There’s always plenty of newsworthy and interesting things happening across our offices. Here are just some of them.
- 18th December 2012 - CPBigwood auction tops £8.3 million in pre-Christmas bonanza
CPBigwood’s December auction notched up an 81 per cent success rate with more than £8.3 million being raised on the day. There were Christmas bargains galore at CPBigwood’s last auction of the year. (Click heading for further details)
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- 14th December 2012 - Settle back at Cider Mill and watch the river roll by
It’s hard to conjure up images of slow, lazy Warwickshire evenings, watching the river trickle by under the setting sun – especially when it’s minus 5 and you are scraping the ice off your windscreen! But it’s worth the effort for those viewing Cider Mill on Welford Road in Barton, near Bidford-on-Avon. (Click heading for further details)
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- 4th December 2012 - Croft Court - idyllic offices in rural tranquillity
Offices don’t often come with rural tranquillity … but Croft Court in the Warwickshire village of Temple Grafton is one such example. And now agents CPBigwood are marketing two units which have become available at the complex. (Click heading for further details)
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- 3rd December 2012 - Floods come and floods go but defences hold firm at Cross Guns
The recent floods have failed to beat remedial works carried out at a Grade II listed Warwickshire cottage which is on sale through agents CPBigwood. (Click heading for further details)
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- 30th November 2012 - Movember moustaches raising funds for cancer research
Eleven members of CPBigwood staff grew moustaches as part of the world-wide campaign and raised in excess of £3,000 as raise vital funds for men’s health including prostate and testicular cancer. (Click heading for further details)
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- 27th November 2012 - West Midlands major golf charity day celebrates 10 years
One of the top corporate charity fund raising golf days celebrated its tenth anniversary at Edgbaston Golf Club. The CPBigwood Annual Charity Golf Day has been an an autumn highlight of the business hospitality calendar for a decade now. (Click heading for further details)
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- 23rd November 2012 - Fast track opportunity for budding retail business
Budding entrepreneurs can make a quick start with a Stratford-upon-Avon outlet which is available for immediate occupation. The commercial opportunity, being offered through joint agents CPBigwood and Tim Cox Associates, is a ground floor premises at 5 Mansell Street. (Click heading for further details)
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- 21st November 2012 - Auction action means faster lettings
Agents CPBigwood are offering a fast track letting service for properties bought at auction. The move means landlords purchasing houses and flats can quickly have them earning money. (Click heading for further details)
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- 12th November 2012 - CPBigwood team’s ‘mighty Mo’ charity challenge
11 members of staff from CPBigwood have jointed the world-wide Movember campaign to raise vital funds and awareness for men’s health including prostate and testicular cancer. Please click heading for further details.
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- 11th November 2012 - CPBigwood become secret agent fundraisers for Hospice
The name’s CPBigwood and the property agents are on a James Bond mission to raise as much as they can for Birmingham St Mary’s Hospice after offering to run the auction at the charity’s upcoming 007 Ball on 30th November. Please click heading for further details.
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- 7th November 2012 - You’re hired!
Property agents and auctioneers CPBigwood have taken on two apprentices for the first time. Joseph Scully, from Castle Bromwich, and Alison Scobie, from Solihull, will spend a year with the firm in a partnership with training provider Protocol Consultancy Services. (Click heading for further details)
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- 1st November 2012 - CPBigwood offers historic Bournville Grade II listed property
One of the Bournville Estate’s most historic “chocolate box” homes is on the market. The Grade II listed Lambavady at 172 Oak Tree Lane, which is being marketed by agents CPBigwood, is generally considered to be one of the area’s iconic properties. (Please click heading for further details)
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- 24th October 2012 - Staff agency move creates its own jobs!
Mayor of Stratford-upon-Avon Councillor Keith Lloyd has officially opened the new home of Staffpoint Employment & Recruitment Ltd. The expanding agency has moved from 11 Guild Street in the town to 3 Windsor Court, Greenhill Street, in a deal arranged by property agents CPBigwood. (Please click heading for further details)
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- 18th October 2012 - CPBigwood establishes East Midlands base
CPBigwood has acquired Leicestershire firm Lloyd Property Management for an undisclosed sum. The move, aimed at establishing the Birmingham-based property agents, auctioneers and property management group in the East Midlands, marks continued expansion. (Please click heading for further details)
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- 12th October 2012 - Build now call to residential developers
The Birmingham city centre apartment market is back in business and developers need to start building, according to a CPBigwood expert. (Please click heading for further details)
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- 11th October 2012 - CPBigwood introduces chain break insurance
Property agents CPBigwood have access to a free insurance deal covering the ups and downs of the market. Tom Dennes, Head of Residential Agency at CPBigwood, said: “The aim is to provide peace of mind to purchasers concerned at the potential costs involved if things go wrong. (Please click heading for further details)
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- 10th October 2012 - Developments sites on tap
The George has been slain by the economic dragon stalking the Black Country. The former hostelry at 34 Birmingham Road, Oldbury, yet another pub to fall on hard times, is to go under the hammer at the latest CPBigwood auction. (Please click heading for further details)
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- 10th October 2012 - A family home with Edwardian style
Once it was the height of Edwardian style … now it could be a family home to crave. No 5 Rowley Crescent, Stratford-upon-Avon, being marketed through agents CPBigwood at a guide price of £850,000, even has a separate coach house, former stables and an orangery. (Please click heading for further details)
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- 9th October 2012 - Historic properties seek new life through auction
A succession of historic properties is set to go under the hammer at CPBigwood’s latest auction. (Please click heading for further details)
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- 9th October 2012 - Droitwich landmark under the hammer
One of the most historic properties in Droitwich is set to go under the hammer at CPBigwood’s latest auction. No. 44-46 High Street, a freehold town centre Grade II Listed landmark building is available at a guide price of £175,000. (Please click heading for further details)
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- 4th October 2012 - Tenant inspired by the Bard of Stratford
A tenant’s extraordinary sales pitch has already secured a successor for his Stratford-upon-Avon property. The special “advert” was written by data analyst Mike Wright who is relocating to London. (Please click heading for further details)
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- 17th September 2012 - CPBigwood’s cheque backs Moseley RFC’s charity walk
CPBigwood partner and former rugby player Bill Drake-Lee has made a nostalgic return to Moseley – and all for charity. Bill together with Jt. Managing Director Nigel Curry were introduced to the crowd at half time and presented a cheque of £1,000 to mark the firm’s sponsorship of the club’s summer charity walk in aid of Cure Leukaemia and the Moseley Community Foundation.
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- 14th September 2012 - Hot lots as home buyers hit the auctions
Home-seekers in the Black Country and Coventry proved the hot bidders as the latest CPBigwood auction raised more than £7.86 million. (Please click heading for further details)
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- 7th September 2012 - Flagship farmhouse now on the market too
A showpiece Midlands farmhouse – once the centre of a legal wrangle which made national headlines – is on the market through agents CPBigwood with a guide price of £1.1 million. The name Glebe Farm at Aston Cantlow became a big story several years back when it was the subject of a long running court battle between a farming couple and the Anglican Church. (Please click heading for further details)
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- 29th August 2012 - Offices could become homes following CPBigwood auction
The potential to re-use redundant buildings to ease the West Midlands housing shortage remains huge, according to Jonathan Hackett, director at CPBigwood. His comments came ahead of the firm’s next auction at 11am on Thursday September 6, where 116 lots are set to go under the hammer. (Please click heading for further details)
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