Lettings firm doubles size of its workforce
A Wearside-based residential lettings firm has doubled the size of its workforce as part of ambitious plans for sustained growth.
Hellens Residential – with offices in Washington and Wynyard – was created in 2012 by Hellens Group owners Kate Hellens and Gavin CordwellSmith to deliver positive social impactwiththecashsurpluses generated from the construction, development, and manufacturing businesses which form the Hellens Group.
It currently manages 250 properties across the North East, offering affordable rent as well as rent-to-buy options for lower income families.
Hellens Residential was recently named as 2020’s fastest growing North East firm in Ward Hadaway’s Fastest 50 Awards.
It has doubled the number of employees at the firm in the past six months, adding six new starters to the team.
Kate Hellens, managing director of Hellens Residential, said: “Hellens Residential has grown significantly over the last 18 months.
“Because of this growth, we’redelightedtohaverecruited six new people to our team and ensure we’re able to maintain the highest level of service for our customers.”
She added: “We’re particularly pleased to have recruited two apprentices and two individualsusingtheGovernment’s Kickstarter scheme. Supportingnewopportunitiesandpromoting employability goes to the heart of our ethos here at Hellens Residential.”
Hellens Residential operates through the North East, Tees Valley and Yorkshire.
It develops its own new build houses, flats and bungalows which are made availableforaffordablerent,shared ownershiplease/sharedequity sale and on a rent to buy basis.