The firm's Perth office has a strong reputation for providing rural and estate management services. Wattie Barbour and his team in Perth has now been joined by Colin Stewart and Ian Hope (formerly partners with Hayes Macfarlane) to offer an agricultural consultancy service taking the rural team in Perth up to 7 experienced MRICS agents.

 

Colin provides advice on farm management, valuation and agricultural law matters. Ian offers expert guidance on subsidies, the new Basic Payment Scheme and manages CKD Galbraith's brokerage department. They both bring extensive experience of farm sales and acquisitions having dealt with some of the most prestigious farm sales in Perthshire and Angus over the last five years.  They work closely with Simon Brown and Duncan Barrie in our Stirling office where our National Farms Sales office is based.

 

CKD Galbraith has the most comprehensive network of Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (AMC) agents in Scotland. As part of this team of 7 AMC agents, Colin, Ian and Wattie assist clients access flexible and highly competitive finance for agricultural purposes. In 2014 CKD Galbraith arranged over 5,000,000 of funding for farm and rural businesses in Perthshire alone.

 

Iain Russell, head of the firm's rural business division, said: 

 

"We have a well-respected and experienced rural team which provides out-standing local expertise and the highest level of client service. As well as highly experienced agents CKD Galbraith has some of Scotland's brightest young professionals coming up through the ranks."

 

Also joining the rural team's 30 MRICS qualified rural practitioners, 7 of whom are now based in Perth, will be graduate William Frazer. William, one of a number of graduates being recruited by the firm in 2015, is completing his MSc in Rural Land and Business Management at Reading University. 

 

"Graduates such as William bring new ideas, talent and enthusiasm into the office and we are thrilled to have him joining the Perth team," said Iain.