An estate agency based in Harrogate for the past 14 years ago has gone into liquidation, blaming tough trading conditions during the Covid pandemic.
Hopkinsons Estate Agents, a trading name of Howroyd Estates Limited, went into insolvent liquidation this week.
The Harrogate-based business was founded in 2009 and Jeremy Hopkinson had been the sole director since 2015.
He has applied to continue using the trading name of Hopkinsons Estate Agents and has vowed to continue trading with his existing team.
Hopkinson told the press: “Howroyd Estates Limited has entered voluntary liquidation due to trading difficulties during the pandemic period.
“A deal has been agreed to acquire the business to continue to trade as Hopkinsons Estate Agents.
“There are no staff redundancies and the business will continue to offer its quality services to its existing and new clients.”
Hopkinson was seriously ill with covid in the early days of the pandemic and required a lengthy stay in hospital. He then suffered from long covid for a further 18 months.
According to Holroyd Estates’ most recent accounts, the company had debts of just over £550,000, up from £162,000 in 2018.
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