James is one of our Senior Surveyors within the national
business rates team. James completed a BA (Hons) in
Music before subscribing to the long-standing Burkitt family
tradition and attaining an MSc in Real Estate to become a
chartered surveyor. James specialises in lease advisory and
business rates advice for offices, warehouses and industrials.
Before joining CPRA James held the role of Lead Valuer within
the Specialists Industrial Unit of the Valuation Office Agency.
James covers the Midlands, Yorkshire, Wales and the North West.
In his spare time, James, who confesses to being a “Rating Geek”
studies commercial property news, data and case law,
keeping CPRA at the forefront of any changes to business
rates taxation.