Savills has added to its rating team with the appointment of Paul Harding who joins as a director in the firm's Finsbury Circus office in London.

Paul has over 32 years experience in the property sector having previously worked at Aitchison Rafferty, Wilks Head and Eve and the Valuation Office Agency. With particular expertise in industrial, education, healthcare and leisure rating, Paul will work alongside the existing team at Savills to deal with specialist business rates appeal work and to further consolidate business development.

David Parker, head of rating at Savills, comments: 'We are very pleased to welcome Paul to Savills and believe his extensive knowledge and experience will be hugely valuable to the business. It is a testament to the success of the team that we are expanding and we look forward to continuing to provide the very best advice to our clients.'

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