FARMERS’ daughter Rachael Moore is the latest recruit at expanding rural practice chartered surveyors Windle Beech Winthrop, based at Skipton Auction Mart.

Rachael, 28, of Eastburn, has returned to her roots after spending six years with a national firm of chartered surveyors at its offices in Huddersfield and Harrogate.

Her parents Andrew and Linda Moore farm in Brontë country at Stanbury, and Rachael was educated at Oakbank School, Keighley, before gaining a BSc (Hons) degree in Rural Enterprise and Land Management at Harper Adams University College in Shropshire.

She qualified as a chartered surveyor in 2010, becoming a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. In her new role at Windle Beech Winthrop, Rachael will be involved in all rural agency professional dealings, including valuations, landlord and tenant issues, land compensations claims and Single Payment Scheme advice.

Rachael is a probationer member of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers and current secretary of the Craven Grassland Society. Her partner is a local dairy farmer and she enjoys breeding pedigree Texel sheep, being a member the British Texel Sheep Society.

Windle Beech Winthrop director Adam Winthrop said: “Rachael has already proven herself to be a valuable addition to the team and we hope she has a long and successful career ahead of her within our expanding rural services department.”