Residential Property Services     City auction injects light into property market gloom An auction sale in Norwich today injected some hope back in to the property market. It was standing room only at the 15 lot Brown & Co summer property auction at the Maid’s Head Hotel. 19.06.08     Rental market gathers strength With the recent slowdown in the residential property market, more and more people are turning to the rental market, says ARLA member Jacqui Marriot of Brown & Co’s Brigg office. 8.05.08     Brown & Co expands and moves in King’s Lynn Due to continuing expansion, Brown & Co King’s Lynn residential office has relocated to a prestige position overlooking the town’s historic Tuesday Market Place. The move coincides with the launch of a new residential lettings service. 30.04.08     College Road star lot of spring auction It was standing room only as prospective buyers, vendors and their solicitors packed Brown & Co’s spring auction in Norwich last week. Auctioneer and chartered surveyor Peter Hornor reports that after plenty of brisk bidding nine of the ten lots on offer fell to the hammer, while a building plot at Rackheath on the edge of the city narrowly missed its reserve but was sold later that day by private treaty. 2.04.08     Taking Brown & Co properties to London As more and more Londoners look to escape the Capital in search of a quieter life, Brown & Co’s is taking its properties to London exhibiting at the exclusive Move to the Country show in Battersea next month. 19.02.08     Spiders to help sell houses! In a bid to give its house sellers and landlords the edge, Brown & Co is among the first property agent in East Anglia and the East Midlands to sponsor Globrix – a new Google like website developed especially for residential property. 08.02.08     Brown & Co target Suffolk residential property market Targeting the mid to upper end of the residential property market, Brown & Co’s has opened a dedicated residential property sales office in Bury St Edmunds and appointed experienced agent Craig Gausden to run it. 01.10.07     Blue Coat Charity farmhouse to be auctioned A Blue Coat Charity farmhouse at Barton upon Humber with exceptional views is coming under the hammer with property and business consultants Brown & Co next month.   The three bedroom farmhouse and traditional farm buildings are set in approximately 3.25 acres of land and offers great potential for renovation and improvement. 20.09.07     Nina appointed senior sales negotiator at Fakenham Nina Davies has been appointed senior sales negotiator at Brown & Co’s Fakenham residential property office. 20.09.07     Manager appointed at Brown & Co’s new residential office Suzy Martin has been appointed residential manager at Brown & Co’s new King’s Lynn residential property office in King Street. 17.09.07     Brown & Co appoints residential sales manager Experienced property agent, Tim Wicks, has been appointed to the new position of residential sales manager at Brown & Co’s flagship Norwich residential property office. 31.08.07     Prestigious barn conversion in prize location Manor Grange, a prestigious barn conversion with superb views in the hamlet of Gelston, near to Grantham, has come to the market with Brown & Co for over £1 million. 2.08.07     Full house at Brown & Co Norfolk auction It was standing room only at Brown & Co's summer auction last Friday at the Maid's Head in Norwich.   In a room full of 200 people, brisk bidding resulted in all eight Lots being sold. 18.06.07     Idyllic family home with garden of national repute Nestling in the heart of a Nottinghamshire conservation village, a charming five bedroom detached family home with a stunning garden of national repute has come to the market with Brown & Co for £450,000. 29.05.07     Senior negotiator appointed at Brown & Co’s Holt office Experienced estate agent and sales professional Jane Stolworthy has been appointed senior negotiator at Brown & Co’s Holt residential sales and lettings office. 11.04.07     Luxury Caribbean retreat with growing rental income A luxury get away in two acres of secluded tropical gardens, Brigand Hill on the west coast of St Lucia offers potential as a business, an investment or as a highly desirable second home. 30.03.07

