East Midlands

Benefits Issues

The next meeting of the IRRV East Midlands Association will be held on Tuesday 20th October 2009 at the offices of Newark and Sherwood District Council, Kelham Hall, Newark, Notts NG23 5QX.

We are fortunate to have Tim Savill who works for the Audit Commission and will be talking about what the Audit Commission has learnt from the Benefit Inspection process and how the inspection process has evolved.

We also have Caroline Jackson who is Head of Revenues and Benefits at Leicester City Council. She will be talking about the results of Leicester City Council’s Audit Commission inspection and, what has happened since the inspection and how the Council is implementing the Commission’s recommendations.

This meeting should be of interest to any students, benefits staff, advisors and fraud officers. This meeting is open to members and non-members alike at no cost. If you have any colleagues who might find the subject of interest, please bring them along.

The event will start at 2:00pm at the offices of Newark and Sherwood District Council in Kelham. Tea and coffee will be available from 1:30pm.

In order to assist with refreshment arrangements could you please let the Honorary Secretary, Andrew Solley know how many people from your organisation will be coming along by e-mailing him at andrew.solley@gedling.gov.uk

For a local map of the offices of Newark and Sherwood District Council, click here.

Shared Services

The next meeting of the IRRV East Midlands Association will be held on Tuesday 17th November 2009 at the offices of North Kesteven District Council.

Our speakers will be Ian Ferguson who works for Durham County Council and Simon Horsington who works for Simon Horsington Associates as a Revenues Consultant. The talks will both be around shared services but from two different viewpoints.

Ian will be talking about the compulsory shared service that took place in County Durham involving the merger of eight district councils into one, while Simon will be talking about a voluntary shared service and his experiences with a consortium of London Boroughs who are sharing the delivery of NNDR services.

This meeting will be of interest to any students, revenues staff, advisors and managers and is open to members and non-members alike at no cost. If you have any colleagues who might find the subject of interest, please bring them along.

The event will start at 2:00pm at the offices of North Kesteven District Council in Sleaford. Tea and coffee will be available from 1:30pm.

In order to assist with refreshment arrangements could you please let the Honorary Secretary, Andrew Solley know how many people from your organisation will be coming along by e-mailing him at andrew.solley@gedling.gov.uk

For a local map of the offices of North Kesteven District Council, click here.

Following Kevin Stewart's presentation to East Midlands Association members the slides are now available by clicking on the following link - Shared Services Slides

The Annual General Meeting of the East Midlands Association will be held at the offices of Gedling Borough Council on Friday 13th April at 2pm.

Details below with a copy of the Audited Accounts for 2011.

A message from Andrew Solley - Association President

Enforcement Reform

Newark and Sherwood District Council, Kelham Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire NG23 5QX

Dear Colleague

I would like to invite you to the next meeting of the IRRV East Midlands Association on Wednesday 23rd May

2012 at the offices of Newark and Sherwood District Council.

Our guest speakers will be Dave Chapman and Mike Shang from Rossendales. Dave is also the current

Senior Vice President of our Institute. They will be speaking about the latest developments on enforcement

reform.

This meeting will be of particular interest to students and anyone involved directly or indirectly with the

recovery of debts. This meeting is open to members and non-members alike at no cost. If you have any

colleagues who might find the subject of interest, please bring them along.

The meeting will start at 2:00pm with tea and coffee available from 1:30pm.

In order to assist with refreshment arrangements could you please let the Association Secretary, Peter

Lisewski, know how many people from your organisation will be coming along by sending him an email to

peter.lisewski@derbyshiredales.gov.uk

I would also like to take this opportunity to let you know that the East Midlands Association Dinner Dance will

be held on Friday 16th November 2012 at the CASA Hotel in Chesterfield, so please make a note in your diary!

Further details about this event will be sent out in due course.

I look forward to seeing you on 23rd May 2012.

Yours faithfully

Andrew D Solley

Association President

The next meeting of the Association will be held at the offices of Rushcliffe Borough Council on Monday 11th October 2010.

Our speakers will be John Farrell who is the Head of Corporate Finance and Information Services at Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council and Sharon Hammond who is Busness Manager, Revenues and Benefits for Compass Point Business Services which is the trading name for the East Lindsey and South Holland partnership.

As partnership working is being looked at by more and more councils due to budget restrictions, these presentations will focus on showing two different examples of choosing a partner. One with a private company and the other with a Local Authority.

This meeting will be of interest to any students, revenues and benefits staff, advisors and managers. This meeting is open to members and non-members alike at no cost. If you have any colleagues who might the subject of interest, please bring them along.

The event will start at 2:00pm at the offices of Rushcliffe Borough Council. tea and coffee will be available from 1:30pm.

In order to assist with refreshment arrangements could you please let Andrew Solley, Association Secretary, know how many people from your organisation will be coming along.

