PROPERTY agency Colliers International has appointed Rob Cohen as senior surveyor with its rating team in West Yorkshire.

Mr Cohen (pictured) will be responsible for driving new business and managing existing instructions, including the national accounts for Co-operative Group and Aldi.

Mr Cohen, who previously spent five years with Sanderson Weatherall, joins a team of four.

Mick O’Donoghue, head of rating in West Yorkshire, said: “We are delighted to welcome Rob to the team. We have experienced a major increase in business following the introduction of the 2010 rating revaluation.ŠThis has impacted on all businesses and commercial organisations, fuelling significant increases in rates bills.”