Commercial   Region’s industrial property owners to face higher bills Industrial property owners will soon be faced with increased bills for empty properties, warns Brown & Co commercial agent, James Cameron. 21.08.08 Experienced commercial agent joins Brown & Co’s Grantham team Chartered surveyor and commercial property specialist James Cameron has joined Brown & Co’s Grantham based commercial team. 13.08.08 Brown & Co opens Polish commercial property office UK based property and business consultants Brown & Co have opened a new dedicated commercial office in Poznan, a city with a population of 600,000 in west-central Poland. 7.08.08 Planning consent for new premium quality King's Lynn business park Artisan (UK) Developments Ltd, the Huntingdon based business park developer, today announces it has received planning consent to develop ‘Regis Place’, a 2.5-acre purpose-designed mixed-use development in the heart of the North Lynn business area. 1.07.08 ‘Little Melton Food Park’ – new home for region’s food businesses Little Melton Food Park, a quality purpose built 25-acre food production facility close to Norwich, is now offering flexible accommodation suitable for a wide range of food manufacturers and processors via commercial agent Brown & Co. 24.04.08 Prime greenfield Notts development site with inherent qualities A major greenfield residential development site on the northern edge of Nottingham, with outline planning consent for 390 homes, has come to the market with Brown & Co. 21.01.08 New £20m Grantham employment & distribution scheme Norwich based Steeple Court has submitted a planning application to South Kesteven District Council for the first phase of a new employment and distribution scheme at Vantage Park. 27.11.07 Historic almshouses come to market Former Nottingham almshouses, originally built to house veterans of the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny, have come to the open market for the first time. 2.5.07 Spotlight on King's Lynn John Weston, of Brown & Co, reports on the fortunes of major public and private sector projects in the town over the past six months, a period which has seen considerable activity in a number of areas. 24.4.07 Bowthorpe Hall sold to local developer Bowthorpe Hall, previously owned by the Bell Educational Trust, has been sold by Brown & Co to local developer Dencora. 6.4.07 Tim Humphrey heads up Spalding commercial department Tim Humphrey BSc MSc MRICS has been appointed head of the commercial department at the Spalding office of property and business consultants Brown & Co. 6.3.07 Wingland sells to UK developer The Wingland Enterprise Park in Sutton Bridge, with a guide price of £2.1 million, has been sold by Brown & Co to a UK developer of industrial estates. 11.01.07 Graduate commercial surveyor appointment Lucy McNamara has been appointed a graduate commercial surveyor at property and business consultants Brown & Co. 27.12.06

Land Agency     James Walton appointed graduate land agent at Brown & Co Graduate land agent James Walton has joined Brown & Co’s expanding land agency team based in Grantham. 13.08.08 Two-tier Lincolnshire land market emerging A two-tier land market is emerging in the East Midlands, according to land agent Will Parry, of Brown & Co’s Grantham office. 4.08.08 Inaugural Sale in the Vale Despite the forecast of heavy showers, a good crowd gathered at Sedgebrook for Brown & Co‘s inaugural Sale in the Vale Collective Auction of farm machinery and implements last week. 20.06.08 Versatile land and traditional barn for sale at Boxted Over 100 hectares (255 acres) of versatile arable land, plus a traditional Essex barn with development potential (subject to planning), has come to the market with the Bury St Edmunds office of Brown & Co. 17.06.08 Sizeable productive South Lincs farm comes to market One of the most significant residential farms to come to the open market in South Lincolnshire recently, Waite Farm at Thornton Le Fen near Boston is being offered for sale by the Spalding office of Brown & Co. 16.06.08 North Lincolnshire tractor goes to Ireland One of the star lots from Brown & Co’s latest machinery auction, held last week at Messingham, in North Lincolnshire, fell under the hammer to a Southern Irish buyer. 27.05.08 Help at hand for rural business borrowing In response to the credit crunch and hardening of the mortgage lending market, some rural investors are finding it more difficult to borrow the capital they require, says land agent Charlie Bryant, of Brown & Co’s Spalding office. 