JAMIE Batt has just joined the team at Greenslade Taylor Hunt’s Yeovil office as an assistant land agent.

Welcoming his appointment, Justin Lowe MRICS, Partner at the Yeovil office said: “We are delighted to have Jamie on board at Yeovil. He brings with him a wealth of farming experience and eagerness and will undoubtedly become a popular member of the team of auctioneers at Sedgemoor Market. Jamie will be assisting me with all aspects of farm and rural property agency in Somerset and Dorset whilst he undertakes his APC training with us.”

Jamie has a degree in Rural Enterprise and Land Management from Harper Adams University. The four-year course included a placement year in industry in Welshpool.

Jamie, from East Harptree, near Cheddar, said: “I have always been involved in agriculture through working on the family farm and became interested in the land agency profession through going to the local livestock markets, seeing the auctioneers in action.”

In his spare time Jamie enjoys sport, in particular tennis, badminton and running. He has completed the Bath and Reading Half marathons this year and took part in the Great North Run last weekend.

He also enjoys showing his own and his family’s cattle at local shows.