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This week my team member Simon Coates in our Professional Information team had an enquiry on an email from a worried shop owner who was undergoing a rent review . The shop owner was worried about the rental the landlord would charge on extra space above the shop which the shop owner used for storage. Simon says there is no right or wrong ...

We often get calls from members of the public who are having builders do work on their homes eg building an extension. It pains me to hear that things are going wrong and the caller doesn't know what do . For instance I had a caller who had a JCT contract they were using with a building firm and the builders had not signed the contract. ...

Last Friday the Professional Information team got a call in from a solicitor who was not sure what use class a veterinary practice came under and was writing this into a lease. We usually ask enquirers to take a look at the Planning Portal page which gives the latest listing. You'll see by following the last link it unfortunately doesn't ...

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