According to an e-mail seen by Mortgage Introducer, the deal has been in the pipeline for a number of months, with the aim of creating a seamless transition for brokers.
The merger, which sees Barclays outsourcing all its surveying business to e.surv, will see all business links maintained so that the same staff will continue to work on cases.
Richard Sexton, business development director at e.surv, commented: “We have entered into a contract with Barclays and as part of the deal, all of Ekins staff will transfer over. Any former clients of Ekins can continue to instruct in the same way but it will just be under the e.surv brand. It will be the same systems and structures and we will be delighted for brokers to continue using us in the same way.”
Ekins’ business was transferred over on 1 August, with all cases submitted after that date being classified as e.surv.
Tony Capon, head of intermediary sales at Salt, believed the deal would create a formidable force in the market.
“They have pulled together two of the biggest names in the market and I’m sure it will be a formidable force. It shouldn’t adverse affect the market in terms of fees as they have a standard scale so it will be interesting to see how this goes forward.”
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