Simon Holland Email & Phone Number

Bolton, England, United Kingdom

I am delighted to announce an exciting new role as a Director of Claves Estates (Network) Ltd. Working with an excellent HUB team based in Bolton, we will be helping people establish and operate their own estate agency business, from the comfort of their own home. Our success will depend on the level of success we can help others achieve, and our desire to help individuals create meaningful and financially rewarding estate agency businesses is second to none.

Ramsbottom, Uk

I own Jacob's Ladder Property Consultancy Ltd, a company that was first established in 2008 to look after property investors and those looking for help and advice when moving home, on a one-to-one basis.Along the way, I have personally assisted two high street estate agents to develop residential lettings businesses, starting from the initial business planning and setting up of the various office systems, banking and marketing programmes, right the way through to managing the business and the client relationships on an ongoing, daily basis. For the past 12 years I have looked after a very select stable of private landlord clients across Greater Manchester and East Lancashire. I help them source investment properties, as well as provide marketing, tenant finding and property management services for their growing portfolios.I personally see a major shift to the HUB/self-employed model for estate agency in the UK in the near future. Popular in the US, this model offers the expected personal sales, marketing and sales progression support to the client, yet also offers greater flexibility, independence and the chance to earn more £££ to the agent.Self-employment isn't for everybody, but the rewards can be great. I never miss a school sports day, enjoy an early finish and a game of golf if the sun is shining, or equally, work late/weekends when the need arises.

Bury, Uk

In the summer of 2010, I was asked to help this small, one office, independent and local estate agents in Tottington, Lancashire establish a residential lettings business. At the time, this was a common avenue many sales agents were pursuing due to the stagnation in the UK home sales market, following the widely reported 'credit crunch'Following 3.5 years of long hours and hard work, Helling Massey had a thriving lettings business, with a good number of managed properties, satisfied landlords and happy, settled tenants.On behalf of Helling Massey I used to attend many local networking events, to help grow their 'brand' across the town of Bury, such as business curry clubs, charity events, 'Best of Bury' EXPO's, and I also attended the Bury BNI Chapter each week to help generate further referrals and introductions to new business contacts and suppliers.Sadly, the firm no longer exists as the partners sold the business some years ago.

Ramsbottom Community Fire Station

I provided Retained cover for the 2 fire appliances (70-90 hours per week) at Ramsbottom Fire Station, mainly evenings and weekends around my 'day job' as a self-employed property consultant.The role involved weekly drill nights, where training was kept up to date and monthly training drills organised by the Greater Manchester Fire Service at locations throughout the county of Greater Manchester. These regular high quality training sessions would cover core fire fighting skills such as working with appliance water pumps & large scale ladders, cutting up vehicles for RTC training, rope rescue work and water rescue training, amongst many other specialist subject areas.We would also undertake all aspects fire & rescue duties, including reporting for duty at short notice for road traffic collisions (RTC's), Breathing Apparatus jobs (BA), as well as general community fire related callouts. We also took part in community fire initiatives, charity fundraisers i.e car washes and on occasion we conducted free home fire risk assessments (HFRA's) for the general public.I decided it was time to 'hang up my fire boots' in December 2012, as with the new year approaching, new challenges ahead in my property business, and my desire to spend more quality time with my young family, I felt it was time to move on.I never looked back, and to this day retain fond memories and friendships with many of the lads.

Ramsbottom

I worked as part of a small team of property professionals who negotiated the purchase of below market value residential properties nationwide, on behalf of the company directors. This was a fast paced, dynamic sales environment which was extremely customer driven, and ethically led. The Directors went on to successfully develop a nationwide online estate agency business, and have high levels of personal integrity.During my time with this company I learned a great deal about swift moving property transactions, off-market purchase financing, investor relations and general business planning.

Lhr

For 10 years I worked from London Heathrow airport as Long-Haul Cabin Crew for the 'World's Favourite Airline'! Sadly, I don't think it retains the ability to use that slogan.I was very proud to have 'landed' a Long-Haul Cabin Crew role with British Airways, and I have many fond memories of the excellent people I worked alongside, the high quality training I received, and the incredible worldwide destinations I visited.My skills within Customer Services were greatly enhanced as the training offered by BA was second to none. We also undertook extensive training in aviation security, safety and emergency procedures, and general aviation medicine/first responder training.I was privileged to have worked with some high-calibre individuals within the airline, and also within the UK Armed Forces, and for 4 consecutive years, I was a member of the 'British Airways VIP Team' serving the Royal Family, Senior Govt. & Military figures, International Diplomats and other VIP's at events such as RIAT (Royal International Air Tattoo) held annually at RAF Fairford.I look forward to revisiting many of my favourite worldwide destinations with my family in the future, but plan on travelling as a First Class passenger, not as cabin crew!

Rochdale

This was my first 'proper' job after leaving Bury College with a National Diploma in Leisure Studies. I had always been keen on a career in the Royal Navy or the fitness industry, but decided to pursue a more formal career within Financial Services. In this role, I worked alongside some seasoned sales and customer service professionals, and quickly learnt a great deal about workplace relations and business development. I learnt to work to deadlines and achieve targets, whilst delivering a high quality of very personal service. At this time, Bradford & Bingley was still a mutual building society so we genuinely did exist to serve the interests of our members, and this ethos of 'putting people first' has never left me.I remember this role and the clients and colleagues I met very fondly, even to this day. I will always be very glad that I worked for Bradford & Bingley, as this formative role taught me a great deal about the industry I would come to dedicate the rest of my working life to.