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Employers Agent Case Study – April 2013

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Denmark House, Roundthorn Industrial Estate, Wythenshawe, Manchester

Roger Hannah & Co

• Structurally glazed double height reception.
• Refurbishment & fit out of 23,000 sq. ft. industrial space & offices.

Instructing on behalf of Marnshaw Limited, Roger Harrison CEO of Ensor Holdings Plc instructed Roger Hannah & Co to act as Employers Agent, CDM Co-ordinator and Contract Administrator in connection with the multi-million refurbishment and extension of a former distribution warehouse / cold store, located in the heart of Roundthorn Industrial Estate, Wythenshawe in Manchester.

Pre-construction Roger Hannah & Co provided procurement strategy advice, and prepared the pre-construction phase health and safety plan and drafted the Construction Contracts. During the construction phase Roger Hannah & Co is providing contract administration and works monitoring services.

Refurbishment of 50,000 sq.ft office at Lakeside, Cheadle

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Extension and fit out of Lakeside House, Cheadle Royal Business Park, Cheadle, Stockport.

Author: Michael Hurst BSc(Hons) MRICS MCIOB CEA

Landlord and Tenant – No implied insurance recovery in Service charge clause

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In a recent case where, by mistake, a lease contained no express clause for the landlord to recover the insurance premium from the tenant, it was held that there was no basis of implied recovery. In Sadd v Brown (2013), the lease required the landlord to carry out works and spend money on the building,…

Landlord and Tenant – Service Charge Clauses – no special Rules of Interpretation

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The High Court in a recent decision has raised doubts about the existence of hitherto generally accepted rules of interpretation of service charge clauses, namely, that landlords should not make a profit and that such clauses should be construed restrictively. In Arnold -v- Britton (2012), a number of chalets situated in a Swansea leisure park…

Dilapidations settlement successfully negotiated for Audio T

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Acting on behalf of specialist Audio/Visual retailer Audio T, Roger Hannah & Co has successfully negotiated a dilapidations settlement in respect of their former branch at 88 Bridge Street, Warrington.

Review your Business Rates Bill

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Business rates are a large part of the cost of occupying any property and there are many examples of business’ that have run into financial difficulty because of these high charges. Business rates are assessed by the Valuation Office Agency and are collected by the local authority. The calculation is based on your properties rental…

Could we be seeing a Local Authority Dash for the Cash?

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The Local Government Finance Act 2012 creates a new model for funding local authorities from April 2013, linking their financial revenue to the decisions they take to support local firms and local jobs. Local authorities across the country will retain a 50% local share of the business rates they collect and then keep a 50%…

Business Rates: Are Northern Businesses set to Subsidise their Southern Brothers?

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The Government’s proposals to cancel the 2015 rates revaluation will see many small struggling businesses forced to pay taxes against 2008 valuations, made near the peak of the property boom. This decision was meant to go unnoticed, slipped in without warning and without consultation, and to rub salt into the wound Ministers, somewhat unconvincingly, claim…

Government to review empty property rates legislation

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The Estates Gazette has revealed that the government could review empty property rates legislation after a freedom of information request showed that the government was spending more than £50 million in tax per year on its own vacant properties, an amount which is expected to rise to £70 million for the current year 2012-2013. The…

Former Casino & Nightclub, Southport

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The property had been vandalised and was suffering from subsidence/structural defects and had been acquired by a developer. We appealed the rateable value of circa £75,000 and successfully reduced this to £0.