About the people.
Partners
Gerald Allen FRICS (Salaried
Partner)
Joined Berrys in 1963 – then Berry Bros & Bagshaw
and J. Toller Eady - at the Kettering office, and is now
involved in all aspects of rural surveying and management.
Gerry was a full partner of Berrys until retirement from the partnership
at the end of March 2006 and now works only on Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday. Contact gfa@berrybros.com. 01536 532370
Matthew Anwyl BSc (Hons) MRICS FAAV
Matthew Joined Berrys in the Kettering office in 1988 and
subsequently moved to the Shrewsbury office in 1992 to develop the
Business Consultancy services of the firm in the West Midlands. He
is an AMC valuer, Member of the Institute of Agricultural Management
and Agricultural Law Association He specializes in Property Valuations,
Rural Business Consultancy, Landlord and Tenant and Planning and Development
work. Contact mra@berrybros.com or 01743 267064
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Graham Bowcock and Matt Anwyl |
Graham Bowcock MRICS MRAC
Graham joined Berrys in 2001 when he
amalgamated his practice of A G Bowcock & Co with the firm.
This gave Berrys a foothold in Cheshire and has enabled development
in the North West of England. Following the purchase of Sutcliffe
and Company in Chester new premises were taken in Northwich
to house all Cheshire practitioners and Graham oversees this
office. Additionally he is responsible for estate management across
the entire business. Professionally Graham is an AMC Agent
and Valuer and acts as an Expert Witness on rural property matters.
Contact
agb@berrybros.com. 01606
49200.
Nick Bowman FRICS FAAV
Apart from a brief spell working in Lincolnshire
in the mid 1980’s, Nick has been with Berrys since leaving
Cirencester in 1977 and works from the Kettering office.
Nick specialises in freehold sales and purchases of agricultural
property and development land, general practice work with an
emphasis on planning and development, principally for private
clients. Contact ndkb@berrybros.com.
01536 532372
Adam Farnsworth BSc
(Hons), MRICS, FAAV
Adam joined Berrys
in 1984, and works out of the Northamptonshire Office.
Adam has worked in all areas of rural professional work
for private & corporate
clients and is responsible for agency at Berrys as well as
general practice work. Adam’s areas of specialist skills includes
agency sales and acquisitions, planning & development,
property management, and rural business development
for private and corporate clients. Contact 01536
532373 or adam.farnsworth@berrybros.com

Chris Jones MRICS FAAV
Partner, Berrys Shrewsbury
Christopher joined Berrys in the Shrewsbury office in 1991
having studied Rural Estate Management at the Royal Agricultural
College in Cirencester. Christopher has been an equity partner
since 2000 in the Shrewsbury office and is a member of the Royal
Institution of Chartered Surveyors, a Fellow of the Central Association
of Agricultural Surveyors and a Deputy Valuer to the Agricultural
Mortgage Corporation. Christopher specialises in freehold sales & purchases
of agricultural property and development land, planning & development,
property management, compensation & compulsory purchase,
property valuations to include expert witness in rural property
and single farm payment. Contact Chris on chris.jones@berrybros.com or
DD: 01743 267063
John Paul Pridmore B.Sc. in Estate Management,
FRICS, Dip.in Farm Business Adminstration
Paul has
been with Berrys and predecessor firms since 1971 and
specialises in Arbitration and Expert Witness advocacy
being a member of the Lord Chancellor's panel of Arbitrators;
Valuations and Inspection on behalf of AMC plc, Lloyds
TSB, NWS Bank, NFU Mutual Ltd and others; Financial and
Agricultural Business Management, for arable and livestock farms,
general business management, reports and business plans, restructuring
of agricultural finance, loan applications for purchase
and working capital; Consultancy & Professional
Services, Landlord & Tenant
matters and advice under the Agricultural Holdings Act
1986 and Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995, planning, development,
legislation and grants; Project Management, consultant
for multi disciplinary environmental management action
planning, project director for English Partnerships Central
and Southern Region agricultural consultancy.
Paul was in 1997 the RICS Rural Practice Divisional President
and co-author of various technical papers for RICS on rent
under the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986.
Contact: jpp@berrybros.com or 01536 532377
Jon Stables BSc(Hons),
RICS
Jon has been with Berrys now since
1993 and deals with all aspects of Rural Business. He is
an elected member of the Institute of Agricultural Management,
achieved a Diploma in Surveying at the College of Estate
Management Reading, he is a member of the
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and is also a
Fellow of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers.
A few of the specialities Jon covers are:
Financial & Agricultural Business Management, Environmental
Project Managements, Compensation and Compulsory Purchase, Consultancy & Professional
Services, Information Technology and Valuations. Contact jcms@berrybros.com or 01536532378.

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