By Alex Capon
Newcastle auction house Anderson & Garland is under new ownership after Julian Thomson (pictured right) and Fred Wyrley-Birch (left) bought out the previous owner Andrew McCoull.
Thomson, who has been with the firm for the last 20 years, is now the majority shareholder and becomes chairman and managing director, while Wyrley-Birch, who joined 12 years ago as a trainee, becomes a director.