The firm has appointed Beth Logan as an agricultural consultant while rural consultancy associate Ailsa Baird has relocated to the company’s Kelso office.
The move is part of Galbraith’s wider investment in strengthening agricultural and rural consultancy services across the Borders and south of Scotland.
Ms Baird undertakes rural consultancy and management work throughout the Borders and south of Edinburgh, while continuing to work closely with the firm’s Edinburgh office.
She joined Galbraith in 2018 after graduating from the University of Edinburgh with a first-class honours degree in law and qualified as a chartered rural surveyor in 2020. Her work includes rural consultancy, estate planning, diversification and valuation projects.
Originally from the Borders, Ms Logan grew up on her family’s beef and sheep farm and remains actively involved during lambing and shearing periods. She joined the firm in April after training as a farm business consultant in Northumberland.
A graduate of Newcastle University with a first-class degree in agri-business management, she has also worked in New Zealand.
Her role covers both livestock and arable enterprises, with work including farm management, budgeting and cashflow planning, Basic Payment Scheme applications, agri-environment schemes in Scotland and England, contract farming agreements and capital grant funding.
Martin Rennie, director and head of farm business consultancy at Galbraith, said the appointments reflected the company’s commitment to expanding its support for rural businesses in the Borders.
He said: “The appointments of Beth and Ailsa demonstrate our continued commitment to strengthening our agricultural and rural consultancy services in the Scottish Borders.
“Their expertise combined with local knowledge and practical experience will further enhance the support we provide to farming and rural business clients across the region.”
Ms Baird said she was looking forward to helping deliver consultancy services across the Borders from the growing Kelso office.
Ms Logan added: “Having grown up in the industry, I understand the challenges and opportunities facing farming businesses and I look forward to supporting clients across the region.”
Galbraith said its agricultural consultancy and rural management teams across Scotland and the north of England currently advise on more than 4.5 million acres of farm, forestry, woodland and estate interests.
