Jerry Schurder FRICS FIRRV

Head of Business Rates, Gerald Eve LLP


Jerry is Head of Business Rates at Gerald Eve, with responsibility for co-ordinating and organising the partnership’s extensive rating business. He is a member of the RICS Rating and Local Taxation Policy Panel, of which he was Chairman from 2000-2005 and a past President of the Rating Surveyors’ Association.

As well as his active involvement with the professional rating bodies, Jerry’s rating expertise is recognised by the key industry, trade and think tank organisations. He is a member of the CBI Rating and Valuation Panel and is also regularly called upon to assist the British Council of Shopping Centres, the Federation of Small Businesses, the British Retail Consortium, the Business Centre Association and the British Property Federation forming their policies concerning business rates as well as assisting with their Government lobbying.

Jerry has given evidence to House of Commons Select Committees on developing rating legislation and policies and is widely respected by all stakeholders. He is a regular conference speaker on rating issues.

In addition to leading Gerald Eve’s 60+ rating surveyors who have saved clients over £2bn since the 2010 rating revaluation, Jerry devises and implements strategies to minimise rates liabilities for vacant property and oversees a specialist team dedicated to rates payment management services, taking over responsibility for paying clients’ rates bills and managing their liabilities, removing all the hassle of rates. The rapidly growing team is responsible for managing and paying over £1 billion in rates liabilities for over 27,000 client properties.

Jerry has been with Gerald Eve for over 30 years and has experience in most property sectors.