As we head into the festive period, we want to thank you for your continued support over the past year and wish you all the best for 2023 when it comes.

Office growth

Savills Newcastle is a growing office dealing with a wide range of property services but primarily focussing on commercial and rural services. Over the past year, the office has expanded its offering, adding Mixed Use Development & Office Agency, Property Management and Forestry service lines. The addition of these new services continue to strengthen the office and mean that we are a true one-stop shop for land owners, house builders and developers located in the heart of Newcastle city centre.

new appointments

As well as the addition of new service lines, the Savills Newcastle has also expanded through a number of new appointments and a recent graduate intake.

Greg Davison joined the Newcastle Development Team in June 2022 to specialise in mixed use development consultancy and office leasing across the North East and Yorkshire. Greg has 20 years’ experience in the North East commercial property industry and has worked on projects including the 580,000 sq ft HMRC North East Regional Hub, Newcastle Helix and Milburngate in Durham.

Nick Bramwell joined the office in September 2022, working across Peter Atkinson’s Investment Team and Richard Scott’s Industrial Agency Team. Nick brings a great deal of commercial property experience in the region having previously been named North East Dealmaker of the Year.  

Tim Matthews, who was previously based in the Savills Leeds office, has now moved to the Newcastle office. Working closely with colleagues in Leeds, Tim specialises in the management of retail and commercial properties located across the North of England.

Luke Hemmings joined the office in January 2022 as part of the Northern Forestry team. Luke, who previously worked with the Forestry Commission, has specialisms in woodland creation, planting and securing public and private sector finance to enable landowners to effectively achieve their woodland based objectives.

Joey Dunn has joined the Rural Management Team as a Surveyor and Becky Brown (Talent Resourcer), Julie Anderson and Kim Hudson (both Property Administrators) have also joined the office to support the ABS, Food and Farming and both Rural Management and Rural Professional teams.

Sean Rawling joined the Planning team in September 2022. Sean, joined Savills from AECOM and brings experience of working and advising across a wide range of planning matters in both urban and rural environments. Sean is also able to provide specialist advice on the historic environment and produce heritage statements to support planning and listed building consent applications

Several of the teams have also taken on graduates. This includes:

• Emma Young, Graduate Surveyor (Property Management/ Development)
• Oliver Bartles-Smith, Graduate Surveyor (Industrial Agency/ Capital Markets)
• Emily Hindle, Graduate Planner (Planning)
• Megan Harvey, Sandwich Placement Student (Rural Management)
• Abi Wilkes, Sandwich Placement Student (Property Management)

OFFICE ACTIVITY

In September the Savills Newcastle and Carlisle offices came together to walk 10 miles along Hadrian's Wall, crossing the Cumbrian and Northumbrian border as part of a national rural division charity campaign supporting YoungMinds.

If we drove between all of the Savills Rural offices from Inverness to Truro, the journey would cover 1,900 miles. Our challenge is for everyone to collectively cover this mileage in any sustainable way, such as walking, jogging, cycling, paddle boarding or roller skating, raising money for each mile covered, which will form part of our donation to YoungMinds. We've raised over £5,500 so far and you can donate by clicking this link.