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In 1936 the first Connells estate agency branch was opened in Luton, Bedfordshire. [4] Connells acquired Sequence estate agency in 2003', [5] increasing its estate agency network to around 500 branches. In the same year, Connells acquired estate agency Sharman Quinney. [6] In 2008 Connells Group sold its remaining 18% stake in Rightmove plc. [7]
Bournemouth Borough Council was the local authority of Bournemouth in Dorset, England and ceased to exist on 1 April 2019. It was a unitary authority, although between 1974 and 1997 it was an administrative district council with Dorset. Previously most of the borough was part of Hampshire. [1]
It acquired Thames Waste Management in 2004, [6] Wyvern Waste in 2006, [7] Grosvenor Waste Management [8] and Skipaway Holdings in 2007 [9] and Shore Recycling in 2008. [10] In 2016, the group acquired Bournemouth Water in a deal worth £100 million, [4] integrating the company with South West Water, but keeping the Bournemouth Water name. [11]
Countrywide is one of the UK's largest integrated property services group including residential property surveying, a collaboration of estate agents, and corporate services. [2] It employs circa 8,500 personnel nationwide, working across 650+ estate agency or lettings offices operating under 50+ brands.
Bournemouth Town Hall, also known as the Civic Centre and formerly the Mont Dore Hotel, is a municipal facility in Bourne Avenue, Bournemouth, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council , is a Grade II listed building . [ 1 ]
Hamptons is an estate agent (real estate broker) that has a UK network of more than 93 branches and an international affiliate partner network of over 7,000 offices. Hamptons' parent company, Countrywide, was acquired by The Connells Group in April 2021.
Bournemouth and Poole had both been unitary authorities since 1997, whilst Christchurch was a lower tier district council, with Dorset County Council providing county-level services in that borough. The way the changes were implemented was to create a new non-metropolitan district and a non-metropolitan county both called Bournemouth ...
Prior to 1974 Bournemouth had been a county borough within Hampshire (being a county borough meant it was self-governing, being independent of Hampshire County Council). Under the Local Government Act 1972 Bournemouth became a non-metropolitan district within Dorset on 1 April 1974, with the same boundaries as the former county borough.