Due to the pandemic of Coronavirus, Adkin will be operating in a different way, until circumstances change.

With effect from Tuesday 24^th March, the office will be closed to any visitors.  The phones will continue to be manned whilst all surveyors and remaining support staff will be working remotely.

Therefore, please continue call the office via the usual phone number.

Should there be no answer, please leave your name, contact number and brief message.

Calls and emails will be returned and actioned as deemed appropriate as soon as possible.
Please be patient as we navigate these exceptional and changing times.

DEFRA have announced the publication today of ‘A Future Farming Policy Update’ to accompany the Agriculture Bill. It includes further detail on productivity grants which are available from 2021; support for research and development from 2022; and animal health and welfare. It also includes basic detail around the phasing out and ‘delinking’ of direct payments. A link to the document is as follows:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-future-for-food-farming-and-the-environment-policy-statement-2020

Adkin’s latest NFU bulletin includes updates regarding BPS payments and the recent hay & straw auction in conjunction with Thimbleby & Shorland.
Please find the full article here: NFU Bulletin January

We are delighted to announce that James Fergusson has been successful in passing the Assessment of Professional Competence with the RICS and is now a fully qualified Chartered Surveyor.
Many congratulations from all at Adkin!