Norfolk-based estate agent and agricultural consultancy firm Brown & Co has appointed four new partners.

Commercial surveyor Robert Flint, land agent Simon Alden and agri-business consultants Chris Sheldon and Bradley Hurn are all set to become partners this month.

Brown & Co said the appointments will further aid its “progression of growth”.

The firm has 10 UK offices, including in Norwich, Holt, King’s Lynn and Bury St Edmonds.

The appointments follow Brown & Co's merger with Oxfordshire-based rural property, asset management and development agency Adkin. 

The new expansion is set to strengthen the firm's presence in Oxfordshire and the south of the country, having acquired its Banbury office in 2014.

Charles Whitaker, Brown & Co managing partnerCharles Whitaker, Brown & Co managing partner (Image: Angela Adams) Charles Whitaker, managing partner, said: “I very much look forward to welcoming them to the partnership and them helping us to continue our progression of growth so we can be a best in class service provider to our clients within our market place, and also an employer of choice within the sector."

New partner Robert Flint, a commercial surveyor in Brown & Co's Norwich office, qualified with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in 2012 and joined the firm in 2017.

Agri-business consultants Chris Sheldon and Bradley Hurn have worked at Brown & Co since 2014 and 2012. 

Simon Alden will be joining the firm as a land agent in the new Oxfordshire office as
part of the Adkin merger.

Brown&Co is a leading provider of agricultural business consultancy, agency, and professional and management services across a range of rural, commercial and residential property, agriculture and the environment.

It boasts a 300-strong workforce and also operates from offices in Poland, Romania and St Lucia, and has a regular farm management footprint across USA, Argentina and Colombia.