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The latest news, events and insights in the Wales property world
Opinion: Welsh Government’s Business Rate Multiplier Consultation
In May, the Welsh Government launched a consultation proposing major changes to how business rates are calculated in Wales.
Valuation Tribunal for Wales Training Day - Business Rate Appeals
Andrew West , director and head of the business rates team at Cooke & Arkwright, gave a talk to the Valuation Tribunal for Wales on 9th July explaining the radical…
Michael Lawley Receives Property Personality of the Year
Michael Lawley, Chairman of Cooke & Arkwright was awarded the Property Personality of the Year Award at the recent Insider Media Property Awards Wales 2024.
Business Space Q1 2024 Market Reports
The first quarter of 2024 has seen a strong start with significantly more office transactions across Cardiff and consistent level of industrial take up through South Wales.
Cooke & Arkwright Secure Lease for Esquires Coffee in Newport
Esquires Coffee was founded in 1993 in British Columbia by two entrepreneurial business graduates who wanted to serve the best coffee to their community. Now, they are a globally recognised…
Business Rates – 12 months on are the changes too complicated? Update on Check, Challenge, Appeal in Wales 12 months into the new system
From 1st April 2023 a new rating appeal system was adopted in Wales, which broadly replicates the Check, Challenge, Appeal (CCA) system introduced in England in 2017.