the UK began looking for a new self-employed opportunity that would enable him to use his knowledge and expertise of the property market. He also wanted extremely rapid growth and believed this could only be achieved by being part of a national organisation with an established brand.
Why Belvoir?
Rick researched franchising, taking a particular interest in estate agency and property management. He and his wife, Val, a marketing professional, first discovered Belvoir in a franchise magazine and went on to commit to Belvoir because it specialized in the lettings market and is the UK’s leading specialist property lettings brand, with the best mature network, providing the fastest opportunity for growth.
Rick says: “I have always had a keen interest in property. Franchising offered the speed to market which would have been impossible to achieve as a sole trader.”
Success to date:
Within five months from initial enquiry Rick completed his induction training and set up a Belvoir franchise in a serviced office. Wife, Val, joined him to handle the property management side of the business and they soon outgrew their premises. Within months they moved to a shop in the busy city centre.
Belvoir Sheffield has proved to be an undisputed success in an area with a strong lettings reputation. Rick’s achievement was officially recognised at the Belvoir National Conference when he won the coveted New Franchisee of the Year award after just eight months of trading. One year later Rick won Silver Award for Franchisee of the Year at the 2008 National Conference, and is now hot on the heels of Terry Lucking from Belvoir Peterborough who scooped the Gold award.
Vision for the future:
Rick looks forward to successfully developing his company and in 2008 opened a second office in Chesterfield.
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