Expert Details
Business Rates and Council Tax
ID: 728802
United Kingdom
Expert has a wide range of national experience, including all the expected property types (retail, office and industrial), but also educational establishments, hotels and even an oil storage depot. He can provide the full range of rating advice from budget forecasts, compiled list appeals, disturbance appeals, empty rates and audit services.
Expert's firm is involved with in excess of £40m of rateable value each year and they average a 14% reduction in rateable value, which is higher than the national average.
Expert acts as the rating expert for an international cost and purchase management organisation. This involves acting for many large PLC clients as an expert adviser.He works for a surveying practice to provide rating advice for their national retail client which is an area in which their firm does not have expertise. He provides this rating function. Expert acts a consultant with other surveying practices who do not offer rating services themselves. Expert's firm's expertise is recognised and they provide rating advice for their clients.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1992 | Degree: BSc (Hons) | Subject: Urban Land Economics | Institution: Sheffield Hallam University |
| Year: 1994 | Degree: MRICS | Subject: GP Chartered Surveying | Institution: The Royal Instituation of Chartered Surveyors |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 1994 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Partner | Department: |
Responsibilities:He is primarily responsible for managing client relationships and reporting on updates on progress by the surveyors. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1992 to 1994 | Employer: Gerald Eve | Title: Surveyor | Department: |
Responsibilities:He inspected and negotiated business rates reductions for clients. |
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Government Experience
| Years | Agency | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 2009 to Present | Agency: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council | Role: Rating Adviser | Description: Employed to reduce their rates liability. |
| Years: 2004 to Present | Agency: Sedgemoor District Council | Role: Rating Adviser | Description: Employed to reduce their rates liability. |
International Experience
| Years | Country / Region | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Years: 2007 to 2008 | Country / Region: United States | Summary: Liaised with consultancy in United States to review Property Taxation solutions. |
Additional Experience
| Training / Seminars |
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| Expert regularly trains a network of cost management experts who then in turn offer his expertise to their clients. |
| Marketing Experience |
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| Expert and his firm have particular expertise within the Education sector where there are unique challenges valuing for rating purposes. In addition any company where specific property issues have arisen through e.g. surplus or unwanted property that has a rates liability are regularly handled. |