AGRICULTURAL specialist Peter Brown has been made a director at Thomas Westcott, the South West’s fastest-growing independent firm of chartered accountants and business advisers.

Based in the firm’s Holsworthy office, Peter leads Thomas Westcott’s agricultural consultancy team and has been providing technical and business advice to farmers and landowners for more than three decades.

In addition to advising on business planning and cash flow management for agricultural clients, Peter has recently developed a new service to help dairy farmers analyse milk data to increase yields.

Peter joined Thomas Westcott in 2016, having worked for national consultancy firm Genus ABS and bringing a wealth of experience in finance, banking and agricultural consultancy, in the UK and overseas. He grew up all over the world and made Devon his home at the age of 21.

Peter said: “I am delighted that the company has given me this promotion. It reflects the hard work that the whole team has put into building our agricultural consultancy service and will help me to continue to drive it forward.

“The agricultural sector is absolutely vital to the South West’s economy. Farmers need support on a whole range of issues so it is important to have a trusted advisor with sound technical agricultural knowledge as well as financial expertise. Those skills are not easy to find, but I am confident that Thomas Westcott can offer that range of advice.”