Tees Business Tees Business Issue 16 | Page 74

74 | Tees Business Hunters home in on training excellence Celebrating excellence - estate agents Hunters Teesside at the Tees Businesswomen Awards. E xcellent people achieve excellent results - and estate agents Hunters Teesside is delighted to announce that they have successfully qualified for and achieved the Hunters National Qualification. The Hunters Training Academy is unique in that it combines both the theory with the execution, meaning when you choose Hunters you can be assured of choosing high quality, trained agents to sell or let your property. The Hunters National Qualification is accredited by Propertymark, which indicates the level of quality and experience required to be a professional sales or letting agent in a Hunters branch. Hunters are believed to be the first accredited estate agents on Teesside. The success for Hunters Teesside follows hot on the heels of them winning the SME of the Year category in the Tees Businesswomen Awards, while they were also shortlisted for the Training & Apprenticeships category. Lisa Preston, sales manager for Hunters Teesside, said: “Training is essential to delivering the best possible service. I believe being trained is more beneficial for the customer, as they can take re-reassurance they are dealing with a professional, trained agent. “We welcome all training over and above what is actually required to be an estate agent, because we want to do the best job we can, and the Hunters Training Academy provides the essential foundations for this to happen. “The national press has seen its fair share of horror stories about how customers have been treated - or indeed mistreated - by SOLD your & LET recently in area! HE RE TO GE T you unprofessional agents and agencies. “At Hunters, we believe that a home is the most important place - and in many cases is a person’s greatest asset. “All Hunters staff are therefore not only trained in the legalities and processes of estate agency but have essential training that covers how to provide outstanding customer service, represented by our customer satisfaction rating of 96%.” Georgina Branson, letting manager for Hunters Teesside, added: “I’m proud that our company takes investing in staff and customer service seriously and receives such high ratings when it comes to customer satisfaction. “It’s so important to me that the team provide a great service to our customers and at the same time develop their own skills and learning.” THERE [email protected] / 01642 224366