All Ask the expert articles – Page 7
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ProfessionalFive things to look out for with business rates in 2019
2018 was certainly a tumultuous year as far as business rates was concerned with the impact of the 2017 revaluation hitting home.
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Markets
2019: a year of change for property management
2019 will be year of change for the leasehold system, a shift of focus for health safety and a crunch time for build-to-rent.
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Professional
Tax and Brexit concerns create uncertainty heading into 2019
When considering the past year, ‘uncertainty’ has certainly been the watchword for those operating in the property and construction industry.
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Insight
Investing in commercial property: beware the Brexit clause?
Last month saw an apocalyptic picture painted about the impact of Brexit. The Bank of England warned that commercial property values could fall 48% in the event of a No-deal – worse than the global financial crisis – and even a more “orderly” Brexit could see a 27% drop.
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Professional
Broadband providers need to work with landlords on full-fibre rollout
It is no secret that the UK’s internet capabilities have a lot of catching up to do. Indeed, the stalled rollout of full-fibre is a growing national problem that must be tackled swiftly, especially as the UK still lags behind other countries. So it is encouraging that the government has ...
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Professional
Landlords beware as S Franses ruling restores tenant protections
The Supreme Court’s recent ruling in S Franses v The Cavendish Hotel is, I believe, the most seminal change to the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 since 1954. The case concerned the hotel’s right to oppose the grant of a new tenancy to S Franses, on the grounds that Cavendish ...
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Insight
Challenge to ATM ruling will hit business ratepayers
The VOA’s decision to petition the Supreme Court for the right to appeal against a court ruling blocking its proposals to introduce additional business rates on ATMs in retail stores is hugely disappointing.
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Professional
Acquiring an industrial asset with solar PV - solar so good for lenders?
The introduction of the original government incentives for rooftop Solar PV installations gave rise to booming levels of activity for a relatively short and intense period-of-time, the result of which was an abundance of so-called ‘rent-a-roof’ arrangements on large industrial premises.
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Insight
Being LandAid's chair has made me so proud
I’ve had a long association with LandAid, and one that gives me a huge sense of pride. I well recall Mike Slade telling me back in the early noughties when I was chief executive of the British Property Federation about his plans to turn a tiny charity, run by enthusiasts ...
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Professional
Gove’s green push might be the start of something big
This week sees world leaders, civil society and the finest climate scientists descend on Katowice, the coal capital of Poland, for COP24, the United Nation’s climate conference.
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Professional
Fewer skilled EU workers coming to Britain will only fuel the housing crisis
Concerns over immigration were a driving factor behind the Brexit vote in 2016. And, it seems, EU-born workers’ worries over their employment rights after the UKs withdrawal from the EU are now being reflected in migration patterns – with new figures published last week by the Office of National Statistics ...
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Professional
Industry needs support from the banks to survive Brexit slump
Shortly after the autumn Budget, a story caught my eye. It’s a cautionary tale for all of us working in the built environment and concerns the holy trinity: Brexit, builders and banks.
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Professional
Pilot project saves time and money in renewal of business tenancies
The two things you need to know about any business process are how long it will take and how much it will cost. With the answers to these questions, you can decide if the process will add value. So what about the renewal of business tenancies where the issue is ...
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Insight
Focusing on health and productivity would help bridge the regional gap
The link between health - both physical and mental - and productivity is a simple one: The happier and healthier people are, the more productive they are. After all, if you’re feeling a bit down or under the weather, you’re not going to perform at your best.
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Professional
Budget measures fall well short of the real reforms businesses need
With the dust settling on the Budget, we can reflect on the chancellor’s business rates announcements. I found it surprising to hear the warm plaudits the chancellor received, given how very little he delivered.
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Professional
Enforcement notices are necessary but should be applied with care
What started with an alleged clerical error of misplaced documents by Islington Council has now snowballed into a full-blown demolition order of architect Amin Taha’s £4.65m offices and family home.
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Professional
Autumn Budget: Chancellor misses an opportunity to address affordability issue
The Autumn Budget offered plenty of good news for the housing and construction sector, with the Chancellor promising £1bn of British Business Bank guarantees to encourage more smaller-scale developments by SME developers. There was also additional funding to help up to 500 neighbourhoods secure land for new homes, to be ...
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Professional
What’s the best approach to valuing build-to-rent schemes?
Over the past three years, the build-to-rent market has grown considerably, with the key driver for investors being the return on net income.
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Professional
Hague Convention should mean UK judgments enforceable in EU states
Since the Brexit vote, property investors may want to know whether UK judgments will continue to be enforceable in the courts of EU member states when the UK leaves the EU.
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Insight
We must consider environmental impact of new buildings
The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.” These are the profound words of adventurer and environmentalist Robert Swan who became the first person in history to walk both the North and South Poles.