For a local map of the offices of Rushcliffe Borough Council, click here.

Slides are available from the recent presentation on LSCT at Kettering BC on Friday 8th February 2013.

Please click on the link below:

A message from Andrew Solley - IRRV East Midlands President 2012/2013

Dear Colleague,

Appeals relating to Council Tax Reduction Schemes

Kettering Borough Council, Municipal Offices, Bowling Green Road, Kettering NN15 7QX

I would like to invite you to the next meeting of the IRRV East Midlands Association on Friday 8th February 2013

at the offices of Kettering Borough Council.

Our guest speaker will be Lee Anderson who is the Operations Manager with the Valuation Tribunal Service.

Lee will be speaking about the process and procedure for appeals against local Council Tax Reduction

Schemes that will commence in April 2013.

This is a very topical subject that should be of interest to all practitioners.

The meeting is open to members and non-members alike at no cost.

If you have any colleagues who might find the subject of interest,

please bring them along.

The meeting will start at 2:00pm with tea and coffee available from 1:30pm.

In order to assist with refreshment arrangements could you please let Peter Lisewski, Association Secretary,

know how many people from your organisation will be coming along by sending him an email to

peter.lisewski@derbyshiredales.gov.uk

I would also like to take this opportunity to inform you that the very popular annual IRRV East Midlands

Association Dinner Dance will be held this year on Saturday 16th November 2013. We will once again be

holding the event at the CASA Hotel in Chesterfield so please make a note in your diary.

Further details will follow later in the year.

I look forward to seeing you on 8th February 2013.

Yours faithfully

Andrew D Solley

Association President

Please note your diaries that there will be a meeting on 4th July at Derbyshire Dales DC with Gordon Heath talking on "A general update and on Business Rates Business Rates avoidance"

Further details will follow.

The September 2010 meeting of the IRRV East Midlands Association was held on Thursday 16th September 2010 at the offices of Melton Borough Council.

David Slater stood in at the last minute for Tony Masella (Chief Executive of the Valuation Tribunal). In front of a mixed audience of billing authority practitioners and private sector agents (who now have to be addressed as 'representatives' not 'agents' at Tribunal), his talk covered the recent changes at the Valuation Tribunal and the effect those changes have had on Local Authorities, the Valuation Office Agency, council tax payers, rate payers and their representatives. He also discussed some recent Valuation Tribunal cases. 

The slides from the presentation can now be downloaded below:-

The Valuation Tribunal Service presented by David Slater

Annual General Meeting

The East Midlands IRRV Association held the Annual General Meeting on 13th April 2010 at the offices of North Kesteven District Council at which Mike Carr was installed as the new Association President for 2010/11. The draft minutes can be downloaded below:-

AGM April 2010 - Draft Minutes

Current Recovery Issues

Dave Chapman from Rossendales was the speaker at the March 2010 meeting in Kettering. His presentation included what may be coming up for practitioners from regulations to be issued under the Tribunal, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007. The presentation slides can be downloaded below:-

Current Recovery Issues presented by Dave Chapman

Copies of the slides are now available from Gordon Heath's presentation on 4th July 2012 - Business Rates Avoidance by clicking on the file name below:

The next meeting of the East Midlands Association will be held at the offices of Mansfield District Council on 11th November 2011 details as follows:

Localism Issues – 11th November 2011

Mansfield District Council, Civic Centre, Chesterfield Road South, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. NG19 7BH

I would like to invite you to the next meeting of the IRRV East Midlands Association on Friday 11th November 2011 at the offices of Mansfield District Council.

Our guest speakers will be David Magor, Chief Executive of the IRRV and Gary Watson, Deputy Chief Executive of the IRRV. David and Gary will be speaking on all of the latest issues arising from the localism agenda including the provisions in the Localism Bill. This will include local support for council tax and the proposals for the retention of National Non-Domestic Rates.

This meeting will be of interest to any students, Revenues & Benefits staff, advisors and managers. This meeting is open to members and non-members alike at no cost. If you have any colleagues who might find the subject of interest, please bring them along.

The event will start at 2:00pm with tea and coffee available from 1:30pm in the Civic Centre at Mansfield District Council.

In order to assist with refreshment arrangements could you please let the Association Secretary, Andrew Solley, know how many people from your organisation will be coming along by e-mailing him at andrew.solley@gedling.gov.uk

Many thanks and I look forward to seeing you on 11th November 2011.

Yours faithfully

Peter Lisewski - Association President

peter.lisewski@derbyshiredales.gov.uk

Slides attached from papers delivered by David Magor and Gary Watson at the recent meeting held at Mansfield DC on 11th November 2011 

Message from Association President - Peter Lisewski

Dear Colleague

Revenues Update - 18th July 2011

Leicester City Council, Town Hall, Town Hall Square, Leicester. LE1 9BG

I would like to invite you to the next meeting of the IRRV East Midlands Association on Monday 18thJuly 2011 at the offices of Leicester City Council.

