Savills is the best property advisor in the West Midlands, according to leading trade publication Estates Gazette's regional awards. The firm will be presented with the accolade at a RICS Awards ceremony to take place on 27 May 2011 in Birmingham.

Savills, who now employ over 22,000 people world wide, covers 12 disciplines across the West Midlands. Achievements in 2010 included the Birmingham investment team who transacted £643m of deals and in addition the office sold over 170 acres of land. Savills agency teams transacted over 2.5 million sq ft in the industrial arena, including the 900,000 sq ft warehouse pre-letting to Marks & Spencers at EMDC, and its property management department won two significant instructions totalling over 600,000 sq ft adding to its portfolio of 150 properties.

Jonothan Holmes, director of Savills Birmingham, says: "Savills multi-disciplinary service offering allows us to advise clients across all property sectors.  In addition to our transactional and consultancy services, our planning and development capability is a major strength to our offering and the team have supported major educational institutions amongst others.

"In placing emphasis on employing the highest calibre of individual, we were proud our graduates achieved 100% pass rate in the APC industry qualification." 

Savills success in the West Midlands has been reflective of its national awards success. The firm once again topped the UK business superbrand charts in the real estate sector in February this year, climbing to number 71 in the overall league table of the top 500 business superbrands 2011. Savills has also retained number one graduate employer titles in The Times and TARGETjobs National Recruitment Awards and is the first real estate firm to be featured in The Times top 100 graduate employer league table.