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Sales Negotiator

Herbert R Thomas – Cowbridge Office

We are currently expanding our sales team and are looking for a full time sale Negotiator. 

We are thrilled to announce that we will be the headline sponsor for the popular event Jam in the Castle.

Jam in the Castle will take place on 11^th July at Coity Castle from midday.

At the event, there will be live music from The Smiling Tigers as well as seven other local bands.

We recently held a party to celebrate the re-launch of our Neath office.

Clients, business people and associates from the area enjoyed Prosecco and canapés at the event.

Earlier this year, we refurbished our offices giving homebuyers, sellers, landlords and tenants access to the latest technologies and services. 

Pupils from Y Bont Faen Primary School recently enjoyed a morning of bouldering lessons.

The pupils developed their outdoor pursuit skills by visiting The Spot Climbing Centre in Pontypridd.

Pupils were taught the techniques for bouldering, which is a form of rock climbing that is performed without the use of ropes or harnesses.

We are sponsoring the t-shirts for the popular Mair's Walk, which is taking place on Sunday 7^th June at 11am.

Mair’s Walk was set up by Mair ap Gruffydd after she was given a 50 per cent chance of living just two years when she was diagnosed with cancer.

Now in its ninth year, the hugely popular event attracts over 1,000 walkers every year and has collectively raised over £188,000 for lung cancer research at Velindre Hospital.

Due to the successful opening of our Bridgend Branch, we are currently expanding our sales team and are looking for a full time sales negotiator.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A customer focused approach
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Strong I.T skills
• The capability to thrive in a fast paced environment
• The ability to work as part of a successful team
• Full driving licence and use of own car is essential

We are currently seeking a commercially aware Chartered Surveyor for our Cowbridge Office.

The successful candidate will ideally have two years post qualified experience and some experience in the following areas of work: 

• Compulsory purchase cases
• RICS red book valuations for security loan purposes
• Valuation for taxation purposes (IHT/CGT)
• Valuations for Divorce purposes/ Expert witness reports 
• Negotiation of surface damage/ losses claims against Public utilities
• Other rural practice work including preparation of FBT’s, grazing licenses, advice to land owners/ clients under the AHA 1986 and the ATA 1995
• Promotion of sites for renewable energy (Wind/Solar)
• Rostrum Experience

Herbert R Thomas has been helping local pupils develop their digital skills. 

Staff from Herbert R Thomas' (HRT) Bridgend office recently held a photography workshop for eight year six pupils at Oldcastle Primary School.

Gavin Rees, partner at HRT, provided the pupils with a masterclass on how to take professional images with iPads and digital cameras.

Neath estate agent Herbert R Thomas (HRT) has refurbished its offices giving homebuyers, sellers, landlords and tenants access to the latest technologies and services.  

The renovation has included a new, illuminated window display outside the office and a swinging board advertising the office. 

Inside the office, the colour scheme has been modernised to coincide with the style of HRT’s newest office in Bridgend, which opened in 2014. There is also a large television in the office which will profile properties currently on the market. The estate agents will also feature a ‘property of the month’ within the newly refurbished office. 

At 9am on Wednesday 29^th April, Luke England will set off on a journey of almost 200 miles in a dash to get him to the church on time to marry fiancée Harriet Clarke.

Luke, together with his father Nigel England and groomsmen - Herbert R Thomas’ partner James Mordecai, Julian Hitchcock, Freddie Hitchcock, Oliver Ladbrooke-Davies, Martyn England, Fraser Clarke and Josh Clarke are making the journey in a bid to raise funds for Velindre cancer centre.