Our guest speaker will be David Cattermoul who is the Revenues Advisor at the CIPFA Revenues and Benefits Service. The meeting will be based around the current topical issues relating to Revenues in local taxation.

This meeting will be of interest to any students, revenues & benefits staff, advisors and managers. This meeting is open to members and non-members alike at no cost. If you have any colleagues who might find the subject of interest, please bring them along.

The event will start at 2:00pm with tea and coffee available from 1:30pm at the Town Hall in Leicester.

In order to assist with refreshment arrangements could you please let the Honorary Secretary, Andrew Solley, know how many people from your organisation will be coming along by

e-mailing him at andrew.solley@gedling.gov.uk

For a local map of the Town Hall in Leicester, click here.

Many thanks and I look forward to seeing you on 18th July 2011.

A note from Peter Lisewski - East Midlands Association President as follows:

I would like to invite you to the next meeting of the IRRV East Midlands Association on Monday 23rd May 2011 at the offices of Chesterfield Borough Council.

Our speaker will be Paul Howarth who is the Divisional Manager for the DWP Housing Benefit Strategy Division. Paul will be presenting a paper on the latest developments in Local Housing Allowance, Council Tax Benefit reform and the new Single Fraud Investigation Service.

Numbers for this meeting will be restricted to 45 places on a first come, first served basis. Please let the Association Secretary, Andrew Solley, know how many people from your organisation will be coming along by e-mailing him at andrew.solley@gedling.gov.uk as soon as possible.

Many thanks and I look forward to seeing you on 23rd May 2011.

Peter 

The Annual General Meeting of the IRRV East Midlands Association will be held on 5th April 2011 at the offices of Derbyshire Dales District Council in Matlock at 2.00 pm.

At the AGM, the Executive Committee of the Association will be voted in. The Association is a diverse organisation and it is important that the appointments to the Executive Committee reflect this both in terms of experience and areas of speciality. All members should have received a document entitled “Current Executive Nominations and Vacancies” containing a list of the current nominations and current vacancies on the Executive Committee.

At the meeting, there will be a proposal to slightly alter the Association’s rules. The proposed changes are mainly for correction and clarification and do not materially alter the effect of the existing rules.

In addition to the formal business of the day, we are delighted to welcome David Magor OBE, Chief Executive of the IRRV who will be providing a general update on matters currently affecting the Institute and what the Institute is focusing on in 2011.

A buffet lunch will be hosted by Derbyshire Dales District Council from 1.00 pm and the formal programme of the AGM will begin at 2.00 pm.

For the meeting agenda, click here. For a local map of Derbyshire Dales District Council, click here.

We look forward to seeing you in Matlock on 5th April 2011.

Our guest speakers will be Richard Kerr and Amandeep Dhillon from Greenhalgh Kerr, a firm of solicitors based in Greater Manchester, with 16 years’ specialist experience in debt recovery, insolvency and litigation and in particular, NNDR and council tax.

Click here for further details.

The second meeting this year of the IRRV East Midlands Association will be held on Tuesday 18th May 2021.

The meeting will be about the extended Covid-19 business rates discount for the retail, hospitality and leisure industries, exploring the qualifying criteria, the awards and the introduction of a cash cap from 1st July 2021.

The meeting will be led by Kevin Stewart, Business Unit Leader, Revenues and Benefits at Mid-Sussex District Council.

Kevin has previously worked at a number of private sector companies, Wealden DC, Luton BC, Central Bedfordshire Council, Watford and Three Rivers Shared Service, and the Audit Commission. He is also a tutor and examiner for the Institute. He advises a number of government departments and is a serial volunteer at major sporting and other events.

At the meeting, you will have the opportunity to discuss with other practitioners your experiences so far as well as being able to ask questions of Kevin in an informal setting.

The meetingwill be held virtually and the link to access the meeting is below:

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If you wish to attend, please remember to add this appointment to your calendar.

The event will start at 1.30pm and is scheduled to finish at 3.00pm.

The meeting is free to IRRV members. If you are not a member of the IRRV, there will be a charge of £25.00 payable for your attendance at this meeting. If you are not a member of the IRRV, please provide a purchase order number when you make your booking for this meeting.

If you are interested in becoming an IRRV member, please click here.

In order to assist with arrangements and bookings, please e-mail our Secretary with the names of who will be attending from your organisation.

Don’t forget you can follow the IRRV East Midlands Association on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Details of the IRRV East Midlands Association Annual General Meeting to be held on 22nd April 2016 are available here by clicking on the links:

AGM Agenda - 22.04.16

AGM Invitation Letter - 22.04.16

AGM Meeting Minutes - 21.04.15

Current Executive Committee Nominations - 22.04.16

IRRV EM Accounts 311215 P1

IRRV EM Accounts 311215 P2

Or first meeting of the IRRV East Midlands Association for 2021/2022 will be held on Friday 14th May 2021.

