About Us

Launched in May 2009, Ben Property (which traded formerly as Jenners Property Lettings) has direct links to two of Edinburgh's oldest, most famous and successful family business dynasties – Jenners and Ben Line.

Established in 1919 as Jenners Property Department, the business soon grew to provide a residential letting service to landlords and tenants in and around the city. The property management activity continued quietly throughout the ensuing decades until House of Fraser acquired Jenners in 2005.

The following year, management of Jenners Property was assumed by E.G. Thomson (Holdings), a private, family-owned, Edinburgh-based investment company with interests in residential property management and investment, business and groups travel agency and private equity investment. The company is also involved in shipping agency and logistics in Asia.

E.G. Thomson (Holdings) is born out of William Thomson and Co (better known as Ben Line) founded in 1825 and privately owned throughout its existence. Although the ship owning activities of Ben Line ceased some years ago, the Ben name remains very much alive in the Far East in the form of Ben Line Agencies, now one of the pre-eminent ship agency companies in Asia, comprising some 70 offices in 13 countries with more than 1,200 employees.