Hampshire: Hughes Ellard gets Miles ahead with Nick

Nick Miles is the latest appointment at independent commercial property consultancy Hughes Ellard. He joins as a senior building surveyor, bringing the total number of employees at the firm to a record 27.

Formerly with Faithful+Gould in Southampton and Woolley & Wallis in Salisbury, Miles' experience covers the full range of building surveying duties, including acquisition surveys, advising on building defects, schedules of condition, dilapidations, development monitoring and the project management of refurbishment and fit-out schemes.

Managing director Gary Jeffries said: "Businesses are increasingly utilising our expertise for the lifecycles of their premises, from search-and-acquisition and leasehold or freehold negotiations to fit-outs and refurbishment.

"As part of the client's property journey, Miles will be involved in dilapidations matters, where the vacating business has to leave the premises in a similar state to when it took occupancy."

Miles will be working alongside senior building surveyor Mark Patel.

Jeffries added: "He will complement the superb work Mark has done for clients since joining us last year, and we look forward to continuing to provide clients with best-in-class services."

Miles is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a registered Assessment of Professional Competence doctor for the south of England region, welcoming enquiries from candidates undertaking their final assessment for the building surveying faculty.

He said: "We are well positioned at Hughes Ellard to support the building consultancy needs of companies as demand for commercial premises intensifies."

Miles is the latest professional services appointment at the firm, which has offices in Ocean Village, Southampton, and at Cams Hall business park in Fareham.