Shuldham Calverley chartered surveyors of Retford, an established force in rural commercial and residential property in North Nottinghamshire and the surrounding counties, is marking its 21st birthday by merging with midlands based Fisher German chartered surveyors to create an even stronger presence in the area.

Shuldham Calverley was established in Retford in April 1989, initially dealing only with agricultural and rural property. The firm expanded its services and moved to its present premises on Exchange Street in 1997. During this period Shuldham Calverley has firmly established itself as one of the areas best known businesses.

Fisher German already has 10 offices throughout the midlands including one recently opened in Newark. As well as the more visible estate agency the principal business of both firms is in providing professional services to owners of all kinds of property with strong emphasis on property management.

Tim Shuldham, Ian Calverley and Kevin Benson all become partners at Fisher German and will continue to operate from the Retford office serving existing and new clients. "Being larger, Fisher German has a wider range of expertise than Shuldham Calverley, including areas such as planning and renewable energy which we will now be able to offer in our region.  It is a very exciting time for us all" comments Tim Shuldham.

Henry Sale, joint managing partner of Fisher German adds "the response to the news from the Shuldham Calverley employees and clients has been extremely positive and already the benefits of the merger are showing in new instructions and additional services being delivered to Shuldham Calverley clients. We are all looking forward to the merger coming into full force on the 1st April 2010 and building our business in this area, which our successful Newark office has already started to deliver."