Charlotte Newton, a surveyor with Vickers & Barrass, has passed her APC (Assessment of Professional Competence) to become a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Working for County Durham based land agents and chartered surveyors Vickers & Barrass, she has achieved her success after two years of tough professional study. Candidates must submit a thesis and are subject to a panel interview for their final APC assessment – Charlotte Newton’s area of interest is valuation and agriculture tenancies, which she covered in her presentation.
She now plans to develop her career further specialising in valuations, landlord and tenant matters, town and country planning and agricultural subsidies and grants among other matters.
Charlotte Newton, who’s parents farm at Greenfields near Bishop Auckland, works alongside Vickers & Barrass’ professional team. She said: “I am delighted to have attained professional accreditation so quickly in my career.
“Farmers and landowners across the north of England face a number of difficult rural and business issues on a daily basis, so my I’m looking forward to continuing to provide them with the best possible professional advice and expertise that I can.”
Vickers & Barrass currently operate from offices at Tow Law and Crook with an office at Darlington Farmers’ Auction Mart on sale days. The firm will occupy a new office in the Humbleton Park Auction Centre building, which is on track to open in Spring 2020 and is seen as an exciting opportunity grow and develop the company’s profile further.
Adam Barrass, rural chartered surveyor and practice manager at Vickers & Barrass, said: “APC, which paves the way to RICS membership, is a demanding programme of on the job training covering all the skills required to be a chartered surveyor.”
Charlotte Newton has a degree in Rural Enterprise and Land Management (REALM) from Harper Adams University in Shropshire.