Richard has over 20 years of commercial property experience and has dealt with major property portfolios across the public and private sectors. He has been working in Yorkshire for the last ten years, handling major disposal programmes for Jarvis Accommodation Services Ltd on behalf of Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council, and also providing in-house property consultancy for The Magnet Group and the Arcadia Group. Prior to that Richard worked for Barclays Bank in property roles spanning the UK.

In his new position at Bruton Knowles, Richard will be providing property expertise for a range of private and public sector clients across Yorkshire and the north east. A key part of his role will be to provide property services for North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) as part of Bruton Knowles’ major five-year outsourcing contract for the management of Estates Services for the Council.

A graduate of Harper Adams University College, Catherine joins Bruton Knowles from Newcastle City Council where she worked for eight years as a senior surveyor. Her public sector experience will be extremely valuable in also supporting the outsourcing contract for North Yorkshire County Council. As part of her new role Catherine is currently engaged in a number of disposals of highways depots and the acquisition of new sites on behalf of the council.

This is in addition to a wide range of work for private clients handling both commercial and rural land and property assets. These currently include the freehold sales of two excellent residential development opportunities at Tindall’s Farm in Osgodby Selby and Fulford Lodge, a detached Victorian building formerly used as offices in Fulford, York.
Commenting on the latest additions to the team, Philip Boothroyd, head of the Northallerton office says: “Richard and Catherine bring a depth and breath of property experience from across the private and public sectors together with strong knowledge of the region, making them great assets and welcome additions to the team. Their individual professional expertise has already begun to enhance our client offering, and we look forward to an exciting year with a very skilled team of professionals on hand to help our public and private sector clients with a wide range of activity.”

Richard Johnson can be contacted on 01609 785715 or via email at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it and Catherine Tweddle can be contacted on 01609 785715 or via email at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it