CPBigwood celebrated the doubling in size of its Stratford-upon-Avon office when the Lady Mayor Cllr Diane Walden officially declared the Union Street premises open with a toast to “Business in Stratford”.
Stratford office partner Simon Gibbs told guests and staff that the opportunity to double the frontage of their offices only came because of the success of another town business.
“The Fourteas tea room next door had become so successful that they took the opportunity to move the business to a larger location nearer to the RSC at the heart of the tourists trail, and their expansion gave us the opportunity to expand as well,” he said.
Senior partner Rory Daly said that CPBigwood had a history stretching back over 100 years in Stratford and he outlined how the business had grown, from a merger with Curry & Partners in 2011, with acquisitions of businesses in Leicestershire and Hampshire and the opening of an office in London, which coincidentally had also recently doubled in size.
“Despite what many have described as a challenging time for the property market in recent years, we have continued to invest in both people and our businesses.”
In the past 12 months, CPBigwood has grown from 135 staff to 185 and is committed to helping its young staff to grow, particularly through the apprenticeship programme run by the firm, he said.
“We congratulate the Stratford team on the way they have built the business in recent times – particularly in residential sales, and in residential lettings which is enjoying a boom period in Stratford and Henley.
“The story is not over and with these newly refurbished, spacious premises, we see Stratford office as continuing to grow – particularly in property management in which we are now a top ten UK firm,” he said.
CPBigwood offers the complete property service including commercial and residential agency, property management, valuations, auctions, agricultural, professional consultancy, building surveys and development and planning. The firm has seven offices in Birmingham, Stratford-upon-Avon, Henley-in-Arden, Shepshed in Leicestershire, Eastleigh in Hampshire, and London.