Jones Hobbs Hawkins (JHH) is a RICS regulated firm of Chartered Surveyors. Our advice and recommendations fall strictly within the ethical and professional standards of conduct as set out in the RICS regulations, guidelines and advice bulletins.

JHH exclusively deals with all aspects of rating and National Non-Domestic Rates (NNDR) and has done so since 1985.

In response to client demand, JHH Chartered Surveyors, have brought professionalism to the management of the 100% empty property rate charge for the last decade.

Now in its 10th year, the JHH empty rate saving model has proven to be an enduring and unfailing solution to the Rating (Empty Properties) Act 2007, which brought about a 100% empty rates charge being imposed on ratepayers since April 2008.

Over the last decade the JHH empty rate saving transaction has:

• repeatedly established its professional integrity to clients
• repeatedly established its professional integrity to billing authorities
• established reputation and precedent with consequent certainty of outcome

The JHH empty rate saving transaction has produced:

• savings for clients in 9 out of 10 of the top 10 billing authority areas.*
• savings for clients in 51 billing authority areas.
• countrywide savings for clients in respect of hundreds of empty rate liabilities.

* Billing authorities in England are ranked in aggregate by Rateable Value (source Valuation Office Agency)