Franchise chain EweMove has announced four new branches, bringing its network to 57.

The latest openings are in Bradford, Goole, Shrewsbury and Hamilton.

EyeMove, which rebranded and launched as a franchise two years ago, says it has a growing pipeline of new franchisees signed up, ready to launch their businesses from July onwards.

Head shepherd (yes really, that’s his job title) Glenn Ackroyd said: “We are delighted to open up these branches and have such a great bunch of new franchisees on board. Everyone in the EweMove family wishes them every success.”

He said: “We are particularly delighted with the opening of our Hamilton branch, which marks the company’s first branch in Scotland.

“The franchise support network is firmly in place and we are able to advise our new lambs every step of the way.”

He added: “What makes EweMove different to conventional estate agency franchises is our central ‘sheep pen’ that undertakes most of the normal letting agency administration.

“This allows franchisees to focus on what they are good at, which is providing first-class local personal customer service.

“Not only that, by stripping away the staffing costs associated with a typical high street agent, EweMove franchisees are better positioned to enjoy higher profits from a highly efficient, low-cost operating model.”

The firm,  which calls its IT system Ewereka, claims to operate 24/7. It sparked controversy on Eye after a local agent, Daniel Pilley of CXG in Haverhill, Suffolk, requested a valuation at 3am but was turned down.

The Eye report was here

The firm has an interesting mission statement.

It says: “We know that by putting ourselves out on a pedestal, the industry ‘old guard’ who resist change and who resent the challenge to their existing model will attack us with venom and spite.”

The website is here