04 Nov, 2024 BUDGET 2024: Real Estate Sector Snapshot By Scott Burn As Rachel Reeves delivers her long-awaited Budget, the first by a Labour government for almost 15 years, we summarise the headline items...
18 Nov, 2020 West end story: plans to make this iconic area feel pretty again By Maples Teesdale Last week’s news, that a COVID 19 vaccine might finally be on the horizon, has introduced a glimmer of hope to society and to the...
28 Jul, 2020 Business Rates Reform - Have your say! By Rosalind Cullis Whilst there is currently a full business rates holiday for the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors for the rest of the financial...
14 Aug, 2019 Retailers coming together to ask the Chancellor to do more to fix the "broken business rates system" By Anastasia Klein It is good to see retailers joining together to ask the government to do more to address one of the key pressures faced by retailers and...
06 Aug, 2019 When is a lease not a lease? When it's a sham. By Charles Elgood Landlords and managing agents probably get bored as property solicitors wax lyrical about whether a licence might be construed as a...
17 Jun, 2019 Is the rating system responsible for CVAs doubling since 2017? By Chris Xitsas Earlier today Retail Gazette quoted that CVAs have resulted in almost 1000 store closures since 2017, with the numbers of CVAs doubling...
13 Jun, 2019 Rates on redevelopment By John Bosworth This report is a summary of a very recent decision where the law relating to business rate relief during redevelopment has been clarified...
13 Mar, 2019 Can we save the high street by shifting the business rates burden? By Maples Teesdale The Treasury Committee is currently consulting on possible reforms to business rates. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local...
13 Feb, 2019 Retail Business Rates need a shake up By Roger Thornton Some research by Ellandi and Montagu Evans suggests that the Government's rates relief for retail premises is not likely to really help...