27.05.08 Strong commodity prices encourage bold bidding With spring cultivations all but finished, a large crowd gathered at the Old Foundry in Brigg, North Lincolnshire, for Brown & Co’s 26th Annual Collective Machinery Auction last Saturday. 20.05.08 Combine star lot at Norfolk auction A John Deere combine proved the star lot at Brown & Co’s machinery sale at Frith Farm, Great Moulton near Diss, last week fetching over £43,000. 23.04.08 Good time to sell second hand farm machinery “The recent rise in commodity prices is giving arable farmers the confidence to make greater investment in machinery,” says auctioneer Ken Pritchard of Brown & Co. “Many of the region’s farmers are taking the opportunity to upgrade to more technologically advanced and larger models enabling them to take advantage of economies of scale.” 21.04.08 Fierce bidding for Belton farm Over 150 people packed out Belton Public Hall last week (25 March) for the Brown & Co auction of West Acres Farm. 31.03.08 Fierce bidding at organic farm machinery sale Over 400 farmers and dealers from across the UK descended on Manor Farm at Lessingham in Norfolk yesterday, leading to fierce bidding at Brown & Co’s sale of farm machinery and livestock equipment. 14.3.08 Unrivalled Fen Drayton development opportunity Ridgeleys Farm, a unique development opportunity in Fen Drayton offering a Georgian farmhouse in need of renovation, a barn for conversion and the option to build an additional three residential properties, has come to the market with the King’s Lynn office of Brown & Co. 7.3.08 Fierce bidding at Lincolnshire farm machinery auction Over 350 potential buyers from across the UK, and from as far a field as Poland, turned out to Brown & Co’s machinery auction at Willowdene Farm, Friskney, last Thursday (21 February). 26.2.08 N Lincs farm to fall to the hammer in March A productive 111 acre (45ha) arable farm with two residential properties on the edge of Belton, west of Scunthorpe, is being put up for public auction next month. 25.2.08 CGT changes deal major blow to agriculture The Chancellor finally declared his hand regarding changes to the capital gains tax rules last week dealing a major blow for agriculture, says land agent Charles Birch of Brown & Co. 28.1.08 Lots for sale at Gainsborough At a time when demand for land in the region is outstripping supply, Brown & Co is expecting plenty of interest in 90 acres (36ha) of arable land near Gainsborough, which is offered for sale in seven lots. 15.1.08 Chris Purllant joins Brown & Co’s Land agent Chris Purllant BSc MRICS has joined property and business consultants Brown & Co’s expanding King’s Lynn rural team. 15.1.08 Bring land forward in good time says Brown & Co 2007 has been a year of rising prices in the land market at levels pretty much unprecedented, says land agent Robert Fairey, of Brown & Co.   Now with sweeping changes likely to the capital gains tax rules in April, he urges landowners contemplating a sale or transfer to the next generation to bring land forward in good time over winter. 19.12.07 More machinery falling to the hammer Reflecting back over the year, Brown & Co auctioneer Ken Pritchard says farm machinery auctions are on the rise and reports an increase in prices fetched at the fall of the hammer. 17.12.07 Wheat price hike encourages bold bidding A large crowd, and strong bidding, at Brown & Co’s machinery auction at Rowley Farm, near Swaffham, saw a Claas Lexion combine fetch over £35k. 29.11.07 New York auction pulls in the crowds A snow flurry early in the day failed to deter a crowd of several hundred gathering at Dovecote Hall Farm, at Thornton-le-Fen near New York, last Friday for Brown & Co’s dispersal sale of farm machinery and equipment. 27.11.07 Chill wind, hot trade! Blue skies and a chill wind greeted the large crowd that gathered at Nocton Estate last Thursday for Brown & Co’s auction of arable machinery and equipment. 21.11.07 New life breathed in to vintage auction Twenty-five vintage tractors, dating back to 1943, headlined Brown & Co’s machinery auction at the 5th Newark Vintage Tractor & Heritage Show last Saturday. 12.11.07 Confident bidding for quality farm machinery With the autumn cultivations finished, an excellent crowd gathered in the sunshine last week at Home Farm, East Winch near King’s Lynn, for Brown & Co’s machinery auction. 