Whitton and Laing which has a store in Exmouth, has sold to a new company FirstPort, and now trade as Whitton and Laing, part of Firstport Group.

Alison Whitfield, David Gibson and Julie Weaver, took over the business from the retiring partners in 2015. Over the past 12 months, both Alison and David made the decision to retire from the business and having given the matter much thought and researched all options, they decided to sell the business to FirstPort, effective immediately. 

Block & Estate Management, now become part of FirstPort and will trade as Whitton & Laing, Part of the FirstPort Group.  Sales and Lettings are part of the same acquisition, trading under Chase Buchanan and the Surveyors as Innovus.

Business will remain as usual and day-to-day interactions with us in the Block Management Team will continue to be with the same team members and service will not be affected.

Julien Weaver, who is staying at the company said: "I am pleased to advise you that I am staying with the business and will continue to support our clients and Block Management Team. 

"You can still expect the same high standards from us and our colleagues.  We will of course keep you updated about any future changes.

"We are excited about the opportunities that our change in ownership will bring for our clients and customers, including enhanced services and access to a client portal to view your account, pay service charges, log repairs, etc.  All of this will be happening as we integrate our systems over the coming months.

"We will benefit from access to the FirstPort group’s in-house specialist teams, which will enhance our existing capabilities across the business and ultimately improve customer experience.  We also expect that you will be able to benefit from greater efficiencies over time because of our being part of a larger group."