On what will be ten days after the introduction of the breathing space regulations, the meeting is entitled Breathing Space - Big Bang or Damp Squib?

The meeting will be led by Alistair Townsend, Senior Vice President and Law and Research Portfolio Holder at the IRRV.

Alistair is one of the country’s foremost experts on breathing space and has been instrumental in assisting local authorities in the run up to the introduction of the new regulations. He continues to engage with both the Insolvency Service and HM Treasury on matters concerning public sector creditors.

At the meeting, you will have the opportunity to discuss with other practitioners your experiences so far as well as being able to ask questions of Alistair in an informal setting.

The meeting will be held virtually and the link to access the meeting is below:

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If you wish to attend, please remember to add this appointment to your calendar.

The meeting is free to IRRV members. If you are not a member of the IRRV, there will be a charge of £25.00 payable for your attendance at this meeting. If you are not a member of the IRRV, please provide a purchase order number when you make your booking for this meeting.

If you are interested in becoming an IRRV member, please click here.

The event will start at 10.30am and is scheduled to finish at midday.

In order to assist with arrangements and bookings, please email our secretary who will be attending from your organisation.

Don’t forget you can follow the IRRV East Midlands Association on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Click here for details of the Christmas Luncheon which is being held on Thursday 10th December 2015.

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The Annual General Meeting of the IRRV East Midlands Association will be held at 3.30pm on Friday 30th April 2021. The meeting will be held online and the link to join the meeting can be found below.

At the AGM the Association’s accounts for 2019 and 2020 will be presented and the Association’s activities and meetings over the past two years will be reported. In addition, the officers and committee members will be elected for the coming year.

The agenda and documents for the meeting are attached to this email and detailed below:

1. AGM Agenda

2. AGM Meeting Minutes 2019 (24th April 2019)

3. Audited Association Accounts 2019

4. Audited Association Accounts 2020

5. East Midlands Association Rules Changes (Draft v2)

6. Current Executive Committee’s Nominations

Following the formal matters of the AGM, Andrew Hetherton, the Institute’s President and David Magor, the Institute’s Chief Executive Officer, will address the meeting and provide an industry update from the IRRV.

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There is no need to inform of your intention to attend, you may simply attend on the day. A list of attendees will be taken at the meeting for the purpose of recording in the minutes. If you wish to record your apologies for non-attendance, please email Andrew Solley .

The speaker will be Dave Chapman from Rossendales who will be giving an update on the recent legislative changes within the Enforcement industry. Click here for further details.

The next meeting of the IRRV East Midlands Association will be held on Thursday 28th March 2019 at 10.30am at the offices of Newark and Sherwood District Council. 

Our guest speakers will be Gary Watson, the Deputy Chief Executive of the IRRV, and Moira Hepworth, the Institute’s Head of Law & Research.  

Gary will present a paper on the Institute’s engagement with MHCLG, the VOA and the VTS with an update on issues such as reliefs in business rates, empty rates avoidance and CCA. Moira will speak on Government consultations over the past 6 months and the position taken by the Institute on key consultations.  

The meeting is free to IRRV members. If you are not a member of the IRRV, there will be a charge of £25.00 payable for attendance at this meeting. If you are not a member of the IRRV, please provide a purchase order number when you make your booking for this meeting. 

If you are interested in becoming an IRRV member, please click here. 

The meeting will be held in Civic Rooms 1 and 2 at Newark & Sherwood District Council. Local parking is available on site.                                                                                                                                                                             

The event will start at 10.30am with tea and coffee available from 10.00am. 

In order to assist with refreshment arrangements and bookings, please let me know who will be attending from your organisation. 

Don’t forget you can now follow the IRRV East Midlands Association on Twitter @irrvema

The next meeting of the IRRV East Midlands Association which will be held on Friday 22nd February 2019 at 2.00pm at the offices of the Borough Council of Wellingborough. 

Our guest speaker will be David Slater who is the Service Delivery Team Leader for the Valuation Tribunal Service (VTS) in Doncaster.  

David manages a team of professional tribunal officers who act as clerks in tribunal hearings. He is also a staff and tribunal members trainer for the VTS.  

David has been the chief clerk for two different VTS administrative areas as well as working the Revenues and Rates teams at Birmingham City Council.  

The meeting is free to IRRV members. If you are not a member of the IRRV, there will be a charge of £25.00 payable for attendance at this meeting. If you are not a member of the IRRV, please provide a purchase order number when you make your booking for this meeting. 

If you are interested in becoming an IRRV member, please click here. 

