Darren joined Christie + Co’s Birmingham office as a valuer in 2001 and moved to Leeds in 2004 as Valuation Services Manager. He went on to be appointed as the Location Manager of the Leeds office in 2005 before making the move to London in 2007 to take up the position of national head of Valuation Services.

During his time at Christie + Co, he has worked on a variety of valuation projects on a local, regional and national scale, gaining substantial experience across all six of our trading sectors. Darren studied for a degree in Urban Land Economics in Sheffield and is an MRICS qualified Chartered Surveyor.

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Simon originally joined Christie + Co in 1983 at our Ipswich Office and then moved to the Bristol Office when it opened. Simon left Christie + Co to expand his working knowledge in both London and the Midlands and rejoined Christie + Co in 1996, initially in the London Office covering pub sales in the capital and the South East. He moved to the Maidstone Office in 1998 to assist in its opening and has been involved in the sale of many pub and restaurants in the South East since then.

Simon was made a Director of Christie + Co in 2005 and moved to the Corporate Division to develop our coverage of the southern area. With over 20 years' experience in the public houses sector, Simon has a long pedigree in the marketplace. Recent projects include new lettings campaigns for Charles Wells and Hall & Woodhouse.

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Norman qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 1972 and was elected a Fellow in November 1983. He has been involved with the valuation of licensed properties since 1972. He joined Scottish & Newcastle in 1972 as an Estates Manager and was also Property Director of Drybrough & Co Ltd (the Scottish Brewing Division of Grand Metropolitan) covering the whole of Scotland and North East England. He joined Christie + Co in 1987 in the Edinburgh Office to set up the Valuations Division and was appointed a Director in June 1994.

Norman is a member of the Panel of Arbiters and Experts appointed by the Chairman of the RICS in Scotland to handle referrals on rent reviews, with a particular specialisation in public houses, restaurants, nightclubs, hotels and leisure businesses. He has acted as Expert Witness in matters of dispute, which have been adjudicated in the Court of Session in Scotland and the High Courts In England.

Norman is considered to be the most experienced Chartered Surveyor specialising in the leisure industry in Scotland.

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Chris Day joined Christie + Co in 1985 and, having worked in the Manchester, Birmingham and London Offices, was appointed Managing Director in 1993. He has overall responsibility for all Christie + Co's specialist transactional and advisory activities. Chris has overseen the successful expansion of Christie + Co into a truly pan European firm, which currently has 17 offices in the UK and 11 International offices.

Based in the London office, Chris has particular responsibility for our international operations and he travels regularly. He specialises in the sale and valuation of hotels, public houses and restaurants and has led teams handling numerous disposal and valuation assignments for many high profile clients.

Chris commenced his career in the property profession in 1975, qualifying as a Chartered Surveyor in 1980. In recent years he was Chairman of the Central London Branch of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, and was also a member of the Surveyors Panel advising the British Association of Hotel Accountants on the measurement of the Tangible Fixed Assets for the Hotel industry.

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Stuart joined Christie + Co in 1988 from Barclays Bank and opened and managed the new Glasgow Office in 1989. After successfully establishing the office he moved over to a similar role in Edinburgh in 1995 and at the start of 2005 assumed management responsibility for the Agency and Valuation divisions of both Scottish offices.

Stuart has an overview of all our sectors with agency experience particularly in Hotels and Care. Stuart was also seconded to our Paris Office for 8 months during 2002/2003.He has a wide range of experience and more recently acted on a number of Corporate Hotel assignments including WA Shearings. Within Scotland, clients have included Milton Hotels. Stuart was also instrumental in the deal where Swallow bought 20 hotels from NBTG in 2005 – one of the biggest ever Scottish Hotel transactions.

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Simon joined Christie + Co in 1987 from the hotel industry and has worked in our Nottingham, Glasgow, Bristol and London Offices. He was previously Office Manager at both Bristol and London and now has specific responsibility for our agency and professional services activity across our 16 UK regional offices. Simon has a broad knowledge of all our sectors, especially hotels, where he has worked with major clients such as Hilton, Whitbread, Marston Hotels and the Pederson Group.

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Anthony originally joined Christie + Co in the mid ‘80s as a pubs negotiator, where he was instrumental in establishing the company’s name in the Midlands. Anthony moved from Christie + Co in 1990 to take up an opportunity outside of the property market, from there he moved on to work for a firm of Chartered Surveyors, where he continued to specialise in the licensed industry. Anthony has recently returned to Christie + Co, working from the Ipswich office, he is responsible for managing relationships with Christie + Co’s corporate clients in the Midlands and East Anglia.

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Rob joined Christie + Co in 2008 after working for five years overseeing acquisitions at a national specialist firm of licensed property surveyors based in London. Prior to this he spent five years as Acquisitions Manager at Mitchells & Butlers, the quoted pub and casual-dining group, which operates over 2,000 outlets across the UK, and facilitated the expansion of a number of its well-known brands including All Bar One and Harvester. Before joining M&B Robert spent 13 years working in the business property market for a number of national specialist firms.

