Property consultancy Fisher German welcomes record number of graduates

By Peter Davison

13 September 2023

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Amelia Pearson

A property consultancy has shown its commitment to the next generation of talent by welcoming a record number of graduates into the business.

Fisher German has hired 34 graduates this year, along with 10 staff on placement, across its 27 offices around the country in a range of disciplines.

The firm is making a concerted effort to find young talent and bring them through the company, which includes hiring graduates from all sorts of backgrounds.

One such graduate is Amelia Pearson, who is working within Fisher German’s compulsory purchase and compensation team across its Worcester and Hereford offices.

Amelia first joined Fisher German during a placement year while studying BSc (Hons) Rural Enterprise and Land Management at Harper Adams University.

She worked within the firm’s infrastructure division based in Ashby and from this was offered a full-time role after she graduated.

She said: “I was aware that Fisher German has a strong reputation and an excellent graduate training programme which focuses on both gaining hands-on experience and professional qualifications, so I was extremely pleased to be offered a job after university.

“During my placement I developed an interest in compulsory purchase and compensation, so being able to join the team has been fantastic and there is certainly a lot of work coming up in this area off the back of various new government schemes and policies that are being introduced.

“I have an extremely varied role where no two days are the same which I really enjoy, and I’ve already been given a level of responsibility while being supported by my line manager.

“There is a real emphasis on teamwork at Fisher German and there’s always someone on hand to offer their support. There’s also a lot of team outings which is nice as you get to know colleagues on a different level, and everyone has been very welcoming.

“There are a number of Fisher German employees who were once graduates who are now in management positions within the business which is incredibly inspiring and shows that there is a clear progression pathway for those who want to move up the career ladder.”

Andrew Bridge, Managing Partner at Fisher German, started as a graduate himself before working his way up to the top of the firm and has always encouraged staff to realise their ambitions at the company.

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He said: “At Fisher German, we are committed to improving our colleagues’ career prospects by offering clear pathways for progression and supporting them with important qualifications.

“I know first-hand that you can go far at Fisher German if you put the work in, and this is still true today.

“If graduates have the drive and the attitude to succeed, they will do so at Fisher German, and our record intake this year underlines our commitment to nurturing the next generation of talent.”

By Peter Davison

Peter Davison is deputy editor of The Business Magazine. He has spent his life in journalism – doing work experience in newsrooms in and around Bristol while still at school, and landing his first job on a local newspaper aged 19. By 28 he was the youngest newspaper editor in the country.

An early advocate of online news, he spent the first years of the 2000s telling his bosses that the internet posed both the biggest opportunity and greatest threat to the newspaper industry and the art of journalism. He was right on both counts.

Since 2006 he has enjoyed a career as a freelance journalist. He lives in rural Wiltshire with one wife, two children, and three cats.