CHARTERED surveyor Matthew Ward, 29, has been made an associate director of York-based chartered surveyors and property consultants, Lightly & Lightly.

Mr Ward joined the Lightly & Lightly York office at Clifton Moor in 1997 after gaining a degree in building surveying at Sheffield Hallam University and qualified as a chartered building surveyor in January 2003.

He is involved in a wide range of building surveying services including residential and commercial schemes, ranging from small retail outlets to multi-million pound developments. He is also a member of the Pyramus and Thisbe Club which deals specifically with party-wall matters.

His appointment makes him the sole associate director at Lightly & Lightly which has three directors and was founded in York more than 20 years ago.

Lightly & Lightly, which also has offices in Harrogate and Hull, also offers a wide range of services including surveying, property inspections, project and construction management, health and safety work and architectural and landscape design.

Updated: 10:19 Friday, March 04, 2005