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Noel, a Chartered Surveyor, has been Involved in the valuation and agency of licensed premises since 1996, initially in our Birmingham Office. He re-joined Christie + Co in 2002, working in the northern area, responsible for our corporate pub work out of our Newcastle, Leeds, Manchester, Nottingham and Birmingham Offices.

Noel’s primary roles have focused on the strategic reviews of portfolios for the likes of Marston's, Unique, Whitbread and S&N Retail. He is also actively involved in assisting clients who own sites which are suitable for conversion or redevelopment for higher alternative use.

Noel is also instrumental in the daily management and regular portfolio reviews of group disposals for Enterprise Inns, Admiral Taverns and Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries.

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Stephen Owens joined Christie + Co in January 2008 as Head of Rent Reviews, based at the Leeds office. Stephen joined from a national specialist firm of licensed property surveyors where he was Divisional Director based at the Leeds office, responsible for professional valuation matters. Stephen has over 25 years experience in the licensed property sector, including working for Yates Group PLC as Head of Acquisitions and Property, together with various estate management and acquisition roles with Joshua Tetley & Son, Allied Domecq Retailing and John Smiths Tadcaster Brewery. Stephen is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and on the RICS Panel of Arbitrators and Panel of Independent Experts, who are called upon to resolve rent review disputes.

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Jon joined Christie + Co in 1984 and has extensive experience of the sale and valuation of leisure businesses, together with the development of leisure and hospitality property involving both solus and mixed-use schemes. He has worked in our Leeds, Newcastle and London Offices, being instrumental in the development of our corporate pubs business in the early 1990s. In 1995 Jon established Christie + Co’s Leisure and Development business working throughout the UK with numerous operators, developers and investors including the likes of Academy Leisure, Aprirose, BDL Hotels, Berkeley Group, Candu, Clermont Leisure, CTP St James, Esporta, Harrison Developments, Jurys Doyle Hotels, Kew Green Hotels, McAleer & Rushe, Moto Hospitality, Muse Developments, Neptune Developments, Nexum, Opus Land, Oxford Hotels, Regent Inns, Rushbond, St Modwen, Starboard Hotels, and Urban Splash.

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David joined Christie + Co in 1972 and was Managing Director prior to the formation of Christie Group in 1985 when he was appointed Group Managing Director and later Chief Executive. David is Chairman of Christie + Co and has many years’ experience in the sale and valuation of businesses. In particular, he has extensive experience of the hotel sector worldwide.

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Brian joined Christie + Co in September 1991 having previously gained considerable experience in both the Property and Banking Sectors. He has been based at the Glasgow Office for approximately 16 years, concentrating primarily on projects within the Licensed Sectors — namely Bars, Restaurants and Hotels. Brian was made a Director of Christie + Co in December 2002 and was recently appointed Agency Director for Scotland. Working across Christie + Co’s offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow, Brian oversees the Agency activity throughout all sectors, with particular emphasis on the development of our licensed business.

Glasgow Office >

James heads up Christie + Co’s Pubs, Bars, Restaurants & Corporate Valuations Team, specialising in the valuation and portfolios and high value single assets. He joined the company in 1991 and moved to the London office in 1999.

James’s pub clients include Marston’s, Enterprise, Punch and Regent Inns and within the Restaurant sector he acts for Tragus, Living Ventures and Paramount. As well as advising operators which means he frequently works with major banks, Private Equity and Venture Capitalists including Duke Street Capital, aAIM, The Royal Bank of Scotland and Barclays.

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Martin joined Christie + Co’s Corporate Pub Team in January 2008.

Martin works closely with the locally based pub colleagues in the Christie + Co Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle offices. Martin is responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with the local Christie + Co offices and the regional and national pub companies operating across the North East and North West.

Before joining Christie + Co, Martin worked for Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises as an Acquisitions Manager, prior to which he was employed by a leading firm of specialist licensed surveyors and valuer’s. Martin is also an experienced agent and has worked on a variety of major letting campaigns and disposals projects on a local, regional and national scale..

Leeds Office >

Peter qualified as an Associate of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in 1975 and has specialised in licensed property since 1977. He originally joined Christie + Co in 1996 based at the Milton Keynes Office, having previously worked for companies such as Allied Breweries, Grand Metropolitan Estates and Erdman Lewis. Peter re-joined Christie + Co in 2004 to be based in our London Office undertaking valuations, rent reviews and lease renewals, principally on behalf of corporate clients in connection with public houses, restaurants and hotels. In 1995 Peter was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. In 2001, Peter attained a Post Graduate Diploma in Arbitration from the College of Estate Management and is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is on the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' Panel of Arbitrators and Panel of Independent Expert and is appointed in these capacities to resolve rent review disputes.

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