Colliers has recruited Henry Wadsworth from the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) as a director in its national business rates team.
At the VOA, Wadsworth was a regional valuation lead who provided advice and assurance for complex valuation issues in his regional unit, dealing with checks and challenges, and signing off rateable value reductions, as well as quality assurance
In his new role, Wadsworth will support clients by ensuring they are appropriately assessed, in turn minimising rates liability, with a particular focus on the licence and leisure sectors. He will be based in Colliers’ Leeds office and report to director Andrew Stacey.
Darren Williams, head of UK rating valuation surveyors at Colliers, said: “Henry’s experience at the VOA will be exceedingly beneficial to our existing and potential clients and we are delighted that he has jumped the fence and agreed to boost our team. The need for good business rates advice for clients has never been more important following the introduction of complicated new multipliers in the Budget, the new 2026 rating revaluation coming into effect in April and the run up to 2023 list closure at the end of March. There is a lot of work to be done.”
Wadsworth added: “I am very excited about this new opportunity and looking forward to the challenges my new role in Colliers will bring.”
