Office & home working

The importance of break clauses in commercial leases

Jonathan Hand of The Lease Negotiator explains the importance of a break clause for a small business commercial lease

Advice

How to negotiate a commercial lease – tips for negotiating with a landlord

Solicitor Simon Maddox tells you what to look out for when negotiating a commercial lease agreement

Government Grants

Shops, gyms and restaurants call for £2bn property bounceback grant

Grant would cover 50% of missing rent owed to commercial landlords, saving 375,000 jobs in retail, hospitality and leisure in the process

Business management

How to ask for a commercial rent freeze from your landlord

Now that the government has forced leisure and hospitality businesses to close, with shops soon to follow, do you have to keep paying rent to your commercial landlord?

Office & home working

Checklist: arranging a lease

Leasing can be a complex business and once you have made your leasing bed you have to lie in it so it's imperative that you get the details right from the outset.