Control of occupancy costs has never been more important. Here we set our 10 Pre-Contact Lease Tips when signing up to a lease subject to a service charge…
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On behalf of a large supermarket chain client we recently reviewed an apportionment issue that arose due to a change of managing agent.
This store was located on a Shopping Park that used a Weighted Floor Area (WFA) apportionment method – the larger the store, the greater the discount to the service charge…
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In the first 3 months of 2022, Assure have recovered £6M of service charge costs for our clients. We categorise all savings that we achieve by type and thought we would highlight a few types that we commonly see…
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To the uninitiated, the world of Service Charge Management might seem a bit bewildering, as well as all the numbers involved, there’s a whole new language to learn! Here’s the Assure guide to some of the common Service Charge Management terminology you might come across when looking at your service charge liability…
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Assure may have the very best lease audit and administration teams in place. But if the terms are poor, there is only so much that we can do, here are our 8 Tips for Property Cost Control…
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First things first, when we are referring to an Audit, we mean a Certified or Chartered Accountants Audit. Their role is designed to protect the payers of the service charge, the Tenants. They should verify and certify expenditure by completing a full review and appropriate checks, providing the Tenant’s with the assurance that things have been handled properly…
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