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With the upcoming delayed announcement of this year’s CIF bids due mid-June, attention will soon be placed upon any bids that were not approved and those that need to be submitted in the next round of bidding, expected in December 2021. With this in mind, we have found an interesting and thought-provoking blog which provides…
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By Neil O'Brien
With the upcoming delayed announcement of this years CIF bids due mid-June attention will soon be placed upon any bids that were not approved and those that need to be submitted in the next round of bidding, expected in December 2021.
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The Department for Education have now announced the milestone dates for CIF applications for year 2021/22, and as noted in the table below the timescales allow additional time to submit applications / bids. Good news, which is perhaps in light of the current Pandemic, the deadline date for applications to be submitted has been set…
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Tenants are already faced with substantial business premises occupancy costs such as rents and rates, and then, usually at the end of their occupational Lease they are served with a schedule of dilapidations; the other bane of commercial property occupation. Dilapidations are breaches of covenant for which a business tenant is liable under terms…
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By Neil O'Brien
Tenants are already faced with substantial business premises occupancy costs such as rents and rates, and then, usually at the end of their occupational Lease they are served with a schedule of dilapidations; the other bane of commercial property occupation.
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Manchester High School for Girls (MHSG) MHSG is set over an 8-acre site, consisting of open green fields and c12 buildings all differing in forms of construction and style. The main buildings date as early as 1874 exemplifying striking Victorian features, progressing to recently constructed classrooms utilising modern methods and materials. MHSG, like many other…
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September marks the start of the school year; Academies are getting their ducks in a row with very little mention of the Condition Improvement Fund (CIF). In October we receive a barrage of incoming phone calls and emails from Academies who are seeking general advice on how, when and where to apply for funding. Furthermore,…
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Roger Hannah’s Building Consultancy team are proud to have delivered Pre-Acquisition Building Condition Surveys, negotiations for Landlord works, Schedule of Condition, Defect Diagnosis, CDM, Building Standards advice and recommendations for ForbiddenPlanet in respect of their stores throughout the UK and Ireland including their new flagship store on Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. When the new store opened…
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School Condition Allocation (SCA) funding has now been released by the Department for Education with details available here. Roger Hannah have been working with our Multi-Academy Trusts to advise on budgets for maintenance, repairs and replacements of the school’s building fabric by means of providing 10 year Planned Preventative Maintenance Schedules (PPM). This allows our…
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The term Jervis v Harris clause, stems from a prominent Dilapidations Court case in 1995. As a consequence of the Court’s decision, most modern day Leases contain a ‘self-help’ remedy for Landlords, when a Tenant is failing to maintain and repair a property in accordance with their contractual obligations under a Lease during the lease term. Such ‘self-help’ remedies are often referred to as a Jervis v Harris clause.
