Premises

Article: Business Rates

Business Rates How do you Rate? IF YOU DO NOT CHECK YOUR BUSINESS RATE ASSESSMENTS, YOU MAY BE OVERPAYING Businesses will be receiving their new business rate bills between now and 1st April. From this date, businesses can appeal...

Article: Buying Premises

Buying Premises Buying business premises gives you control over one of your major financial investments. As an owner-occupier, you can choose to stay in the premises for ever. If need be, you can raise money through selling, taking out an additional...

Article: Choosing Office Premises

Choosing Office Premises Finding the right office premises will help you improve productivity, attract and retain good employees, and give a positive impression of the business to your customers. This briefing takes you through the various stages of...

Article: Energy Performance Certificates for buildings

Energy Performance Certificates for Buildings Energy Performance Certificates Buildings are responsible for almost 50% of the UK’s energy consumption and carbon emissions. The ways in which we light, heat and use our 25 million...

Article: EPCs for Commercial Buildings

EPCs for Commercial Buildings EPCs - A Preface This guide is not a statement of the law, but is intended to help prospective sellers, buyers, landlords, occupiers, building managers, builders and their agents understand how the Directive and...

Article: Fire (Scotland) Act

Fire (Scotland) Act The Act details the duties of the Fire and Rescue Service which include the promotion of community safety as well as responding to emergencies, such as fire. The Act also specifies who has responsibility for fire safety in...

Article: Fire Safety Regulations Guide

Fire Safety Regulations Guide With effect from 1st October 2006 every company will be required to carry out their own risk assessment to ensure compliance with Fire Safety Regulations, Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, and to identify...

Article: Getting out of a Lease

Getting out of a Lease As the needs of your business change, you may wish to get out of the lease on your premises. This is seldom easy. A lease is a legal contract, and your landlord can take you to court if you break it. But depending on the...

Article: Moving Premises

Moving Premises Moving into new premises is usually an exciting milestone - marking the growth of your business or a new strategy. But few people realise beforehand how disruptive and time consuming moving is likely to be. The key to success is...

Article: Property Licences

Property Licences Moving into licensed property is easier, quicker and cheaper than taking on a lease or buying a freehold property. Licensed properties are often ideal for start-up businesses. You can get in fast and do not need to tie up capital in...

Article: Rent Reviews and Rating Assessments

Rent Reviews and Rating Assessments Rent reviews are a mechanism for adjusting a tenant's rent to the current market level. Similarly, the revaluation of rating assessments adjusts the rates an occupier pays, bringing it into line with rental...

Article: Renting Premises

Renting Premises Compared with purchasing premises, renting is flexible and ties up a minimal amount of capital. Most businesses rent their premises, either through a lease or a licence. However, be on your guard. Property law can be complex and...

Article: Searching for Premises

Searching for Premises Choosing your business premises is one of the biggest decisions you ever have to make, but few people have much useful experience of it. For a start-up business with modest resources, it can be a daunting prospect. Yet all it...

Article: Securing Your Premises

Securing Your Premises Theft, vandalism and arson are the crimes most likely to affect your business. There is no single solution. You need to identify the particular threats you face. This briefing sets out the security measures you should consider...

Article: Setting Up an Office

Setting Up an Office In a well set-up office, the equipment, the systems and the environment all contribute to making you and your business more efficient. Instead of cobbling together your office as you go along, plan it properly from the start. This...