VAT & Property Conference 2025

Colin has worked at M&G Plc for over a decade, advising on VAT matters related to its property funds. He takes an active role in the industry, lobbying HMRC and HM Treasury for change, and is the current chair of the British Property Federation’s VAT Committee.

The co-author of VAT on Construction, Land and Property, published by Scammell & Nyland, Chris Nyland has specialised in the taxation of real estate and the built environment for two decades. He was a partner at Gowling WLG and continues to provide consultancy services to some of the largest property operators in the UK. He is a member of the BPF’s VAT Committee, a member of the CIOT’s Property Taxes committee, and a regular contributor to Tax Journal.

Gabby is a VAT partner at Blick Rothenberg, and chair of the CIOT’s indirect taxes committee. Although her main focus is on financial services, she has been closely involved in discussions with HMRC and HM Treasury on the post-Brexit scoping of exemptions and status of retained EU (assimilated) law. Having started her career at HMRC, Gabby has the distinction of having worked at all of the Big Four firms(!), as well as in the VAT team at Barclay’s Bank.

Daniel Taylor is the VAT technical lead within HMRC’s VAT policy team. He provides technical leadership on Reliefs, Deductions, Financial Services and Overseas Repayments. Daniel has over thirty years’ experience within HMRC, of which over twenty years has been spent in VAT policy. This has included place of supply of services policy, as well as negotiating on EU Exit and the Windsor Framework.  Daniel is a Chartered Tax Adviser.

Rebecca founded The VAT Team after training at PEM, a mid-tier firm in Cambridge, and subsequently becoming a Director of vatadvice.org. She has a broad experience of VAT issues, particularly in education, charity/not for profit and property sectors. Her passion and technical excellence saw Rebecca elected as VAT Practitioners Group National Technical Chair in 2023 and again in 2025, through which she sits on the JVCC and various other advisory boards, engaging with HMRC on behalf of stakeholders.

Kerry is Director of Big for Tax and is Technical Advisor to the Charity Tax Group. He focuses on tax in the charity and education sectors including partial exemption and the CGS, particularly in the higher education sector. His previous roles include director at KPMG, head of tax and deputy finance director at the University of Cambridge, and finance director for the 370-acre North West Cambridge Development. He is a member of HMRC’s Land and Property Liaison Group, of the JVCC, and of various HMRC-sponsored working parties.

Ceinwen is a Tax Partner in the Corporate Tax team. She specialises in real estate tax matters on asset transactions (acquisitions, sales and leasing structures), corporate wrapper deals, and development and investment structuring, advising across all key asset classes including commercial, residential, student accommodation, industrial and logistics.

Martin is the co-author of VAT on Construction, Land and Property, published by Scammell & Nyland, and an occasional consultant in these areas. Martin started out in VAT Policy in Customs & Excise, was a Partner at Ernst & Young, and then head of indirect tax at Eversheds. He is technical secretary to the BPF’s VAT Committee, and a member of the JVCC, of HMRC’s Land and Property Liaison Group, and of the CIOT’s indirect taxes and property taxes committees.