A PROPERTY agency with offices in Huddersfield has marked the new year with a hat-trick of significant announcements.

Eddisons, with offices at Highfields, has launched a licensed, leisure and hotels division, opened two offices in Ireland and introduced a new corporate identity.

Philip Booth, 48, formerly director of licensed and leisure at Grant Thornton, leads the new division at Eddisons with an initial team of six, which is expected to increase to eight by the end of the year.

Eddisons has added offices in Dublin and Limerick to its eight offices across the UK.

The new offices will target banks and insolvency practitioners with services such as valuations, impaired debt strategic advice, plant and machinery and property management.

Managing director Nigel McDonald said: “Ireland is a natural extension of our current geographical footprint where we will offer the same director led approach and specialist services to banks and insolvency practitioners as we do from our existing offices.

‘It will also help us to attract and service Irish clients who have property interests in the UK. Similarly, UK businesses that have property interests in Ireland will benefit from the fact that we now have dedicated representation in the country offering invaluable local knowledge.”

Meanwhile, Eddisons’ new corporate identity is the first change of branding for more than 10 years. As well as a new logo, Eddisons has carried out a major overhaul of its website.