Christie + Co celebrates the winners of its 2007 company awards

11 March 2008

Leading international business agents, Christie + Co, held its 2007 Awards Lunch on Friday 8th February 2008 in Central London.

Guests included all company directors, together with those newly appointed during 2007, new associate directors, members of staff who were receiving recognition for their long service and those who had been nominated for the annual awards.

The celebrations commenced with a champagne reception, followed by an absolutely superb lunch, and entertainment was provided by Will Greenwood, the well known rugby star, with some of his insights into the teamwork which helped England win the Rugby World Cup in 2003.

The award nominations and winners were announced by broadcaster and voice artist, Charles Nove, and the presentations were made by Will Greenwood, with the help of Christie + Co’s Chairman, David Rugg, Managing Director, Chris Day, and Sue Dougal, Managing Director of Christie Finance and Christie Insurance.

The winners were as follows:

 

Administrator of the Year: Tracey O’Neill – Finance

Secretary/Receptionist of the Year: Ann Leigh – Birmingham

Valuer of the Year: Karl Hines – Ipswich

Corporate Negotiator of the Year: Sebastian Meredith – London

Hotels Negotiator: Graeme Smith – Glasgow

Pubs Negotiator: Keith Goodwin – Winchester

Restaurants Negotiator: Ken Knight – Bristol

Retail Negotiator: Melvyn Eke – Ipswich

Care Negotiator: Neil Thomson – Manchester

Director of the Year: Simon Stevens – London

Corporate Advisor: Armin Bruckmeier – Munich

Company Negotiator: Torsten Scholl – Hamburg

Christie Finance: Christie + Co Individual: Paul Heather – Exeter and Simon Cable – Birmingham

Christie Finance: Christie + Co Office: Exeter

Christie Finance Business Mortgages Employee: David Ward – Birmingham

Christie Insurance Employee: Sara Cosgrove - London

 

The Bristol Office was named Location of the Year, whilst the Winchester Office was awarded for the excellent performance of both its agency and valuation services teams. The award for Continental Performance was won by France.

Christie + Co has been operating in the hospitality and leisure sectors for more than 70 years and has justifiably developed a reputation as the UK’s leading provider of transactional and professional services within the following specialist sectors: hotels, restaurants, public houses, retail, leisure businesses, care homes and day nurseries.

David Rugg, commented; “I would like to congratulate all the nominees and winners of these coveted awards, as they are a good example of exceptional individual accomplishments, which help shape Christie + Co’s terrific all-round team performance across all our sectors and disciplines.”

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For further information on this press release please contact the London Office of Christie + Co on Tel: 020 7227 0700 or Julie Allen in the Marketing department on Tel: 01908 350640.