Kittie Ford, a Rural Chartered Surveyor at Sheldon Bosley Knight, received her official certificate for Fellowship of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (CAAV) recently at the Midland Counties Agricultural Valuers AGM. Kittie was als...

This project involved a change of use application from A1 (shop) to A3 (restaurant). Background: The site is located within the Great Western Arcade (GWA) in Birmingham and is currently a shop, whereas the applicant wants to open a small restaura...

The latest Construction Design and Management Regulations (CDM 2015) are intended to ensure that health and safety issues are properly considered during a project’s development so that the risk of harm to those who have to build, use and maintain...

We are delighted to be the Selling Agent for Barwood Homes in both Alderminster and Shipston on Stour totalling 25 open market plots. View homes are expected to be ready early this year which will be welcomed progress for buyers who increasingly ...

It’s difficult to remember a time when there was so much activity in the New Homes market; pretty much every village or town in Warwickshire are having their housing numbers boosted by the introduction of new dwellings, and for homebuyers this wi...

It is often said that farmers and landowners are asset rich and cash poor, and given recent agricultural profitability this generalisation may have become more pertinent. Managing high value assets is often essential to the effective running of a...

The latest findings from ARLA paint a positive picture for renters nationwide.  The supply of rental stock has risen over the past 10 months, which suggests that reports of landlords pulling out of the market as a result of the referendum result ...

The Leamington branch of SBK recently celebrated the title of Top Selling Agent in the town, having won the independent survey of the number of sold boards in Leamington Spa. Andrew James, Manager, commented “We are thrilled that so many clients ...

The Government are looking for alternatives to traditional house building.  The aim is to meet rising housing needs at lower cost of construction. One of the alternatives is for factory built ready-made homes in kit form.  It is intended that the...

THREE new faces have joined our lettings team – scoring a century by taking the team’s combined years of industry experience over the 100 mark. Marc Martin joins the company to become the new Lettings Manager. He has worked in all areas of the in...

We were delighted once again to sponsor the 2016 Autumn Festival in partnership with the Stratford Literary Festival.  This year’s line-up featured three very well-known figures representing a varied and highly entertaining programme. First up wa...

This year we decided to hold a Christmas Colouring Competition and invited pupils from Shipston Primary School to take part. L-R: Laura Gaydon, Isla Hill, Daniel Careless, Eleanor Hazelton Each pupil was asked to design their own Gingerbread Hous...