The meeting will be held in the Council Chamber at the Borough Council of Wellingborough.

Local parking is available in Commercial Way Multi-Storey Carpark                                                                                                                                                               

The event will start at 2.00pm with tea and coffee available from 1.30pm. 

In order to assist with refreshment arrangements and bookings, please let me know who will be attending from your organisation. 

Don’t forget you can now follow the IRRV East Midlands Association on Twitter @irrvema

The next meeting of the IRRV East Midlands Association which will be held on Tuesday 22nd January 2019 at 10:30am at the offices of North Kesteven District Council in Sleaford. 

Our guest speaker will be Caroline Wright who is an accountant specialising in collection fund accounting and business rates retention forecasting for Milton Keynes Council. Caroline has a unique perspective as she assists in the strategic financial strategy and modelling of business rates, undertakes the detailed accounting for business rates and is also involved in the business rates operation at Milton Keynes Council.  

As well as working on the Milton Keynes Council collection fund, Caroline has consulted at several districts in both collection fund accounting and financial and general business rates strategies to maximise the gain and minimise the loss to Councils.  

Due to the regular changes around business rates and the requirements of the DCLG in relation to the returns, this is a must for business rates managers and collection fund accountants.  

The meeting is free to IRRV members. If you are not a member of the IRRV, there will be a charge of £25.00 payable for attendance at this meeting. If you are not a member of the IRRV, please provide a purchase order number when you make your booking for this meeting. 

If you are interested in becoming an IRRV member, please click here. 

The meeting will be held in the Council Chamber at North Kesteven Council Offices in Sleaford. Local parking is available in Eastgate car park.                                                                                                                                                                            

The event will start at 10:30am with tea and coffee available from 10.00am. 

In order to assist with refreshment arrangements and bookings, please let me know who will be attending from your organisation. 

Don’t forget you can now follow the IRRV East Midlands Association on Twitter @irrvema

Slides are available for the presentations given by Simon Horsington and John de la Rue at the recent meeting in Derby - 15th August 2013

Slides from Simon Horsington's presentation in Derby - 15th August 2013 Download

Slides from John de la Rue's presentation in Derby - 15th August 2013 Download

Due to the current national situation and the recently introduced Government guidelines, we have taken the decision to postpone the AGM scheduled for 23rd April until such time that a new date can be scheduled.

We will keep you informed of the other proposed future meetings closer to their dates.

The next meeting of the IRRV East Midlands Association which will be held on Tuesday 17th July 2018 at 10.30am at the Town Hall in Leicester.

Our guest speaker will be James McKillop, who is the Business Development Executive for Rossendales Ltd.

Prior to joining Rossendales in 2012, James acquired over 20 years’ experience working in local government revenues, specialising in council tax and non-domestic rating registration, billing and recovery matters, attending and representing the councils he worked for at liability order hearings, committal hearings and valuation tribunals. 

In his current role at Rossendales, he is Account Manager for a host of local authority clients around the country, predominately dealing with performance matters, focusing on the collection of council tax, non-domestic rates, parking charge notices and sundry income and other debt recovery contracts. 

This training event will focus on the following:

• An overview of the recovery process from reminder stage through to the granting of the liability order, including the rules and presentation of evidence. 
• The conduct of the liability order hearing and the various types of decisions that Magistrates can pass, making reference to relevant case law.
• The appeals procedure and the re-opening of the liability order.
• The powers of the liability order and its effectiveness in increasing collections. 

The meeting is free to IRRV members. If you are not a member of the IRRV, there will be a charge of £25.00 payable for attendance at this meeting. If you are not a member of the IRRV, please provide a purchase order number when you make your booking for this meeting.

If you are interested in becoming an IRRV member, please click here.

The meeting will be held in the Town Hall in Leicester. Click here for a local map of car parks in Leicester.                                                                                                                                                                            

The event will start at 10.30am with tea and coffee available from 10.00am.

In order to assist with refreshment arrangements and bookings, please let Andrew Solley know who will be attending from your organisation.

Don’t forget you can now follow the IRRV East Midlands Association on Twitter @irrvema

Slides are available for the presentation given by Gordon Heath at the recent meeting in Peterborough - 18th October 2013

Gordon Heath - Empty Rates Peterborough 18th Oct 2013 Download

We have been busy putting together next years' programme and the following dates and venues are already booked.

April 23rd 2020 - AGM at the offices of Wilkin Chapman LLP in Lincoln. David Magor - IRRV Chief Executive and Andrew Hetherton - IRRV National President will be in attendance.

May 21st 2020 - "Transformation and Change in Revenues" at the offices of South Kesteven DC

Thursday 9th July 2020 - "Top 10 tips for successful Billing and Recovery of LA Revenues" this will be a full day at the offices of Newark and Sherwood DC

Further details to follow nearer the dates via this website and e-mail from our Secretary.

