Barrhead Travel reveals next two new shop locations

“Looking at the branches we have opened, it’s clear that there is a genuine appetite for trusted travel experts in the local communities where we now have a presence,” said Jacqueline Dobson, president of Barrhead Travel.

“Our new stores are performing exceptionally well with a number of them already exceeding targets set – in some cases, over 100% of January’s target has already been achieved.”

She said more than 100 of Barrhead’s new staff are former Cook employees.

Dobson added: “We’ve taken an atypical approach to our expansion by recruiting our people before we confirm the premises.

“For us, the most important element of this expansion project is to find the right people who are talented and really passionate about what they do.”

The agents are getting stuck in connecting with their local communities, Dobson said, sometimes even before the shops have opened.

Barrhead Travel’s Doncaster store was the sixth new shop to open on 18 January in the Frenchgate Shopping Centre.