Rural Surveyor Required to Join the Adkin Team

An exciting opportunity for a qualified Rural Surveyor is available within our highly respected rural surveying practice at an Associate/Director level. Good career prospects are available for the right candidates with an opportunity to move towards taking equity in the business. This is a great chance to develop your career and be involved in shaping the future of a dynamic and driven company. Based in the attractive village of Ardington in Oxfordshire, our dedicated team offer an array of services including agricultural, commercial and residential disciplines, and therefore a wide variety of professional work is attained. The main focus of this position will be towards professional work rather than management. Many of our clients have been with us for generations, something we are very proud of, and a testament to the reputation and expertise of the firm. We are also working for a diverse range of new clients with interesting and demanding requirements. Whilst the majority of our clients are based in central southern England, we increasingly act for landowners nationwide. Role requirements You will be educated to degree level and be a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors with Registered Valuer status. Fellowship of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers is also preferable but not essential. A competitive salary and benefits package will be offered.

Please send applications with your CV to: Mrs Emily Ham MRICS FAAV – emily.ham@adkin.co.uk

If you wish to call to discuss the position in the first instance, please contact Emily on (01235) 434382 or by the e-mail address above.

All applications and enquiries will be treated in strictest confidence.

Simon Alden elected as Senior Vice President of the CAAV

We are pleased to announce the election of Simon Alden as Senior Vice President of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (CAAV).

 The CAAV is a specialist professional body representing, qualifying and briefing almost 3,000 members practising in a diverse range of agricultural and rural work throughout England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.  CAAV members are agricultural and rural valuers who provide professional advice and valuation expertise on issues affecting the countryside.  These can cover many topics, such as tenancy matters, sales and purchase of farms and land, planning and development, taxation, compulsory purchase of land and property, auctioneering, conservation issues and farming business advice.

The Sustainable Farming Incentive – Pilot and Scheme Launch

The Sustainable Farming Incentive forms the baseline entry point for the new Environmental Land Management schemes (ELMS), and it will open in reduced form to all BPS applicants in 2022 (SFI2022) before the full scheme opens in 2024. In the meantime, DEFRA are running an SFI pilot to test different elements of the scheme.

For more information please see the attached article written by Sarah Payne. THE SUSTAINABLE FARMING INCENTIVE – article by SAP March 2021

Agency Review 2020/21

Adkin’s latest Agency Review looks at how the last 12 months have affected the various property/land markets and provides some thoughts on how things could be in the year ahead, both for us and the market in general.

Agency Review 20-21

 

 

 

Free Webinar: Exploring Solar Farm or Battery Opportunities as Diversification Income

Adkin and Roadnight Taylor are pleased to invite you to their joint webinar on Thursday 25 February from 5.00-6.00pm.

Hosted by Simon Alden of Adkin, joined by Hugh Taylor of Roadnight Taylor, the webinar will help landowners find out about:

  • the opportunities and potential ground rents for large-scale solar, battery and other energy schemes;
  • what makes a good site for a large-scale energy scheme;
  • how to get ahead of your neighbours and maximise your chances of achieving an energy scheme lease;
  • how to remain in control, and optimise your rent and terms;
  • the pitfalls to avoid (that thousands haven’t); and
  • what to expect in an energy scheme heads of terms agreement.

Date: Thursday 25 February

Time: 5.00 – 6.00pm

Venue: Zoom

This event is free of charge but you will need to register in advance by clicking here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_80C_CcU-QvyfvA_j_k1tlw

For more information, please call Laura Porter at Roadnight Taylor on 01993 830571.

There will be a chance to ask questions at the end of the webinar, however, if you would like to submit a question before the webinar, please email your questions to laura@roadnighttaylor.co.uk