Chartered Surveyor Sarah Andrews, of Templeton, is all set to help farmers and rural business owners try to break through the bureaucracy barrier as they struggle to restore incomes and employment severely damaged by the foot and mouth disease crisis.

Sarah has been appointed by the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) as its new rural practice surveyor in South and West Wales, with the job of advising CLA members on tackling problems and improving the efficiency of all aspects of land management and rural enterprise.

A major priority of her newly-created role will be to help CLA members overcome the growing tide of red tape and excessive regulation long condemned by the association as a serious blight on rural enterprise, which it now regards as a major barrier to recovery from the foot and mouth disease outbreak.

As well as farming and forestry, Sarah will provide advice on a wide range of issues, such as diversification opportunities, planning applications, building conversions, enterprise grants, landlord/tenant legislation, environmental schemes, mineral rights, and general landownership advice for private small acreage CLA members. Sarah said: We are anxious to make professional advice available as widely as possible to help people make the most of opportunities to re-build or diversify their businesses, create new enterprises and jobs, and help restore prosperity to the rural economy.

Sarah can be contacted via the CLA regional office on 01267 237812