Business Agent

About Us
We are the leading specialist advisor for buying and selling businesses in our sectors - convenience retail, leisure, medical, pubs, restaurants, childcare, healthcare, and hotels. With 90 years of experience, we offer professional brokerage and advisory services, through our UK wide team. We pride ourselves in our high standards, providing a client centric experience and building business around our clients through tailoring our services.

Purpose of the role
We are looking for an experienced property/business agent to join our Retail team, to be based in our Glasgow or Edinburgh office. The role involves direct responsibility for sourcing and transacting retail businesses and property, covering the Northern and Scotland regions. Tasks include generating leads to sell, processing instructions, and managing deals to completion. The agent will identify, contact, and qualify buyers, and will be client-facing, serving as the first point of contact in any sale and dealing with buyers and applicants across the region.


About the team
The role will report directly to our Regional Director and ultimately to the Sector Managing Director. However, you will also work closely with existing regional fee earners, finance and insurance brokers, support staff and a wider central support team of IT and Marketing personnel. Otherwise, you will be encouraged to forge your own relationships with business stakeholders across a given territory.


Duties and Responsibilities

Focus on growing our brokerage activity in the retail market across the Northern and Scotland regions.
Generate relationships and develop new business, winning agency mandates across these markets,
through various prospecting methods.
Register and maintain client requirements on our Salesforce CRM system.
Liaise closely with sector team colleagues in securing, listing, marketing and managing opportunities
for sale.
Negotiate and agree deals, and manage the sales process.
Provide regular client updates on instruction activity.

Person Specification

Skills and Experience

Minimum of 1 year experience in commercial real estate sales or another client facing position in the commercial real estate sector; Essential
Strong verbal and written communication skills; Essential
Highly organised and self-motivated; Essential
Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office – especially Excel and PowerPoint; Essential
UK Driver’s licence and confident with driving long distances; Essential

Personal Characteristics

Strong team player with excellent communication skills
Self-motivated, proactive, and able to use initiative
Polite and professional
Flexible, adaptable, and responsive to change
Organised, meticulous, and able to prioritise workload effectively

What we offer

A competitive commission structure
Car allowance and Insurance for you plus one
Mileage Allowance Relief
Fuel card
25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Holiday carryover & additional Christmas leave
Life assurance
Employee wellbeing assistance via Plumm
“Recommend a Friend” employee referral bonus
Enhanced family friendly leave
Cycle to work scheme
Eyecare vouchers

For more information please apply or contact: [email protected]

On this occasion we are unable to consider candidates requiring visa sponsorship now or in the future.