St Helens set for Regeneration Transformation

By Simon Cook

St Helens Borough Council and the English Cities Fund (ECF) are bringing forward ambitious plans to transform St Helens town centre via what they describe as a once-in-a-lifetime regeneration project. The Council is working on a 20-year regeneration plan for the Borough with the English Cities Fund, a strategic joint venture between Muse, Legal & General, and Homes England. 

Property Management – Occupier Consultancy

By jbc_admin

With the growing complexity in the world of real estate management there is more demand for guidance from occupiers with regard to the understanding their costs and complying with their responsibilities that are set out under their lease and having regard to the current statutory obligations. At Roger Hannah as independent advisors we are ideally…

A Guide to Compulsory Purchase Order

By jbc_admin

While it might seem like there’s enough land to go around in the UK, some areas are in higher demand than others. If a new scheme in your area is being developed, then the location of your land, home or business may interfere with the plans. In which case, you could be served with what…

International Women’s Day

By jbc_admin

At Roger Hannah, we’re lucky enough to work with some fantastic women, including colleagues as well as clients and other professionals. Four women from RH tell us what it means to them: Nicola Russell Smith, Associate Director – Head of Property Finance Being a woman at RH is actually quite balanced. It isn’t an ‘all…

Commercial Estates Secure Key Temple Property

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Commercial Estates Group flagship Temple development of Leeds City Centre took another significant step forward with the acquisition of a strategic site in the ownership of Metal Finishing Coatings. Metal Finishing Coatings owned an industrial building of almost 20,000 sq. ft on a site of 0.71 acres. The building is situated to the rear of…

New guidance released by The Department for Education for CIF Applications

By Neil O'Brien

New guidance has now been released by The Department for Education for CIF Applications to be submitted for the 2023/24 funding round. There is additional focus upon energy efficient heating systems to replace coal and oil systems together with improved ventilation.

Property Management Client Portal Launch

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The property management team have recently launched Mojo for Clients which is a portal they have developed alongside our accounts software company. This is a secure system which allows clients and their approved advisors to have direct real-time access to their data we hold and manage in order to obtain up-to-date core information and track…

Roger Hannah expands with acquisition of Grasscroft Development Solutions

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Roger Hannah has acquired Grasscroft Development Solutions, the viability consultancy arm of Grasscroft Properties, in a move that establishes Roger Hannah as one of the largest development advisory teams in Manchester. Grasscroft Development Solutions was established by Mike Coulter in 2003, and has since grown to be the largest viability consultancy business in the North…

Godley Green Garden Village Takes Another Step Forward

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Greater Manchester needs to build over 200,000 homes between 2018 and 2037, with Tameside expected to build 11,067 of those, according to Places for Everyone (formerly The Greater Manchester Housing Strategy, which succeeded the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework). Tameside Council’s latest Strategic Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment in April 2020 confirmed that there was…

What a 16 months!!

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As we approached Freedom Day, the CPO team sat down to discuss how the pandemic had impacted the department and looked at some of the changes, challenges, and successes we have had. As with many businesses across the UK, Roger Hannah has evolved and reacted to the changes in the working environment. Balancing home working…