About us

Meet the team

At ERL, we have an exceptionally committed, hands-on and long-serving team who combine the best of property expertise with genuine personal care for our customers. Every member of both the operational and sales teams has an ongoing interest and input into our villages, our properties and the service we offer to our owners.

Managing Director

Neil Davison

Neil is the founder and Managing Director of Enterprise Retirement Living (ERL), which was created in 2008 to develop a select portfolio of private, socially connected, Retirement Villages in urban locations. With Neil’s depth of experience, ERL successfully developed and now operates well-managed Retirement Villages in key cities.

Neil spent his formative years training as a quantity surveyor with a Hertfordshire-based contractor, before joining a subsidiary of a listed, regionally-based development and investment company, focusing on residential development. In 1994, he established Enterprise Property Group Limited (EPGL), a residential development company, specialising in the restoration of Listed buildings and new developments nationally.

Married to Michele, with three grown-up children, in the little spare time he has, Neil concentrates on his family and attends as many sporting events as possible.

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Head of Sales & Marketing

Hattie Bacon

Hattie is Head of Sales and Marketing for ERL. Hattie brought extensive knowledge of the residential sector to ERL and is actively involved in the complex process of retirement living, from the early design stage of the properties and villages, through the marketing and selling, to final completion – and then beyond into the running of the Retirement Villages created. Before joining EPGL in 1994, of which company she later became a director, Hattie worked as an assistant accountant for a firm of management consultants and credit controller for a large regional builders’ merchant.

Married to Keith with two adult children, Hattie’s favourite pastime is spending quality time with her family; she also likes to relax by reading, gardening and cooking.

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Head of Operations

June Callaghan

June has been with ERL since 2009. She spent nine years as General Manager at Boughton Hall, ERL’s first retirement village in Chester, and is now the Head of Operations focused on the operational design and development for all the ERL retirement villages. Her focus is to provide the exemplary staff, quality services and operational equipment for the villages, which together promote the efficient, secure, comfortable and life-enhancing environments which are second to none.

Having previously enjoyed a successful career in hospitality management, the move to retirement village management, and now operational supervision, has been an extremely fulfilling one, which June says she enjoys immensely.

When not spending time between ERL’s locations driving (or sometimes stationary!) on the M1, M6 or M62, or working within the retirement villages, June enjoys spending quality time with family and friends, the odd foreign holiday, and keeping up-to-date with the world around her. June has two grown-up daughters, and lives happily in a converted dairy in the countryside.

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Operations Manager

Ben Sanders

Looking for a new challenge, which led to his transition into retirement living from a background in the hotel industry, Ben came to ERL in November 2020. He has worked in the hospitality arena for nearly 20 years and has experience working in a number of different properties, including 5-star hotels where he was lucky enough to host ex-US Presidents, Ambassadors and Royalty.

He is responsible for supporting the village’s General Managers and overseeing the numerous and varied aspects of the day-to-day operation of all ERL’s retirement communities. This includes ensuring impeccable service standards are delivered to owners and occupiers, health and safety standards are compliant, and achieving optimum efficiency in all areas.

Ben lives in the Worcestershire countryside and has two sons. When not busy building Lego or playing snakes and ladders (a family favourite!), he enjoys cooking, all things film-related, photography and attempting to play golf.

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Sales Manager

Dee Hall

Dee joined ERL in 2009, at the start of its venture into retirement living, as Sales Manager for Boughton Hall. She is dedicated to offering full support and assistance to all our customers, from their initial interest and/or viewing of a property, through to the day of completion for those who become owners, overseeing the process from start to finish.

Having spent several years working and travelling overseas, Dee returned to the UK to help set up a family mail order sports company, designing and sourcing all products, both in Europe and the Far East. The company was eventually sold and, after enjoying some time out, Dee took up her position with ERL.

Dee says that the best part of her job is the people she meets, who are not just buying a property but a new way of life, and the pleasure she gets seeing them embrace this in their new home.

Married with an adult daughter, Dee enjoys spending time with family and friends and any travel that involves a passport!

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Executive Chef

John Crawley

John joined Boughton Hall Retirement Village in 2010 to spearhead the new catering function and has elevated the cuisine to its current high standards. In his current role of Executive Chef, John also oversees the kitchens and culinary offering at ERL’s other retirement villages and co-ordinates sales functions and launch parties for the company.

After studying for A-levels at school, John’s culinary career began when he ventured into the hospitality sector as an Apprentice Chef within various local restaurants and hotels.

Inspired by a love of good food, local produce and exceptional presentation, John sought opportunities to further develop his own creativity, gaining valuable experience, until he found his niche at a successful Italian restaurant in the city centre where he remained for 20 years, rising through the ranks to become Head Chef.

Although born locally in Chester, his lifetime love of Liverpool Football Club hampers his loyalty to his home city at times!

John has a daughter, a ‘Mini-Me’ son, and two lovely grandsons. Life is very busy in the Crawley household, passionate foodies on a never-ending search for something new and exciting, with a love of gardening, nature and family.

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General Manager of Boughton Hall

Nicola Crawley

Nicola joined the ERL team in 2009 as one of the original Duty Managers at our Chester Village, Boughton Hall. She brings a wealth of experience, ideas and passion which have helped to shape and nurture the place it is today. After eight years of hard work, loyalty and compassion, Nicola was promoted to the position of General Manager. Prior to embarking on a successful career within the hospitality industry, Nicola studied hospitality and institutional management at college, where she gained various care, book-keeping and management qualifications.

Food, drink, nature and family are amongst Nicola’s passions outside of work, which also include music and getting back to nature glamping in different countries with her husband John, who is ERL’s Executive Chef, and their son. Nicola has an important goal – helping hedgehogs return to their natural habitat – and hopes that the addition of a hedgehog house within the grounds of Boughton Hall will help her achieve this.

Life is very busy in the Crawley household, passionate foodies on a never-ending search for something new and exciting with a love of gardening, nature and family.

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Land acquisition

Enterprise Retirement Living has funding to back an ambitious growth plan. We have many years’ experience as developers and operators. All opportunities are considered on their merit, including both unconditional and conditional purchases, as well as joint ventures.

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ERL care

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