A Cautionary Tale

1st August 2005 - T. Wyn Jones

Property researchers may not agree the precise figures, but one thing is for certain: the property market has cooled considerably with it being positively flat in some areas. Read more...

Sipp Slowly

1st July 2005 - T. Wyn Jones

The new style Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) will result in significant changes following alterations to be made to legislation from the spring of 2006. The complexity of the private pension provision is seen as a considerable obstacle, and legislation effective from April 2006 should make matters significantly simpler. Additional acceptable investments from this time into a self-invested pension scheme will include residential properties, overseas properties, holiday homes, agricultural land, works of art and even classic cars. Read more...

Entry Level & Higher Entry Level Schemes

30th June 2005

We can prepare a professional application for you and advise on suitable options for your holding. To apply all of your land needs to be registered on the Rural Land Register. For an application form and map please call DEFRA : 0845 6024095. Read more...

Handy Moving Hints

1st June 2005 - T. Wyn Jones

Being completely immersed in the house buying & selling process sometimes you forget that not everybody is as au fait with the current system and associated problems. In fact, for those who have never bought or sold a property the whole process can be quite daunting. Thus I was very interested in a colleague’s guide to the buying & selling process and timetable that should be adhered to – that is in a perfect world. It reads: - Read more...

Tom is Welcomed Aboard

20th May 2005

Tom Carter is the new McCartneys man in Newtown one of their Mid-Wales offices, which compliments their 14 other offices in the 4 Counties of Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire & Powys. Read more...

Open Meeting at Ludlow Livestock Market

3rd May 2005

As part of our on-going commitment to our clients, we would like to cordially invite you to attend an open meeting to be held at Ludlow Livestock Market on Thursday 12th May 2005 at 7.15 pm. Read more...

The Wind Farm Debate - a Load of Hot Air?

1st May 2005 - T. Wyn Jones

While wind farms have begun to look like an endangered species with mounting opposition to individual proposals and considerable critical media coverage all is not as it seems as statistics show that 2005 is set to become a record year for wind energy with a total of eighteen new wind farms being officially commissioned. Read more...

'OH to be in England, Now That April's THERE'...

20th April 2005

'Home thoughts from abroad' is a poem learned by most children at school and no doubt Browning was looking at the English weather with rose coloured spectacles. This last week of typical April weather with strong showers and sunshine was to the fore, when a group of European representatives for livestock markets gathered for their annual conference in Stourport on Severn.

Representatives from most European countries were represented at the event and part of the itinerary was a trip to the farms and estates of South Shropshire to see typical farming in this part of the world.

The group braved an April day of wind and showers on their first visit to Ms. A.E. Williams & Son, Folly Bank, Newcastle on Clun, where a typical upland farm was looked at by the large contingent of foreign representatives and their wives. Some 80 plus people attended the visit, where suckler cows and pedigree sheep were shown to the party by Roger Williams and his son Anthony.

The second visit of the day was to the Earl of Plymouth Estates, Bromfield, where not only the farming was viewed, but also the gravel workings and diversification projects involving conversion of farm buildings into craft workshops.

The trip as far as Shropshire was concerned, finished at Ludlow Livestock market, where delegates looked at the premises and discussed the role of auctioneers in the future.

Pictured: - Robert Whitelock, Chairman, Livestock Auctioneers Association chats to Roger Williams, one of the days hosts, after presenting him with a gift for his mornings hospitality.


Report written by John Uffold (McCartneys Chairman)

Photography by Lillian Tomlinson

Plastic Fantastic.

1st April 2005 - T. Wyn Jones

There is, I am informed a revolution in the house building industry that is coming our way which has passed the necessary tests and certification procedures Read more...

Public Meeting a Success

21st March 2005

McCartneys held the last in their series of public meetings at Bishops Castle Community Hall last Thursday which was well attended with over 100 people enjoying complimentary tee, coffee & biscuits before settling down to the main business of the evening that being the Single Payment Scheme. Read more...