Roger Hannah & Co acquires its Manchester Office.

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Roger Hannah & Co has acquired the long leasehold interest of the offices that they occupy at Century Buildings, Parsonage Gardens, Manchester. The practice took advantage of an option agreement that they held with the Landlords, Property Alliance, acquiring the 9,500 sq ft office premises for £1,250,000. The transaction reflected an initial net yield of…

Roger Hannah & Co is instructed as Managing Agents on a Large Property Portfolio.

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Roger Hannah & Co has been appointed as Managing Agents on an exciting portfolio of properties on behalf of a new Client. This developing relationship will increase our Rent Roll on managed properties by circa £230k. We are to commence with our client led management service throughout September 2015. To understand how Roger Hannah &…

Roger Hannah & Co have completed the sale of 34 Chorley Road, Swinton

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Roger Hannah & Co have completed the sale of prominent roadside site 34 Chorley Rd, Swinton to Shortis Group Ltd at £400,000. The former car showroom is to be operated in their Wilco Motorsave format. James Goode, Head of Private Treaty Agency at Roger Hannah & Co commented: “After stiff competition for the site from…

The difference between must/should when purchasing Commercial Property?

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Terminology of Capital Allowances (CAs) Must A specific requirement in legislation or of a principle, rule, outcome or other mandatory provision in the SRA Handbook. The Pooling Requirement and Fixed Value Requirement rules will mean that the CAs issue must be dealt with at the point of sale, accompanied by documentation which will, it is…

2017 Business Rates Revaluation

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2017 Business Rates Revaluation: 1st April 2017 is a date that should be in every businesses diary. This date brings the new rating list into effect. Hopefully, the revaluation will bring business rates into line with the prevailing economic climate. As the 2017 revaluation will be based on rental values, as at 1st April 2015,…

GP Surgeries: Upper Tribunal Ruling on Business Rates and Premises Valuations

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The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) made a ruling earlier this year in Gallagher (VO) V Dr M Read & Partners & Dr J Poyser & Partners that has implications for how business rates are calculated for practices occupying purpose built GP premises. The tribunal examined the way in which purpose built GP surgeries are valued…

Supreme Court Reverses Landmark Business Rates Decision In Woolway -V- Mazars

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The Supreme Court Decision on Business Premises Assessment July 2015 the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the case of Woolway (VO) v Mazars LLP. Mazars, an accountancy firm, occupied the second and sixth floors of Tower Bridge House, an eight-storey office building in central London. The Valuation Officer had assessed the two floors…

Roger Hannah & Co. partner The Oasis Centre in innovative funding strategy.

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Click Here for the Oasis July News Letter

Roger Hannah & Co raised £1,572 for The Christie Charity.

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11 of us braved the conditions and completed the We Love Manchester 10k on Sunday morning, cheered on by friends and family (and special thanks to Angela crutches and all for coming out and supporting us). All of us got round unscathed and in respectable times. We have to date raised £1,572 for The Christie…

Investment News – July 2015

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Roger Hannah & Co have been instructed on behalf of a family trust to acquire investment property across the North West. The Trust has between £7 million and £11 million to invest and with funding the funds available are likely to be up to £20 million. The objective is to establish a £1 million rental…