DUE to ongoing expansion in Scotland and in the north of England, Harrison and Hetherington has recently appointed a Managing Director for its growing land agency business, Harrison and Hetherington Land and Property Ltd.
James Murphy, who joined the business last October to open a new office and establish a team in the Scottish Borders at Newtown St Boswells, took over the role at the beginning of the month.
Having previously worked as Head of Estates for the ANM Group, James now assumes responsibility for overseeing the company’s growth and performance across the North of England and Southern Scotland from its four main offices at Carlisle, Durham, Kendal and St. Boswells.
Describing the breadth of the company’s work and his aims going forward James says:
“At the moment the farming economy is reasonably positive but it will soon have to address the inevitable consequences of Brexit which will mean big changes for farmers. I know that as a company with a very strong team, offering an extensive of range of professional agricultural and rural services, we are ideally positioned to advise our customers on whatever the eventual replacement is for the Common Agricultural Policy and what the implications on their business might be.
“To support H&H Land and Property’s ongoing expansion, I will be working closely with all of our Land Agency and Estate Agency offices ensuring that I have an in depth understanding of our customers across all industry sectors and geographical areas.”
Brian Richardson, Chief Executive Officer of H&H Group PLC, explains: “James has a clear remit to build on the highly qualified team we have within the business to ensure that we support farmers and the wider community across the areas in which we operate. Since he joined the company he has been busy establishing the Newtown St. Boswells office, which held its formal opening at the end of March, marking the completion of a four office network with its hub at Carlisle.
“As a Group we are working to significantly grow all our businesses in the coming years and are looking forward to the future with confidence and build upon the excellent base with strong teams in each of our four offices.”