The next meeting of the IRRV East Midlands Association will be held on Thursday 13th February 2020 at 10.30am in Leicester Town Hall.

Our guest speakers will be David Magor, Chief Executive of the IRRV, Gary Watson, Deputy Chief Executive of the IRRV and Alistair Townsend, Senior Vice President and Law and Research Portfolio Holder at the IRRV.

Together, they will be providing a general update on Revenues and Welfare Benefits matters as well as providing an update on the work of the Institute itself. This will include how the Institute is moving forward following the review of its strategy and an update about its apprenticeship scheme.

The meeting is free to IRRV members. If you are not a member of the IRRV, there will be a charge of £25.00 payable for attendance at this meeting. If you are not a member of the IRRV, please provide a purchase order number when you make your booking for this meeting.

If you are interested in becoming an IRRV member, please click here.

The meeting will be held in the Tea Room at Leicester Town Hall. Please note, this is NOT the City Hall in Leicester. They are two different buildings. Local car parking can be found here.                                                                                                                                                                         

The event will start at 10.30am with tea and coffee available from 10.00am.

In order to assist with refreshment arrangements and bookings, please let me know who will be attending from your organisation.

Don’t forget you can follow the IRRV East Midlands Association on Twitter and LinkedIn.

The next meeting of the IRRV East Midlands Association will be held on Friday 22ndJune 2018 at 1.30pm at the offices of Rutland County Council in Oakham.

Our guest speaker will be Gary Layzell, who is the Universal Credit Implementation Manager for Civica.

Gary’s paper will cover the following:

The key differences between UC & HB which make UC more than just a change in the way support is provided for low income households and identifying the various service challenges presented by the transition to full service across revenues and benefits services:

• What to expect in terms of caseload movement and workforce strategy during the migration period

• Exploring the reasons why households move into debt in UC

• Identifying the winners and losers under UC

• Highlighting the impacts on other council services affected by the transition to UC

• Discussing why UC demands a change in approach to discretionary support schemes particularly LCTS

• Exploring the options, the right time to change and why simply moving to a banded scheme is not enough

• Creating the infrastructure to support the change to UC; working in partnership and developing the right support

• Preparing residents, landlords and stakeholders for the arrival of UC

The meeting is free to IRRV members. If you are not a member of the IRRV, there will be a charge of £25.00 payable for attendance at this meeting. If you are not a member of the IRRV, please provide a purchase order number when you make your booking for this meeting.

If you are interested in becoming an IRRV member, please click here.

The meeting will be held in the council chamber Rutland County Council in Oakham. Click here for a local map of car parks in Oakham.                                                                                                                                                                            

The event will start at 2.00pm with tea and coffee available from 1.30pm.

In order to assist with refreshment arrangements and bookings, please let me know who will be attending from your organisation.

Don’t forget you can now follow the IRRV East Midlands Association on Twitter @irrvema

The next meeting of the IRRV East Midlands Association will be held on Friday 5th January 2018 at 1.30pm at City Hall in Leicester.

Our guest speaker will be:

Caroline Wright

How to Approach the NNDR 1 Return

Caroline is a qualified accountant that has specialised in collection fund accounting and business rates retention forecasting for the last 5 years. She works closely with the VOA, IRRV, DCLG, and the LGA in sharing best practise and raising local authority issues in relation to business rates.

Caroline is able to bring a unique perspective to this issue as she assists in the strategic financial strategy and modelling of business rates, undertakes the detailed accounting and also is deeply involved in the business rates operations in Milton Keynes.

As well as working on the MKC Collection Fund,  Caroline has consulted at several districts in both Collection Fund accounting and  financial and general business rates strategies  to maximise the gain/minimise the loss to the Authority.

Due to the regular changes around business rates and the requirements of the DCLG in relation to the returns, this is a must for business rates managers and collection fund accountants alike.

The meeting is free to IRRV members. If you are not a member of the IRRV, there will be a charge of £25.00 payable for attendance at this meeting. If you are not a member of the IRRV, please provide a purchase order number when you make your booking for this meeting.

If you are interested in becoming an IRRV member, please click here.

The meeting will be held at the City Hall in Leicester. Click here for a local map of car parks.

The event will start at 1.30pm with tea and coffee available from 1.00pm.

In order to assist with refreshment arrangements and bookings, please let Andrew Solley know who will be attending from your organisation.

Don’t forget you can now follow the IRRV East Midlands Association on Twitter @irrvema

The next meeting of the IRRV East Midlands Association  will be held on Tuesday 7th January 2020 at 2.00pm at the offices of the City of Lincoln Council.

Our guest speaker will be Caroline Wright, Corporate Accounting Manager for LGSS Revenues & Benefits. Click here to view Caroline’s LinkedIn profile.