7.11.07 Brown & Co expand King’s Lynn land agency team Land agent Mary Ralph MRICS (nee Hecks) has joined property and business consultants Brown & Co’s expanding King’s Lynn based team. 1.11.07 Lots welcomed for collective machinery sale Further entries are being invited for Brown & Co and Peacock and Binnington’s annual Winter Collective Machinery Auction, in Brigg, this month (November). 29.10.07 Cumbrian stock rearing investment opportunity A versatile and attractive stock rearing farm near Kendal, in Cumbria – offering an excellent investment opportunity – is being offered for sale by informal tender by Brown & Co. 24.10.07 CGT shake up set to hit landowners In his ‘pre-budget statement’ this week, the Chancellor suggested sweeping changes are likely to capital gains tax rules in April.  Charles Birch, of Brown & Co, believes these look set to cause a radical upset from agriculture’s viewpoint. 12.10.07 Outstanding auction land fetches up to £10,100/acre Tuesday evening saw a packed Barley Mow, at Friskney, for Brown & Co’s auction of 258 acres of Lincolnshire’s highest quality agricultural land, including outstanding toft silt. 28.09.07 Sunshine brings auction crowds out to Thetford A good crowd gathered in the sunshine yesterday at Catsholme Farm, at Methwold Hythe, near Thetford, for Brown & Co’s machinery auction. 19.09.07 Opportunity without equal in Norfolk’s Chelsea-on-Sea An exceptional development and investment opportunity very close to Burnham Market - Norfolk’s Chelsea-on-Sea - has come to the market with a guide price in excess of £2.5 million and is expected to attract international interest. 7.09.07 Suffolk free range egg farm comes to market Park Farm, Syleham, an attractive residential farm on the Norfolk/Suffolk border with a large well-equipped free-range egg production unit, has come to the market with Brown & Co’s Norwich office.  30.08.07 Arable farm & fishing lake come to market A good quality, well-farmed block of irrigated Cambridgeshire arable land, with a fishing lake, has come to the market with Brown & Co’s King’s Lynn office.  28.08.07 Attractive West Norfolk farm comes to market At a time when the market is hungry for East Anglian residential farms, joint agents Maxey & Son and Brown & Co are offering Home Farm, at East Winch in West Norfolk, with a guide price of £1.475 million.  13.07.07 Warm weather, hot trade Only a couple of passing airplanes interrupted the strong bidding at Brown & Co machinery auction at Southfield Farm Kirmington, adjacent to Humberside Airport, earlier this week. 14.06.07 Valuable fenland farm comes to market Brown & Co’s King’s Lynn office is bringing forward a top quality, well-farmed block of irrigated black Fen at Wissington, near Downham Market in Norfolk. 25.05.07 Machinery auction looks ahead to next 25 years Auctioneers Brown & Co and machinery agents Peacock and Binnington celebrated 25 years of their Annual Collective Machinery auction at Brigg with a dinner at the Courtyard Barn Restaurant at Elsham Hall. 23.05.07 Hundreds turn out for Auction Despite heavy over night heavy rain the weather cleared and over four hundred farmers and dealers from across the UK and Ireland took time out to attend Brown and Co’s farm machinery auction at Sewstern, near Grantham yesterday. Two quality fenland farms for sale In a land market where demand continues to outstrip supply, land agent Jim Major of Brown & Co is predicting a high level of interest in Willow and West Fen farms, two highly productive Cambridgeshire arable farms that are up for sale. 10.04.07 Fine weather does not dampen auction crowd Despite the exceptionally fine weather, several hundred farmers and dealers from across the UK and Ireland took time out to attend Brown and Co’s farm machinery auction at Pond Farm, Toft Monks, near Loddon in Norfolk, this week. 15.03.07 Land values up Land values in South Lincolnshire, the Fens of Cambridgeshire and West Norfolk have risen significantly over the past twelve months, according to Land Agent Tom White, of Property and Business Consultants Brown & Co. 14.03.07 Land values on the up Land values in Norfolk and the fens of Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire have risen by 10-25% over the past twelve months, according to land agent Jim Major of property and business consultants Brown & Co.  