ROBERT Baker MRICS FAAV has been promoted to be joint front line auctioneer selling stirks at Sedgemoor Auction Centre – one of the country’s largest livestock markets.

Auctioneers Greenslade Taylor Hunt runs the market and has also promoted Robert to associate within the firm.

Partner Jeremy Bell said: “Robert, who is a local farmer’s son, started seven years ago having obtained a first class degree in rural land management at The Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester.

"He then spent two years with a national firm in West Sussex and started with us in March 2014 and is fast becoming a well-respected valuer and auctioneer. His promotion is well deserved.”

Robert works out of Greenslade Taylor Hunt’s Burnham-on-Sea office and can be contacted on 01278 765588.