Caroline will take delegates through the NNDR1 return and draw on her wealth of experience in completing the form and liaising with MHCLG in the annual creation and testing of the form.

The meeting is free to IRRV members. If you are not a member of the IRRV, there will be a charge of £25.00 payable for attendance at this meeting. If you are not a member of the IRRV, please provide a purchase order number when you make your booking for this meeting.

If you are interested in becoming an IRRV member, please click here.

The meeting will be held in City Hall in Lincoln. Local car parking can be found here.                                                                                                                                                                          

The event will start at 2.00pm with tea and coffee available from 1.30pm.

In order to assist with refreshment arrangements and bookings, please let Andrew Solley know who will be attending from your organisation.

Don’t forget you can now follow the IRRV East Midlands Association on Twitter @irrvema and

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The next meeting of the IRRV East Midlands Association  will be held on Thursday 12th October 2017 at 1.30pm at the offices of Daventry District Council in Daventry.

Our guest speakers are as follows:

Gary Layzell, Universal Credit Implementation Manager, Civica

CTR Schemes - Review of schemes and emerging new themes and legislation

Gary works for Civica in a newly created role of Universal Credit Implementation Manager which involves a multitude of activity from preparing managed service sites for the transfer to full service to providing external consultancy and training. Gary has worked in local government for some 27 years starting out as a filing clerk back in the days of the poll tax through to his last job as Revenues, Welfare and Customer Services Manager at Harrogate Borough Council.

Simon Bailey

Then, now and the future of digital Revenues and Benefits services

Simon is a qualified freelance IRRV professional who has undertaken many roles in Local Taxation, Benefits and ancillary services. He has considerable experience in managing and supervising Revenues and Benefits services whilst in local government and as a freelance practitioner. Simon undertakes interim management roles with authorities, assisting them with shared services, outsourcing, performance improvement and successfully implementing IT systems. Simon has a keen interest in utilising new technology within Revenues and Benefits. He often delivers papers and is a regular contributor to the IRRV Insight and Benefit Magazines on technology issues.

The meeting is free to IRRV members. If you are not a member of the IRRV, there will be a charge of £25.00 payable for attendance at this meeting. If you are not a member of the IRRV, please provide a purchase order number when you make your booking for this meeting.

If you are interested in becoming an IRRV member, please click here.

The meeting will be held at the offices of Daventry District Council on Lodge Road in Daventry. Click here for a local map of car parks.

The event will start at 1.30pm with tea and coffee available from 1.00pm.

In order to assist with refreshment arrangements and bookings, please let Andrew Solley know who will be attending from your organisation.

Don’t forget you can now follow the IRRV East Midlands Association on Twitter @irrvema

Details below of our 17th Annual Dinner Dance to be held on Saturday 23rd November 2019.

The venue this year will again be the Casa Hotel in Chesterfield which has proved very popular with our guests over the past few years.

This is a popular event and last year we had over 100 guests in attendance.

This is also a charity event whereby the proceeds of the raffle will go to the Association President’s charity. This year's East Midlands Association President, Claire Moses, has chosen the charity Cancer Research UK as her charity for the year.

The cost of attending the dinner dance is £45.00 per person which includes a champagne reception and a three course meal including wine. This price is reduced to £40.00 per person for IRRV East Midlands Association members (each member may also bring one guest at the reduced rate).

We have reserved rooms at the hotel which are available on a first come first served basis. To reserve a room please call the hotel direct and quote the unique code “EAST221119”.

Please let Andrew Solley know as soon as possible whether you will be attending this event, and the number of attendees in your group (we will ask for names later) and send you an invoice for the relevant amount.

Also, please feel free to give Andy a call if you’d like any further information about this event.

There are also sponsorship opportunities for any organisations that may wish to attend details again from Andrew Solley - Secretary of the IRRV EM Association.

Don’t forget that you can now follow the IRRV East Midlands Association on Twitter @irrvema

and Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/company/26516533/admin/

The next meeting of the IRRV East Midlands Association will be held on Friday 30th June 2017 at 2.00pm at the offices of Peterborough City Council.

Our guest speaker will be Roger Messenger who is a partner at Wilks Head and Eve LLP. Roger will be giving a paper on check challenge, appeal. Early experiences of operating within the new legislation.

Check, Challenge, Appeal is one of the largest changes to rating appeals in many years and appeals generally are of increasing importance to local authorities. Roger is a leading valuation specialist who will give a frank summary of his experiences, and those of his industry, on the new system in a paper that should be interesting to property valuers and business rates practitioners alike. A former IRRV National President, Roger has over 30 years’ experience in rating and valuation.

The meeting is free to IRRV members. If you are not a member of the IRRV, there will be a charge of £25.00 payable for attendance at this meeting. If you are not a member of the IRRV, please provide a purchase order number when you make your booking for this meeting.

