Robert Sterling Surveyors has become the Association of Short Term Lenders’ (ASTL) latest associate member.

This brings the total number of full and associate members to 41.

Robert Sterling Surveyors LLP has been providing surveying services for over 20 years offering a full range of surveys to commercial and residential finance providers. It works closely with lenders, especially those in short term lending and has an expanding network of surveyors operating across England and Wales.

It has joined the ASTL in order to work more closely with lenders and better understand their needs and requirements.

Benson Hersch (pictured), chief executive of the ASTL said: “Robert Sterling Surveyors are well known and respected by the lenders so their application to join the ASTL was well received.

“The members always welcome businesses who are keen to look for ways to work more effectively with them and understand their needs and requirements.”

Gary Feast, financial director of Robert Sterling Surveyors, added: “The short term lending market is a very important market for Robert Sterling, we do a lot in this field and are keen to get to know the lenders better so that we can better understand what is important to them and the best ways of working together.

“We feel it is by truly understanding our customers and being able to deliver what they need in the way that they need it that our company is expanding as rapidly as it is.”