DROITWICH based travel agent Neill Hall has been named one of the best in the UK.

Mr Hall, who runs his own business as part of independent travel company Travel Counsellors, won best homeworking agency at the Travel Weekly Agent Achievement Awards at Park Plaza in London. This closely follows him taking top homeworking agency at the Travel Trade Gazette Top 50 Awards earlier this year, establishing Travel Counsellors as the best in the business when it comes to empowering agents to work from home.

With more than 40 years of industry experience under his belt, Mr Hall began his leisure travel business from his home office in May 2012. Since then, he has built and maintained personal relationships with his customer base to grow a successful franchise based on creating truly bespoke, authentic travel experiences.

He said: "I’m absolutely delighted to have won a second award this year for the Travel Counsellors innovative home-working support model. I’m very lucky to be part of a company that invests heavily in technology and people, fully supporting me to grow my business. Working from home also means I’m available 24/7 for my customers, whenever they need me – it’s fantastic to be rewarded and recognised for that”.