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…

Government to tackle business rate avoidance using charities

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The government will introduce measures to tackle business rate avoidance, including that involving charities, according to documents published today alongside the Budget. The government has published updates on action it is taking to “improve the administration of business rates, including the appeals system, and on tackling business rates avoidance”. Two of the main methods of…

Annual Investment Allowance (AIA)

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Annual Investment Allowance (AIA) to be permanently set at £200,000 for the duration of this Parliament. The government is further supporting investment by small- and medium-sized firms (SMEs) by increasing the permanent level of the Annual Investment Allowance (AIA) to £200,000 for all qualifying investment in plant and machinery made on or after 1 January…

Rates Appeals System Facing Meltdown

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The business rates appeals system is facing meltdown with over 280,000 appeals currently outstanding, 22% of all appeals received since 2010 were between January and March 2015 as a direct consequence of the Government extending the revaluation to 2017 and changing the rules for appeals received post 31st March 2015. Businesses warned the Government that…

Roger Hannah Secures Residential Development in Heaton Moor

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Roger Hannah were originally appointed in 2006 to act for three industrial land owners who had adjoining land ownership in Buckingham Road, Heaton Moor. We were faced with a number of quite problematic issues to resolve including: different objectives from the three land owners, no access to the land, no planning permission, historic contamination issues,…

In Safe Hands!

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Our Director of Building Consultancy, Neil O’Brien, has now successfully passed the new conversion exam to become a Registered Member (2015). The process follows the change in construction health and safety regulations with the new Construction Design Management Regulations 2015 (CDM2015), which came into force on the 6th April 2015, replacing the CDM 2007 regulations.…

Cobcroft Medical Centre, Huddersfield

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Following on from our track record of successfully delivering professional services for similar new build medical centres, Roger Hannah & Co has been appointed to act as an Employers Agent and CDM Adviser for a Design and Build Medical Centre in Huddersfield.

Eric Moore Medical Centre, Warrington

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Following the successful completion of Phase 1 of the works, site remediation, Roger Hannah & Co were retained to provide a complete professional services package for the design and construction of a speculative new build industrial estate at an established town centre location.

464 Palatine Road, Northenden, Manchester

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Roger Hannah appointed to prepare a mutually agreeable schedule of condition for engrossment into a new commercial lease of an office building in Manchester.

Local Shopping Precinct in Warrington

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Success in Roger Hannah & Co.’s Landlord and tenant department