Robert Allen has been promoted to Head of Building Surveying at leading property consultants, Vickery Holman. Robert joined Vickery Holman in 2007 after a distinguished career in object conservation for Historic Royal Palaces and the National Trust. His specialism is historic buildings and he acts as first point of contact across the South West for matters related to historic buildings and related matters. Based in the Truro office, Robert works with the offices in Bristol, Exeter and Plymouth to support Building Surveying and historic buildings issues.