EXPANDING Nettleship Sawyer has relocated its operations to one of Bournemouth’s prime office buildings.

The Dorset-based firm of chartered surveyors and commercial property consultants has taken 2,300 sq ft at Heliting House, Richmond Hill.

The new offices add up to a 20 per cent increase in floor space and were needed to accommodate Nettleship Sawyer’s growing team.

Previously the firm, which celebrates its 15th anniversary this year, was housed in 1,900 sq ft offices at Dean Park House in nearby Dean Park Crescent, Bournemouth.

Chris Nettleship, Joint Managing Director, said: “Our team continues to expand and we desperately needed more space”.

“Heliting House is one of the best office buildings in the centre of Bournemouth and is just perfect for our operations.”

The office move is the latest development in a highly successful year for Nettleship Sawyer.

A buoyant office sector led to the firm experiencing a year-on-year 20 per cent increase in business in 2006.

Nettleship Sawyer handled transactions totalling 140,000 sq ft of office space in the 12 months compared with 70,000 sq ft in the previous year.

The trend has continued this year with a spate of major office deals including the sale of two major buildings in Poole – Sentinel House and adjacent site, 2 Nuffield Road - for more than £3.4 million.