News & Views - 2018
The latest news, events and insights in the Wales property world
Proud sponsors of Wales Week in London 2019
Cooke & Arkwright is delighted to be sponsoring Wales Week in London in 2019 for the second year running. Wales Week in London 2019 promises to be the biggest yet…
Regent Street Disease Not Confined to London
From London to Edinburgh, Cardiff to Dublin, Bristol to Nottingham. These are not flight routes; they are among the many cities where there are types of buildings which either have,…
Short-lived celebration of landmark ruling on ATM business rates
Retailers had been celebrating a victory after a Court of Appeal decision in November 2018 which deemed all ATMs to be non-rateable. Tesco, Sainsbury’s, the Co-0perative Group and others had…
Will toll removal open commercial property floodgates?
At long last one of the major obstacles between Wales and England has been removed. For the first time, on 17th December 2018 the tolls on the Severn Bridge, renamed…
Professional Statement lends weight in contentious area of service charges
The RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) has issued a new Professional Statement for Service Charges in Commercial Property. This sets out best practice for the management and administration of…
Landlords beware
Modern commercial leases will contain repairing, reinstatement and redecoration clauses which place strict obligations on the tenant during and at the end of the agreed lease term.