LINK Business Bay of Plenty is expanding into the Waikato after becoming one of the biggest business brokerages in the country outside of Auckland.
It has grown from three brokers in 2009 to 13 now.
Mr Matthews and business partner Nuree Allen were quick to pitch their suitability to the Link franchise managers in Auckland when the opportunity arose to buy the Waikato Link franchise.
The managers agreed and gave the Bay brokerage responsibility for most of the central North Island.
"We recognised very early on that that was going to be a growth area for us so we've been dabbling our toes in the water over there for the past two or three years and we've got about 30 or 40 listings over there but we need brokers on the ground over there in Hamilton," Mr Matthews said.