Bruton Knowles opens 12th UK office in Wimborne as firm's expansion continues

Chartered surveying firm Bruton Knowles has opened a new UK office in Wimborne, Dorset, which will be the base for the newly formed National Utilities & Infrastructure (U&I) Team South.

It is the 12th UK office opening and the second this year, following the opening of a base in Taunton, Somerset. More announcements on hiring additional key staff and other new offices plans are expected in coming weeks.

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James Bailey, managing partner at Gloucester-headquatered Bruton Knowles, said: "Our growth plans for the business, and our U&I National Teams in particular, have had to be accelerated because we were in a position to secure just the right key specialist staff members to lead the charge and the interest from new business prospects.

"Now, we are making sure that they have the structure and environment in place to support them including a dedicated location, to emphasise that their presence is most definitely long-term."

The National Utilities & Infrastructure Teams (North, South and Wales) are now estimated to account for over 40% of the firm’s income.

Gillian Froud has recently taken over from Bill Simms, who retired as Head of Southern Region Utilities and Infrastructure, and she continues to build a team of specialists to service the growing client base in the southern region with 16 new recruits over the last few months.

The South Team has grown to eight staff members with more expected in the next few months.
Froud, who spent 19 years in her previous position as associate director at Savills within the strategic projects team, said: "Having joined Bruton Knowles at the start of 2023, I have invested a great deal of time in getting to know the wider business team and developing relationships with key customers and also bringing on board a number of new clients."

"Our new Wimborne base is key to further development in the South-West and gives us close proximity to a new client base for on the doorstep service – all part of our commitment to deliver our customary high-quality service."

Bruton Knowles LLP is an independently owned national chartered surveyor firm with 12 offices across the UK, plus John Amos & Co Ltd, the Herefordshire based specialist rural practice.

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