Utilities Rating Team (URT)

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Valuation of Public Utilities comprising:

• Large Ports
• Electricity Generation
• Transmission Distribution and Supply
• Gas Distribution
• Water Supply Companies
• Network Rail
• Light Railways (Public Tram Systems)
• London Underground
• British Waterways

The main contact details for the URT are:

Address

Head of Unit

Specific Responsibility for Ports

Guy Richardson

Birmingham Tel:03000-503097

British Waterways

Adrian Smith–Shaw

Birmingham Tel:03000-503111

Electricity Generation

Keir Hardman

Crewe Tel:03000-507350

Michael Rowbottom

Leeds Tel:03000-500860

Bob Prescott

Halifax Tel:03000-502807

Simon Lightfoot

Crewe Tel:01829-749306

Electricity Transmission, Distribution and Supply

Nick Williams

Carmarthen Tel:03000-500038

Peter Russell

Swansea Tel:03000-500186

Peter Ruben

Guildford Tel:03000-506949

Simon Lightfoot

Crewe Tel:01829-749306

Keir Hardman

Crewe Tel:03000-507350

Gas Distribution and Transmission

Peter Russell

Swansea Tel:03000-500186

Peter Ruben

Guildford Tel:03000-506949

Nick Williams

Carmarthen Tel:03000-500038

Large Ports

Robin Coulson

Teesside Tel:03000-504211

Nick Williams

Carmarthen Tel:03000-500038

Peter Ruben

Guildford Tel:03000-506949

Light Tram Systems

Adrian Smith–Shaw

Birmingham Tel:03000-503111

Nick Williams

Carmarthen Tel:03000-500038

London Underground

Simon Lightfoot

Crewe Tel:01829-749306

Adrian Smith–Shaw

Birmingham Tel:03000-503111

Railways

Adrian Smith–Shaw

Birmingham Tel:03000-503111

Simon Lightfoot

Crewe Tel:01829-749306

Water

Adrian Smith–Shaw

Birmingham Tel:03000-503111

Peter Russell

Swansea Tel:03000-500186

Nick Williams

Carmarthen Tel:03000-500038

Peter Ruben

Guildford Tel:03000-506949

Admin Manager

Helen Ashbery

Birmingham Tel:03000-503006

Specialist Referencer

Jon Holbrook

Liverpool Tel:0151-6445824