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Position: Partner

Key Skills

Valuation
Specialising in valuation and appraisal of agricultural properties

Head of specialist equine property division

Estate Management
Management of rural estates including Farm Business Tenancies

Landlord and tenant negotiations

Preparation, negotiation and advice for contract farming/share farming agreements

Live and Deadstock
Principal auctioneer for live and deadstock sales

Broad range of experience in undertaking valuations of live and deadstock including probate, security, annual stocktaking, hill sheep valuations

Listed on DEFRA Valuation Panel

Compulsory Purchase and Negotiation

Experienced in negotiation with acquiring authorities for pipe lines, power lines, telecom masts and road schemes

Subsidies and Grants

Specialist in agricultural subsidies and grants

In depth knowledge of Single Payment Scheme

Liaise and negotiation with DEFRA, RPA and BCMS

Experience

Post college 4 years experience as auctioneer/land agent with firm in Cumbria/south west Scotland

Joined George F White Alnwick office 2000

Professional Associate Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors 2002

Became Associate Partner of George F White in 2004

Became Partner of George F White in 2006

Education

BSc (Hons) Rural Enterprise and Land Management, Harper Adams Agricultural College

Member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors

Interests
Amateur jockey, National Hunt racing, equine industry, hunting, shooting, skiing and the rural community.

Background
Son of a Northumberland/Scottish Borders farmer. Married to a Northumberland farmer’s daughter.




Contact Tom Oates at Alnwick using any of the methods below.

Mobile: 07785 926306
Office: 01665 600163
Fax: 01665 510872
Email: tomoates@georgefwhite.co.uk