Land in Norfolk is now rarely changing hands for less than £4,000/acre. 25.02.07 Park Farm Donington snapped up by Irish buyers Having attracted considerable interest, Park Farm Donington, near Spalding, has sold well in excess of its guide price to Irish buyers. 12.02.07 Land agent appointment for Brown & Co Experienced East Anglian land agent, Sarah Land, has joined property and business consultants Brown & Co as a senior associate. 27.12.06 Three reunited after two decades The acquisition of the rural land agency practice of Robin Lansdell by Brown & Co sees three former colleagues reunited again in King's Lynn after almost twenty years. 10.12.06 Cars made from starch Lincs farmers urged to think laterally Speaking at a packed seminar at Belton Woods, Grantham, former NFU president Sir Ben Gill urged the region's farmers to think laterally. 30.11.06 Benchmarking to sweeten sugar margins By benchmarking UK sugar beet production, business consultants Brown & Co are helping farmers to analyse and reduce production costs and sweeten returns. 30.10.06

Agricultural Business   Consultancy   Livestock farmers to take full force of NVZ changes Livestock farmers will feel the most pain in regard to defra’s new Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZ) proposals, warns Nick Steed, environmental consultant with Brown & Co.  12.08.08 Brown & Co opens office in Argentina Brown & Co’s has expanded its international land agency and farm management/ consultancy services to South America, opening a brokerage and consultancy business in conjunction with Argentine partners this summer.  03.07.08 Sugar beet prices will make no profit contribution Following the recent foray of communication from the NFU and British Sugar, Charles Whitaker of Brown & Co advises farmers to think carefully before committing to sugar beet for the ‘09 season.  03.07.08 Review insurance as crime wave hits agriculture With the current crime wave hitting agriculture in this region, farmers should take steps to make sure they are adequately insured, urges land agent Chris Purllant, of Brown & Co’s King’s Lynn office.  24.06.08 Take control of your cereal prices A unique new independent crop risk management package – incorporating comprehensive training and optional ongoing specialist advice – is to be launched at Cereals 2008 by agricultural business consultants Brown & Co. 11.06.08 2009 - consider land use options carefully Arable farmers must not be seduced by theoretical margins and consider ‘09 land use options carefully, warns Brown & Co agricultural business consultant Charles Whitaker. 11.06.08 Derbyshire farmer embraces new role advising others Well known Derbyshire hill farmer and previous NFU county chair Andrew Critchlow has joined property and business consultants Brown & Co. 30.05.08 All-important May 15 deadline looms As the all-important May 15 deadline approaches, farmers and growers should be turning their attention to completing their 2008 SP5 forms while taking note of important changes, says Edward Blundy of Brown & Co’s Spalding office. 20.04.08 James Brown joins King’s Lynn business consultancy team James Brown has been appointed a trainee farm business consultant at Brown & Co’s King’s Lynn office. 20.03.08 NFU adviser Martin Newton joins Brown & Co Having provided legal and technical advice to farmers and landowners as an NFU Callfirst adviser – on topics ranging from cross compliance to water and drainage –Martin Newton has joined the business consultancy team of Brown & Co.  10.03.08 Business Link helps land based businesses grow A major Business Link contract to bolster the flow and provision of information to the region’s farmers, growers and other land based businesses has been awarded by the East Midlands Development Agency (emda) to Brown & Co, in a consortium with Andersons and Ipl.  7.02.08 Food price inflation and farming fortunes Rising food prices are boosting turnovers in some sectors of the region’s farming community, however escalating fuel, chemical and labour costs are eroding a large proportion of the gains, says Paul White of Brown & Co.  5.02.08 Wolds Fresh Start Academy to tackle succession A Fresh Start Academy for the Wolds, being launched at Bishop Burton College, aims to help tackle succession in the region’s farming community.  