JLL raids Midlands rival to strengten rating team
PROPERTY adviser JLL has raided a Midlands rival to strengthen its national rating team.
It has snatched Peter Fullam away from Cushman & Wakefield and appointed him as national director leading its Midlands rating team. His new role will see him working across JLL’s Birmingham and Nottingham offices.
Part of a 30-strong JLL rating team operating across eight locations in the UK, Mr Fullam previously headed up Cushman & Wakefield’s regional rating team. This followed a decade spent with one of Nottingham’s top property consultancies, FHP.
JLL said Mr Fullam arrived at a time of significant change within the world of business rates, with the forthcoming 2017 Revaluation looming large on the horizon and recent high profile cases having a significant impact upon many ratepayers.
“It’s coming up to seven years since the Valuation Office Agency’s (VOA) last updated the rating list, so many will be eagerly awaiting the VOA draft assessments that are being issued in October in the hope it brings good news,” he said.
“The new rating list will go live on April 1, 2017 and in the lead up we will be providing advice to ratepayers on the implications of the draft assessments to their budgets and the options available to the ratepayer to influence levels of value and reduce their business rate liabilities.”
Of his new role, Mr Fullam said he was looking forward to working alongside some of the Midlands’ leading property professionals.
Ian Cornock, JLL’s lead director for the Midlands region, added: “When it comes to rating it’s about working with a trusted pair of hands with the knowledge and experience to be able to provide the best advice and results. Peter is well known in the industry and has an excellent track record. We’re confident he will have a significant impact on our client base.”
Mr Fullam’s work will cover all areas of business rate advice including business rate appeals, empty rate mitigation strategies, billing queries and Completion Notice advice.
