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| Annabel's |
Leisure
|
Mayfair |
 |
| Brief |
Provide
comprehensive
rating
advice
|
| Issues |
Over
charging
-
transitional
relief
on
Fitness
Club
Hardship
relief
Level
of
valuation
1990,
1995
and
2000
Rating
Lists
|
| Result |
Group
Savings
of
approx
£356,000
over
15
years
|
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| Agfa
Gevaert Ltd |
Manufacturing |
Brentford
|
|
| Brief |
Reduce rate payments during building works |
| Issues |
Refurbishment in client's
office premises |
| Result |
Rate savings £130,000
over 11 months |
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| Ajilon |
Recruitment |
UK-wide |
|
| Brief |
Business
Rates
appeals
2000
Rating
List
Portfolio
of
77
offices |
| Issues |
Level
of
Valuation
2000
|
| Result |
Savings
of
over
£200,000
over
5
years
|
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| Bayer
PLC |
Pharmaceuticals |
Berks/Bucks/Essex/Midlands |
|
| Brief |
Reduce
outgoings
on
partially
used
accommodation
|
| Issues |
Discretionary
relief
for
unoccupied
parts
|
| Result |
Savings
of
over
£...tba |
|
| Brunswick
Group |
PR |
Central
London
|
|
| Brief |
Minimise
Business
Rate
bills |
| Issues |
Offices
in
3
interconnecting
buildings
Poor
layout
and
intercommunication
Comparison
with
other
offices
Quality
of
air
conditioning
Discretionary
relief
for
unoccupied
parts
|
| Result |
Savings
of
over
£500,000 |
|
| Cairnserve |
Food/Retail
|
SE
England
(16
sites)
|
|
| Brief |
Business
Rates
appeals
2000
Rating
List
|
| Issues |
Level
of
Valuation
2000
|
| Result |
Savings
of
£115,000
March
2000
to
April
2005
|
|
| London
Borough
of
Hackney |
Local
Authority |
London |
|
| Brief |
Provide
comprehensive
rating
advice
across
portfolio |
| Issues |
Business
Rates
appeals
1995
and
2000
Rating
List
Protective
appeals
enabling
interim
savings
Valuation
Tribunal
hearing
and
appeal
to
Lands
Tribunal
|
| Result |
Savings
of
£63,000
over
10
years
LT
ruling
paved
way
to
agree
client’s
other
main
offices
yielding
savings
of
approx.
£1,000,000
|
|
| Maison
du
Pain |
Food/Manufacturing |
Middlesex
|
|
| Brief |
Reduce
Business
Rates
Costs |
| Issues |
Merger
of
assessments
Level
of
valuation
on
2000
Rating
List
|
| Result |
Savings
of
£74,310
over
5
years |
|
| QVC |
Media/TV |
Wandsworth |
|
| Brief |
Reduce Business Rates Costs |
| Issues |
Over-charging - loss of transitional
relief Level of valuation 1995 and 2000 Rating
Lists |
| Result |
Obtained refund of £870,000 rates
overpaid due to billing errors. Reduced 1995 and
2000 valuations on appeal with further savings
of £900,000 over 10 years |
|
| Rumford
Investments |
Property
Co |
Liverpool |
|
| Brief |
Save
rates
on
empty
suites
in
office
block
following
vacations
and
lease
expiry
on
about
60%
of
building.
The
building
suffered
structural
problems
but
the
tenants
remained
in
the
other
40% |
| Issues |
Value
of
premises
subject
to
defects
|
| Result |
60%
saving
in
unoccupied
rates
saved
from
1997
to
2003.
|
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| Sky
Parks |
Car
Parks
|
Edinburgh |
|
| Brief |
Business
Rates
appeals
2000
Rating
List |
| Issues |
Specialised
fully
automated
car
park
Rateability
of
car
park
plant
&
machinery
Level
of
Valuation
2000
|
| Result |
Savings
of
£350,000
over
3
year
period
|
|
| Threadneedle |
Investment |
Central
London
|
|
| Brief |
Minimise
Business
Rate
Bills |
| Issues |
Empty
rate
liability
pending
redevelopment
Separate
RVs
merged
to
reduce
total
valuation
Subsequent
deletion
|
| Result |
Savings
of
£125,000 |
|
| Various |
Media/Finance/Consulting
Shipping/Energy |
Mayfair |
|
| Brief |
2000
Rating
List
appeal |
| Issues |
Transitional
relief
Business
Rate
Appeals
1990,
1995
and
2000
Rating
Lists
Office
oversupply
1992
to
1995
Lands
Tribunal
appeals |
| Result |
Savings
over
£2,400,000
over
15
years |
|
| Wiremold |
Manufacturing |
Scarborough |
|
| Brief |
2000 Rating List appeal |
| Issues |
Level of Value 2000
Allowance for flooding |
| Result |
Savings
of
approximately
£135,000
over
5
years
|
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| Xpedite
Systems |
Communications |
City of London |
|
| Brief |
2000 Rating List appeal |
| Issues |
Level of Value on 2000 List
Reconstituting assessments to take account of
changes in client occupation |
| Result |
Savings of approximately £91,000
over 5 years |
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