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Sykes Holiday Cottages is an independent holiday cottage rental agency representing over 20,000 cottages across the UK, Ireland and New Zealand. We are proud to be an official Certified B Corp!

Over the years, we’ve been recognised for a number of different awards which we are very all very proud of. This includes:

The British Travel Award for ‘Best Large UK Holiday Cottage Company’ for the last 11 years (2013 -2024)
BVCA Management Team Awards 2019 - North West and National Large Management Team
Travolution Awards 2019 – ‘Best Use of Data’ and ‘Best for Staying’
Cheshire Business Awards – Company of the year 2019
Acquisition International – Named as Best Independent Holiday Cottage Letting Agency 2019 in the 2019 Global Excellence Awards
1000 Companies to Inspire Britain 2019
Sunday Times Top 100 companies to work for in the UK 2019
Northern Tech Awards 2019 – Top 15 Fastest Growing Larger Technology Companies and one of the Top 50 Fastest Growing Technology Companies
Best Companies Awards - 2018 ‘One to watch’ and 2019 2 star company
Named as 'The Sunday Times Fast Track Ones to Watch' 2018
CEO, Graham Donoghue winner of a CEO Today United Kingdom Awards 2018
CFO, Michael Graham - Financial Director of a business £32-£60 million turnover 2018 at the Finance Director of the Year Awards
Judges' Leadership Award in the 2018 Northern Tech Awards
‘Top 100 Fastest Growing Technology Companies’ at the Northern Tech Awards in 2017 & 2018
‘Top 1,000s companies to Inspire Europe’ by the London Stock Exchange in 2017
‘Top 15 Fastest Growing Larger Technology Companies’ in 2017

Want to join the fastest growing team in Chester? Check out our current vacancies on our jobs tab!

Or perhaps you’re a property owner looking for someone to take the hassle out of your property letting, come talk to us! We’d love to hear from you! You can get in touch on 01244 352468 for free no obligation advice from one of our experts.


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