A Derby family has decided to merge its three separate property companies to create a single, new business which they have called cope&co. Husband and wife team Daren and Susan Cope – along with their son and daughter James and Annie – are bringing their two estate agencies, James Cope Homes and Amber Homes, under the same roof as their residential, sales and property letting business, Professional Properties.
It is the first time the company, which has its headquarters in Canterbury House in Stephensons Way, has undertaken a big rebrand since it launched nearly 25 years ago, and under the changes James, the company’s sales director, and Annie, who is operations director, will be taking a much more prominent role.
Susan Cope, the company’s managing director, said it was the right time to bring the three successful businesses – including the recently acquired Amber Homes in Alfreton – together, and celebrate the company’s growth.
She said: “We want to bring all the strings of our business together and now is the time to do it. Daren and I have worked tirelessly to build the company and we decided that coming together, under one brand, was the way to progress.
“Family means everything to us, and we are proud that James and Annie will work as hard as us to grow cope&co.
“What they are achieving is phenomenal and we can’t wait to continue celebrating their successes.”
She said the new cope&co brand launches this month with a new website and will cover Derbyshire and East Staffordshire, making it one of the biggest independent letting and estate agents in the region. As well as its existing management services, a new block management service will launch in January.
Marketing Derby Bondholders Daren and Susan Cope launched Professional Properties almost 25 years ago from a small office in Derby’s Old Blacksmith Yard, off Sadler Gate.
Susan said: “As the business developed, we moved around to accommodate the growth in staff. It soon became clear that our customers liked the way we worked, and we became business leaders in lettings and property management.
“Right now, we are one of the largest, independent letting agents in the area and I think it’s because we are so passionate about what we do.
“We have strong family values, and every member of the team works in the same way. James and Annie, share our ethos and drive and they are hugely knowledgeable in the property sector.”
Daren, the company’s finance director, said: “Our new brand is a reflection of our amazing journey so far as a family, but it also marks our aspiration to continue growing as a business.
“We are proud of our family name – so why not celebrate it?
“It has been a real team effort. We are delighted with the outcome, and we now welcome people to cope&co, the new name in property in Derbyshire.”
