Hat-trick for Cooke & Arkwright as it wins Commercial Agent of the Year award

2 December 2021
  • Cooke & Arkwright Commercial Agent of the Year at Cardiff Property Awards
  • Cooke & Arkwright Commercial Agent of the Year at Cardiff Property Awards

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Cooke & Arkwright was named Commercial Agent of the Year for the third consecutive year at the Cardiff Property Awards in November 2021.

The Cardiff Property Awards celebrate the best of the Cardiff property sector, from commercial to residential, lettings and new builds. The latest awards were held at the Coal Exchange Hotel in Cardiff on Friday 26th November.

“Truly at the peak of its powers...” was the judges’ verdict as the firm’s commercial property agents celebrated their hat trick.

Andrew Gardner, Managing Director at Cooke & Arkwright commented, “To have achieved this award for the third time following another challenging year is a huge endorsement of the commitment and hard work shown by our teams.  

“We trust in our staff and have a strong teamworking culture and spirit that has been key to us over the last couple of years. They have all committed with loyalty and dedication, to help us through the continuing challenges of the pandemic.

“I would like to express enormous congratulations to all our staff on winning the Commercial Agent of the Year title for the third consecutive year. We look forward with confidence to the opportunities that 2022 and the coming years will bring.”

Cooke & Arkwright have been providing rating valuation advice to The Welsh Rugby Union Limited (“WRU”) and Millennium Stadium plc for many years. They were recently successful in achieving substantial reductions in the assessments of the Millennium Stadium, covering both the 2005 and 2010 rating list. These negotiated reductions yielded savings of c.£3.5m which, crucially, allows the WRU to re-invest in rugby throughout Wales. They advise the WRU across the group portfolio including the National Centre of Excellence in the Vale of Glamorgan. The valuation issues across the WRU portfolio are complex requiring a high level of understanding of the funding and finances of professional sport in Wales. Cooke & Arkwright’s experience and understanding of these issues and application to the rating valuation have yielded these substantial negotiated reductions. The WRU and the Millennium Stadium entrust our work to organisations with the required levels in experience and expertise in dealing with these complex issues. I am glad to say we have this expertise in Wales. I would have no hesitation in recommending ratepayers making use of this Welsh based expertise.

The Welsh Rugby Union Limited, Welsh Rugby Union Group