A FINANCIAL services specialist has been named top mortgage adviser just a year after winning an award for best newcomer.

Lianna Tilley, 27, who works at Just Mortgages at haart in Stratton St Margaret, was presented with a trophy at a glittering awards ceremony at Five Lakes Golf Club in Colchester in April.

The awards bash celebrated the firm’s most dedicated members of staff throughout haart’s parent company Spicerhaart, the largest independent estate agency group in the UK.

Lianna, a former personal banker, said: “It was a real shock as I only won best newcomer last year. I am absolutely thrilled and love my job helping people on the road to buying their dream home.”

The awards ceremony was part of the company’s annual conference, Ice Apex 2017, and featured comic Jo Caulfield, top international estate agency speaker Tom Panos and a surprise visit from the Red Devils, the British Army’s Parachute Regiment display team.

Antony Lark, managing director of Just Mortgages, said: “I was delighted to see Lianna win this year’s top broker award. Lianna came through our academy programme and has produced phenomenal results in a relatively short period of time.

“She has our customers at the heart of everything she does and she is a tremendous asset to our business.”

Staff are planning a sky dive with the Red Devils in June to raise money for the company’s Magic Moments charity, which takes children from hospices on a trip of a lifetime to Disneyland Paris.

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