21.01.08 Cycling duo raise over £10,500 for Macmillan Having pedalled over 500 miles in a week, Brown & Co agricultural business consultant Philip Dunn, and son Ben, presented a cheque for £10,536.48 to Macmillan Cancer Support this week.  28.09.07 Richard Alderson takes on new role with Brown & Co Richard Alderson has taken on a consultancy role with the expanding agricultural business consultancy team at property and business consultants Brown & Co.  20.09.07 Avoid costly cross compliance breaches At busy times of the year, such as during harvesting, some farmers are inadvertently breaching cross compliance regulations which can be a costly mistake, warns Peter Caley of Brown & Co.  28.08.07 Boadicea takes a hold again in East Anglia Global beer consumption rose by 6%* last year and, with a worldwide shortage of hops, Tim Passmore of the Suffolk Hop Company is confident the recently reintroduced crop has a great future in East Anglia.   22.08.07 No more money, no more beet? As routine arable crop margins rise and sugar beet becomes the poor relation, Brown & Co’s Andrew Fundell believes growers should renegotiate and seek an extraordinary price adjustment to help secure the beet area and grower commitment for the future.  25.07.07 Start planning ahead for new grant funding With over £3 billion of new grant funding for farmers and rural businesses on the horizon, agricultural business consultants Brown & Co are urging farmers in North Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire to start planning ahead.  18.07.07 Start planning ahead for new grant funding With over £3 billion of new grant funding for farmers and rural businesses on the horizon, agricultural business consultants Brown & Co urge farmers in the eastern region to start planning ahead.  17.07.07 Brown & Co’s HQ goes carbon neutral Leading by example, the Grantham office of property and business consultants Brown & Co has gone ‘Carbon Neutral’ - offsetting its carbon emissions against a new scheme helping to restore ancient woodlands at Bardney Limewoods near Lincoln. 02.07.07 C footprinting – bottom line benefits to farmers Brown & Co’s new carbon footprinting services for agricultural businesses set out to help reduce energy and CO2 emissions and deliver benefits to the bottom line. 13.06.07 Time running out to tap in to water quality grants Time is running out for Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk farmers and landowners in designated catchment sensitive areas to apply for up to £10,000 grant funding to help reduce the impact of agriculture on the region’s waterways, warns environmental consultant Tony Hargreaves, of Brown & Co. 07.06.07 Rachael joins expanding farms consultancy team Rachael Mowbray has been appointed a trainee agricultural and farm business consultant with the expanding Brigg team of Brown & Co. 17.05.07 Environmental scientist joins Brown & Co Experienced environmental scientist Tony Hargreaves has been appointed to lead a new Environment Team at the Bury St Edmunds office of property and business consultants Brown & Co. 14.05.07 Philip Dunn becomes partner of Brown & Co Farm business consultant Philip Dunn has been made a partner of business and property consultants Brown & Co. 6.04.07 Rob Hughes becomes a partner of Brown & Co Having joined property and business consultants Brown & Co as a farm business consultant in 1995, Rob Hughes has been made a partner of the firm.  6.04.07 Contract farming back in vogue Contract farming is coming back in to fashion according to Rob Hughes, of property and business consultants Brown & Co. 12.03.07 Norfolk farmers scoop Tesco long service award Two neighbouring West Norfolk farmers, operating a joint venture supplying potatoes to Tesco, have been awarded this year’s Grower Long Service Award in recognition of the first class service and quality of their produce. 28.02.07 Brighter future for region’s farmers Paul White of property and business consultants Brown & Co believes a general air of optimism is returning to UK farming but warns there is no room for complacency. 27.12.06 December Energing farm assets Sir Ben Gill, former NFU president, is taking centre stage at two Lincolnshire seminars  – ‘Energising Farming Assets’ – exploring new possibilities for UK farmers aimed at reversing the downward trend in farm incomes.  20.11.06