For us to understand what will happen to Office Service Charge budgets in 2022, we need to look back. In 2021, the approach taken by office sector landlords to budgeting has been mixed. Whilst the majority presented reduced budgets, compared to 2020, many adopted a ‘business as usual’ approach, issuing increased budgets that have included substantial major works in some cases…
From our internal research, based on renewals that have taken place over the past three months, landlords insurance recharges are rising. We are seeing average increases of 13.5% feeding through at renewal. This is a combination of rising declared values (4%) and escalating premium rates (9.5%). In many cases the increases are far greater, with Landlords extending their cover as well as taking a more active role in the identification of risks…
According to our research, Tenants are begining to protect their position to a far greater extent, with many more service charge caps and all-inclusive rents. If this trend continues, it is Landlords that will suffer the fluctuations. In turn, this directly impacts the net rent (after deducting service charge shortfalls) that they are able to secure across the let parts of their scheme…
For us to understand what will happen to Service Charge budgets in 2022, we need to look back. In 2021 service charge budgets reduced by 9% for Shopping Centres and 4% for Retail/Leisure Parks. This was mainly due to the withdrawal of major works and reduced marketing throughout the lockdown periods. There was relatively little in the way of reduced manpower costs, despite Furlough, so that’s one to look out for as we await the final reconciled service charge accounts…
Assure Consulting attended the FlexSA (Flexible Space Association) Conference and Exhibition in London on 7 September, notable figures within the flexible space industry presented on key topics of interest to the sector.
Some providers within the flexible space sector have been significantly impacted by the pandemic, in particular the government’s directive to work from home. However, there is now a mood of optimism and excitement within the industry…
Latest Refunds and Savings With cost saving and refunds high on the agenda, I thought we would share some of the issues that we have dealt with this week……. Double payment of insurance …
