A specialist in the provision of serviced apartments in London, across the UK and worldwide, SilverDoor was founded in 2000 by Managing Director Marcus Angell and has grown to become Europe's leading independent serviced apartment agent.

History:

October 2012 - Stuart Winstone becomes Business Partnerships Director

September 2012 - 70,000 apartments now on website

September 2012 - Company wins HBAA award for Best Use of Social Media by an Agency

July 2012 - 15 languages now spoken by staff

April 2012 - Number of staff reaches 60

February 2012 - 65,000 apartments now on website

February 2012 - Placed 17th in Sunday Times 100 Best Small Companies to Work For

February 2012 - The Roar newsletter launched

January 2012 - New advertising campaign launched, publicising unique customer service policies

November 2011 - Property partner log-in system goes live

October 2011 - Appointment of several multilingual staff members including Paddy Hegan (French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian & Russian) and Matthew He (Cantonese & Mandarin)

September 2011 - Marcus Angell features in Tickover or Takeoff, a book of case studies of successful entrepreneurs

May 2011 - Number of staff reaches 50

May 2011 - Launch of mobile website

January 2011 - Expansion into 4 Dukes Gate complete

December 2010 - SilverDoor becomes first serviced apartment agent to launch iPhone app

October 2010 - The company joins HBAA, a business forum which brings together serviced apartment buyers and suppliers to develop and promote best practice.

April 2010 - Launch of v4 of website, including Live Chat facility & real-time exchange rate comparison

March 2010 - 10th birthday party at Altitude in Millbank Tower

January 2010 - Premier of 10th birthday film at Business Travel Awards

August 2009 - First whitelabel site launched

July 2009 - Number of staff reaches 35

November 2008 - SilverDoor nominated in Business Accommodation category of Business Travel Awards

August 2008 - 30,000 apartments now on website

August 2008 - Launch of placement programme

April 2008 - SilverDoor joins ITM (the Institute of Travel and Meetings)

January 2008 - Company moves from Chiswick High Road to larger offices in Dukes Gate

May 2007 - 25,000 apartments on website

March 2007 - Launch of v3 of website

January 2006 - Company rebrands and changes its name to SilverDoor

November 2005 - Appointment of Chris Gee, Sales Director

March 2000 - SilverDoor incorporated as a Limited Company under its original name of Hotdigs.