If you are interested in becoming an IRRV member, please click here.

The meeting will be held in Peterborough Town Hall on Bridge Street. Click here for a local map of car parks.

The event will start at 2.00pm with tea and coffee available from 1.30pm in the Council Chamber in Peterborough Town Hall.

In order to assist with refreshment arrangements and bookings, please let Andrew Solley know who will be attending from your organisation.

Don’t forget you can now follow the IRRV East Midlands Association on Twitter @irrvema

The next meeting of the IRRV East Midlands Association will be held on Tuesday 24th September 2019 at 2.00pm at the offices of Kettering Borough Council.

Our guest speaker will be Roger Messenger, Senior Partner with Wilks Head & Eve LLP. Click here for more information about Roger.

Roger’s presentation will cover two subjects; Check Challenge Appeal – The Story so Far and 2021 Revaluation – Likely Impacts Regionally and Nationally.

Understanding what is happening on CCA and the impacts of the 2021 revaluation are as important to valuers as to Local Authorities from a rates retention point of view. Roger will try to tailor his presentation to the East Midlands region a little and now that the AVD has passed, it is possible to start making some predictions.

The meeting is free to IRRV members. If you are not a member of the IRRV, there will be a charge of £25.00 payable for attendance at this meeting. If you are not a member of the IRRV, please provide a purchase order number when you make your booking for this meeting.

If you are interested in becoming an IRRV member, please click here.

The meeting will be held in the offices of Kettering Borough Council. Local car parking can be found here.                                 

The event will start at 2.00pm with tea and coffee available from 1.30pm.

In order to assist with refreshment arrangements and bookings, please let Andrew Solley know who will be attending from your organisation.

Don’t forget you can now follow the IRRV East Midlands Association on Twitter @irrvema

The next meeting of the IRRV East Midlands Association will be held on Thursday 25th May 2017 at 2.00pm at the offices of Gedling Borough Council in Arnold, Nottingham.

Our guest speaker will be Dave Chapman who is Managing Director at Rossendales Ltd. Dave will be giving a review of the first three years of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act as well as a paper on the procurement process from the point of view of a local authority as well as from the point of view of a company providing enforcement agent services.

The meeting is free to IRRV members. If you are not a member of the IRRV, there will be a charge of £25.00 payable for attendance at this meeting. If you are not a member of the IRRV, please provide a purchase order number when you make your booking for this meeting.

If you are interested in becoming an IRRV member, please click here.

Gedling Borough Council is situated in Arnot Hill Park where free car parking will be provided in the park view car park. If this car park is full, there is also parking available around Arnot Hill Park in pay and display car parks.

The event will start at 2.00pm with tea and coffee available from 1.30pm in the Committee Room at the Council’s offices in Arnold.

In order to assist with refreshment arrangements and bookings, please let Andrew Solley know who will be attending from your organisation.

Don’t forget you can now follow the IRRV East Midlands Association on Twitter @irrvema

The next meeting of the IRRV East Midlands Association will be held on Thursday 8th August 2019 at 2.00pm at the offices of Rutland County Council.

Our guest speakers will be Nick Jennings, Head of Service, Shared Anti-Fraud Service at Hertfordshire County Council and Dianne Downs, Audit Team Leader for Lincolnshire County Council.

Nick and Dianne will be presenting updates of the anti-fraud services as well as sharing their experiences and discussing recent cases.

The meeting is free to IRRV members. If you are not a member of the IRRV, there will be a charge of £25.00 payable for attendance at this meeting. If you are not a member of the IRRV, please provide a purchase order number when you make your booking for this meeting.

If you are interested in becoming an IRRV member, please click here.

The meeting will be held in Council Chamber at Rutland County Council in Oakham. Local car parking can be found here.                                                                                                                                                                          

The event will start at 2.00pm with tea and coffee available from 1.30pm.

In order to assist with refreshment arrangements and bookings, please let me know who will be attending from your organisation.

Don’t forget you can now follow the IRRV East Midlands Association on Twitter @irrvema

Details of the IRRV East Midlands Association Annual General Meeting to be held on 12th April 2017 are available here by clicking on the links:

1. AGM Agenda
2. AGM Meeting Minutes 2016
3. Current Executive Committee’s Nominations
4. Current Association Rules
5. Proposed New Association Rules

David Magor, the Institute’s Chief Executive will be presenting a paper after the AGM providing an update from the IRRV.

Gedling Borough Council is situated in Arnot Hill Park where free car parking will be provided in the park view car park.

A buffet lunch will be provided at 1.00pm with the formal business of the AGM beginning at 2.00pm.

In order to assist with refreshments, please let Andrew Solley (IRRV East Midlands Association Secretary) know if you will be attending.

Don’t forget you can now follow the IRRV East Midlands Association on Twitter @irrvema