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The Team

Nicholas H W Wheeldon MRICS - Director

Following the break up of Stratton Creber as a part of Lloyds TSB Property Services in 1997, Nick Wheeldon resurrected the name of Taylor Son & Creber, a well known Westcountry business entity with a history dating back to 1889.

Nick began his career in 1978 joining the Commercial Property department of the original Taylor Son & Creber and witnessed the merger with WH Lane of Cornwall in 1983. This was followed by the merger of Taylor Lane & Creber with Stratton & Holborrow in 1989 to form Stratton Creber which was subsequently purchased by TSB Property Services.

Nick specialises in agency advice for acquisitions and disposals on all types of commercial, licensed and going concern business and premises predominantly throughout the West Country,

He has a strong track record in national acquisition campaigns for retail clients, acquiring a multitude of units outside the West Country from Glasgow to Eastbourne.

Professional work includes rent review, lease renewals and valuation advice and has taken many appointments as a receiver under the Law of Property Act 1925.

As managing director, Nick is always looking to expand the business and has introduced - TLC Property Management, a property management service, following client demand.

He says: "Markets constantly evolve, none more than the property market and we have a team of consultants here at TSC to stay ahead and give clients the advice and service required"

Profile
Born: Plymouth 1960 Educated: Millfield School, Somerset & Hammersmith & West London College
Qualifications and Memberships MRICS
Lives: Yelverton Devon
Likes: The great outdoors, rugby, fine wines.
Dislikes: Unnecessary bureaucracy

Contact details
Tel 01752 202035
Fax 01752 204330
Mobile 07711626020
E-mail nw@taylorcreber.co.uk

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William G Lean BSc MRICS FNARA - Consultant

Will began his career in 1978 in London working in the public sector, but moved to Exeter in 1982 to work at Pepper Commercial, retail specialist Agents. He moved to Plymouth in 1987 to head up the commercial department of Oats Partridge, part of Nationwide Estate Agents.

After leading a Management Buy Out in 1991, he merged Oats Partridge with Vickery Holman in 1994 where he became a Partner. In 1996, Will left and set up a new office in Plymouth covering the Devon and Cornwall areas for Edward Symmons, a national firm of property and plant & machinery surveyors and valuers, where he was the Partner in charge until resignation in 2009.

Will specialises in development and agency advice in the commercial property market predominantly in Devon, Cornwall and south Somerset, including industrial, offices, out-of-town retail and motor dealership sectors as well as land for residential development.

Professional work includes valuation, rent review and lease renewal advice and advice in respect of business rating assessments.

Will is also an RICS Registered Property Receiver and has taken many LPA appointments from lending institutions over the past ten years.

Profile
Born Tavistock 1956
Educated possibly
Qualifications BSc Urban Land Administration
Chartered Surveyor
Fellow of the Association of Property and Fixed Charge Receivers.
Lives Plymouth
Likes Rugby and good beer
Dislikes Rugby without good beer

Contact details
Tel 01752 202035
Fax 01752 204330
E-mail wl@taylorcreber.co.uk

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Mark C Harding MRICS - Consultant

Mark has been in the commercial property market since 1988, He qualified in 1991 where he worked in the commercial property sector before specialising in residential development with national agents.

He was appointed as a Director of Redrow Homes in 2004 opening a new regional company in Exeter. Mark spent 5 years acquiring new sites for Redrow before leaving the company in early 2009

Mark has a considerable knowledge of residential development appraisals and new build developments throughout the West Country.

Mark is also a Government accredited Level 4 Energy Performance Certificate Assessor qualifying through the RICS. He carries out surveys on a range of commercial property and offers advice on energy efficiency to his clients.

Profile
Born Plymouth 1964
Educated Plymouth College and Southampton institute of Higher Education
Qualifications MRICS

Lives
Yelverton

Likes
Road cycling, snowboarding and dog walking

Dislikes Bad drivers when on his bike.

Contact details
Tel 01752 202035
Fax 01752 204330
E-mail mh@taylorcreber.co.uk

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John Collinson BSc MRICS - Consultant

John qualified as a Chartered Building Surveyor in 1989. He has always worked in the South West and is familiar with the local market.

He has dealt with most types of construction and provides advice and reports from a simple survey to detailed schedules of dilapidations with costed schedules. He acts as Contract Administrator on new build and refurbishment building projects from design to completion.

John also provides reports and acts in building disputes and professional expert witnesses.

A tailor made building surveying service to individual clients' requirements.

Profile
Born: Exeter 1966
Educated: Exeter College and Thames Polytechnic
Qualifications and Memberships MRICS
Lives: Ivybridge, Devon
Likes: Races a 1958 Austin Healey in his spare time
Dislikes: Fixing his 1958 Austin Healey after breaking it.

Contact details
Tel 01752 202035
Fax 01752 204330
E-mail jc@taylorcreber.co.uk

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Lynne Lang MCIB CB.dip PM.dip - Consultant

Lynne is responsible for overseeing the company book keeping and accountancy as well as the company client accountancy for our property management portfolio.

Lynne is a very well known and respected business woman holding the following positions alongside with working with us and running her own business:

Profile
Director of the Plymouth Chamber of Commerce
Director of Diving and Development Research Centre (DDRC)
Trustee of the DDRC Charity.
Deputy Chairperson of the Colebrook Housing Society Board

Lives
Born Plymouth
Educated Devonport High School for Girls
Qualifications Member of the Institute of Book Keepers
Likes: Tennis Country walks and good food
Dislikes: Rainy days

Contact details
Tel 01752 202035
Fax 01752 204330
E-mail ll@taylorcreber.co.uk

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Emma L Hanks - Office Manager

Emma joined the company from leading West Country lawyers Kitson Huthings to take charge of the ever increasing company administration.

Her legal background is very helpful in coordinating sales and ensuring that deals go the distance.

Ensuring that the consultants are properly coordinated is an essential ingredient to a smooth operation.

Spent the majority of her career working for leading Oxford law firms before relocating to South East Cornwall in 2004 to be closer to the family

Born: Banbury Oxfordshire
Educated: Bicester college
Qualifications: currently studying for Ilex Diploma in Conveyancing
Likes: Reading Walking Horse Riding Socialising
Dislikes Waiting for my new car

Contact details
Tel 01752 202035
Fax 01752 204330
E-mail eh@taylorcreber.co.uk

Neil Devons - PR Consultant

Formerly a university lecturer and senior manager with the Rank Organization, Neil came to the Westcountry in 1984 as City Tourism Officer for Plymouth and then Deputy Director of Torbay Tourist Board where he was responsible for The Agatha Christie Centenary Celebrations and the William & Mary Tercentenary.

He established his public relations practice in 1990 specialising in media relations, copy writing, marketing and events consultancy and now has offices in both Plymouth & Exeter.

Current clients include Ernst & Young, Michelmores LLP, Gregory Distribution, Clydesdale Bank, Devon Air Ambulance Trust, Thames Valley Air Ambulance, St Loye's Foundation, the Diving Diseases Research Centre, Digita (Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting), RK Shipman and Plymouth based architects Gilmore Hankey Kirke.

He has been a prolific writer, having published a number of books and is a regular contributor to a range of newspapers and magazines. He is also a member of the Rugby Union Writers Club.

Neil has acted for Taylor Son & Creber since 2003.

Contact details
Tel 01752 202035
Fax 01752 204330

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