Business property advice

These pages contain practical advice to the property decisions your business may need to make; from rent and rates to maintenance and planning permission.

With property costs being a business' second highest outgoing after wages, it is essential that all companies make informed decisions in this area.

To make these decisions, it is important that you talk to a property professional - a Chartered Surveyor. Their training and expertise qualifies them to help on all aspects of your property affairs.


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Buy or lease?

Make an informed decision about what's best for your company

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Construction and alteration

Your questions about business construction answered

Building

Rent reviews

Rent reviews take place at intervals agreed in the lease

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Sales, assignments and sub-lets

Choosing an appropriate chartered surveyor

Latest news

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As a public interest body, RICS conducts its dealings in an open and transparent manner, and seeks to influence decision makers through providing expert, impartial advice.

RICS Pubco Forum report update - 28 January 2010

It is obvious to us that the Select Committee, and industry, expects the RICS to take the lead as a independent body in helping to resolve some of the conflicts that exist in the pub industry.

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The Housing Design Awards, which RICS is now supporting as sponsor and judge, have a remarkable history. Health minister Nye Bevan launched them in 1948 in support of a brand new NHS.


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