Date:March, 2025

Vacancy: Office Administrator – Birmingham

Office Administrator – Birmingham

Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent

 

Key Responsibilities:

  • Managing the reception area and handling correspondence such as phone calls, emails, and packages.
  • Assisting each department in day-to-day admin duties, including but not limited to insurance, utilities, business rates, and property management.
  • Handling the Health and Safety compliance for a large portfolio of properties and tenants. This includes requesting certificates from tenants and updating records and databases accordingly.
  • Managing entry of leases and other documents onto the shared system, and ensuring all files are up to date.
  • Taking property enquiries and passing them onto the relevant department and following up enquiries to ensure all are responded to.
  • General filing, archiving, and scanning of documents.

 

Skills and Aptitudes:

  • Excellent communication, organization and teamwork skills
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft apps such as Outlook and Excel
  • Knowledge of SharePoint & QuickBooks would be an advantage but not essential as training will be given
  • Good attention to detail
  • Reasonable mathematical skills
  • Proactive attitude
  • Excellent opportunity for progression for the right candidate

 

Experience:

  • Experience in busy office environment with large volume of activities
  • Experience in handling large volume of correspondence
  • Liaising activities and transactions for multiple sites and properties for helping management and staff in operations
  • Experience in data entry and archiving of documents
Salary starting at £24,000 depending on experience.

To apply, please email your CV to enquiries@westerntrading.co.uk

Date:March, 2025

Vacanacy: Asset Manager – Birmingham

Asset Manager – Birmingham

About the Role:

Join a well-established commercial property group with over 40 years of success in Birmingham City Centre. We are seeking an experienced Asset Manager to oversee a diverse portfolio of commercial and residential properties. This role focuses on optimizing financial performance, enhancing tenant satisfaction, and driving asset value growth. You will be responsible for strategic asset management, lease negotiations, and stakeholder engagement while ensuring efficient operational performance.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Manage a mixed-use commercial portfolio, including warehouses, industrial sites, land, and retail properties.
  • Develop and implement strategies to maximize asset value and performance.
  • Oversee lease negotiations, rent reviews, and dilapidations, identifying revenue-generating opportunities.
  • Monitor the financial performance of estates, including debt collection and service charge management.
  • Ensure compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements.
  • Collaborate with external agencies, legal teams, surveyors, and public bodies.
  • Identify and execute opportunities for asset improvement and portfolio expansion.

About You:

  • Proven experience in property portfolio or asset management.
  • Strong knowledge of Landlord & Tenant Law, lease management, and property legislation. 
  • Excellent financial, negotiation, and communication skills.
  • Ability to effectively manage multiple properties and stakeholders. 
  • Proactive and results-driven, thriving in a fast-paced environment.

What We Offer:

  • Competitive salary with opportunities for career progression.
  • Free city centre parking.

To apply, please email your CV to enquiries@westerntrading.co.uk.

Date:September, 2023

Western Trading Raises £4,000 for MQ Mental Health Research

Western Trading Raises £4,000 for MQ Mental Health Research

On 17th September 2023, Western Trading took part in the Birmingham Running Festival 2023 in Sutton Park, completing the 5k run and raising an amazing £4,000 for MQ Mental Health Research.

We would like to thank everyone who supported the cause and donated.

Date:August, 2023

Old Square Shopping Centre

Old Square Shopping Centre, Walsall has been acquired from Columbia Threadneedle Investments for an undisclosed amount.

The Centre was last sold for £30,000,000 in 2006 and remains a landmark within Walsall.

The site consists of approximately 275,000 sq/ft of retail space and a 405 space car park currently let to NCP. Major brand names include, Nationwide Building Society, Primark, West Brom Building Society and the former Debenhams.

Date:December, 2022

Qualtronyc Business Park, Tipton

Western Trading Group have successfully acquired a 175,000 sqft multi-let industrial estate in Tipton, West Midlands for an undisclosed amount.

The locally renowned Qualtronyc Business Park boasts a large site area of 10.6 acres.

The site offers significant asset management and refurbishment potential alongside development opportunities of the residual land.

All occupational enquiries to:

enquiries@westerntrading.co.uk

Date:November, 2022

Roebuck Shopping Centre, Newcastle Under-Lyme

Western Trading Group have acquired the Roebuck Shopping Centre, Newcastle Under-Lyme for an undisclosed amount.

The property extends to approximately 105,000 sqft gross internal area with a fully roof glazed main concourse. The property offers significant asset management opportunity and scope for longer term redevelopment with the area becoming an established student-bed location.

All occupational enquiries to:

enquiries@westerntrading.co.uk

Date:August, 2022
wednesbury site

An industrial site acquired in Wednesbury

Western Trading Group have acquired a 4.9 acre industrial site in Wednesbury, West Midlands for £3.4 million from administrators.

Western Trading Group also own 5.5 acres and a 0.65 acre adjoining industrial sites which have now created a super-site of 11 acres.

The sites benefit from being approx 1 mile from J9 M6 and 1 mile from J10 M6.

Date:October, 2021
land in oldbury

8.5 Acres acquired in Oldbury

Western Trading Group has acquired 8.5 acres of prime development land in Oldbury, West Midlands for an undisclosed amount.

The site sits adjecent to a 234 home residential scheme currently under development and is located 4.2 miles from Birmingham City Centre, 1 mile from J2 M5.

Date:October, 2021
wednesbury site

Wednesbury Industrial Site

Western Trading Group have acquired a 4.9 acre industrial site in Wednesbury, West Midlands for £3.4 million from administrators.

Western Trading Group also own 5.5 acres and a 0.65 acre adjoining industrial sites which have now created a super-site of 11 acres.

The sites benefit from being approx 1 mile from J9 M6 and 1 mile from J10 M6.