According to the firm, over the last six months its workforce has grown 20% and 40 new staff have joined, with 34 of those sittings within one of four national teams – Utilities and Infrastructure, Building Consultancy, Commercial, and Valuation.

Utilities and Infrastructure is its fastest growing division, according to the firm, and had an 38% increase to its workforce representing 15 hires.

12 have joined Valuation, four Building Consultancy and three Commercial.

The remaining six new starters moved into corporate, rural and planning roles.

“Over the course of 2022, we want to maintain momentum by welcoming more new recruits and coaching all our staff along the way. Enabling them to realise their career aspirations whilst delivering the best possible advice to our clients is a priority for the business,” says Bruton Knowles HR director Neil Young.

“We look forward to helping to shape the future surveying workforce as the profession moves into a new era of delivery.”