Congratulations to our Rating Director, Chris Grose, who takes on the mantle of Senior Vice President of the Institute of Revenues, Rating and Valuation (IRRV) this month.
Pictured here with IRRV President, Zoe Kent, for whom he will occasionally deputise, Chris steps up to the new role after a year serving as Junior Vice President. In his new position he will play a greater part in the institute’s work, becoming a visible presence at events, including dinners and member meetings.
The IRRV is the professional body concerned with all aspects of local taxation and local benefits administration across the United Kingdom. Institute members, in both the public and private sectors, are engaged in local authority benefits administration, local tax administration, valuation of property for taxation and other purposes, the appeals processes and financial management in local government. The Institute is the only professional body in the United Kingdom that specialises in the law and practice of local authority revenues and local taxation collection together with the income-related benefits that support these processes.
Chris’s expertise on rating and business rates is increasingly in demand, with his opinions and articles featuring in a range of publications. Recent examples include his article for Business Reporter about how to claim back business rates; and his thoughts on rates revaluation for Property Wire.
In his spare time, Chris is civic-minded, serving as a Crowborough Town Councillor. He also has a hitherto unsuspected liking for parades and pyrotechnics, having taken part in the annual Sussex Bonfire Society tableau and parades for some years, and he has recently joined the Crowborough Bonfire and Carnival Society as well.
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