Brighton estate agent Sawyer & Co has won the Gold Award for the Southern Region at a prestigious award ceremony held by The Guild of Professional Estate Agents last month.

Held at the Millennium Hotel in Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, London, the awards are designed to recognise outstanding performance and innovation from a carefully selected network of more than 790 independent estate agents.

The judges were particularly impressed by the way Sawyer & Co demonstrated marketing innovation, expert market knowledge, a commitment to high standards of knowledge and expertise, and outstanding customer service.

Members of The Guild of Professional Estate Agents from across the UK attended the awards ceremony dinner following the most important day in the year for The Guild – its Annual Conference – the theme of which was ‘Communication in the Modern Era’.

Marcus Whewell, CEO of The Guild presented the award to Sawyer & Co Director Chris Sawyer, commenting: “Rewarding outstanding achievement within our network is an honour and a privilege. The quality of award entries this year is the highest ever, reflecting how our organisation is moving forward and assisting its agents to provide a truly unique and exceptional service to the public. My sincere congratulations go to Sawyer & Co who should be very proud of winning this hard-fought and prestigious award..”

Chris Sawyer said: “‘This award is testament to the drive and expertise of each and every one of our team which is second to none. We constantly endeavour to provide our clients superior service which is possible through our access to high quality marketing tools. We could not be more proud to receive this award and thank everyone at The Guild for the professional support they have provided us over the past twelve months. It’s been an amazing year for Sawyer & Co; we are proudly adding this latest accolade to the other awards we picked up in the Sunday Times Estate Agency of The Year Awards, The Negotiator Agency of the Year Awards and The All Agents review site awards for 2014.”