Bruton Knowles has been appointed on three regional panels of the Government’s prized Estates Professional Services framework, which provides public sector bodies with a ‘one stop shop’ solution for professional property related services.

Of the eight regional panels up for grabs, Bruton Knowles has been appointed on East and West Midlands, North East, Wales and South West.

The framework is part of the Crown Commercial Service’s drive to streamline its occupational estate and reduce its spending and has been designed to provide all central government departments, devolved administrations and wider public sectors with a simplified means of sourcing estate-related services to support the delivery of property requirements and projects.

Nick Worman, Associate at  Bruton Knowles’ Cardiff office, said: "Our appointment to the Estates Professional Services framework represents confidence in our ability to consistently deliver high quality advice from our national network of offices.

“This is a key part of our plan to further extend our reach within the public sector through our expanding service offering."

Property-related services that will be available through the framework includes Estate Management, Strategic Advice, Development Consultancy, Acquisition and Disposal of Property, Building Surveying Services, Lease advisory, Business Rates, Telecoms, Valuations, Planning, CPO and Agricultural Services.

Nick said: “Bruton Knowles is well placed to help reduce the size of the estate, exit inefficient leases, reduce running costs, and release capital while at the same time support the government’s sustainability agenda.”

The framework will run for four years.