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Value for Money: Knowing Business Rates
08/07/19
At Forge Property Consultants, we are often asked to survey and assess buildings for valuation. These can be used for sales or purchases, but also to calculate what business rates need to paid. Business...
Country matters – public perceptions of farming
01/07/19
The public’s perception of farming has changed over the years. Certainly in the last 10 years, surveys carried out by the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) have shown that public opinion has become...
2020 Vision – The Power of Renewable Energy
20/06/19
The opportunity to use land and farming resources in unusual and imaginative ways has resulted in the agricultural sector becoming key to the UK’s power generating needs. It’s interesting...
Why should farmers be optimistic about their future following the phasing out of the Basic Payment Scheme?
10/06/19
From the end of March, after decades of subsidies via the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the countdown began to the phasing out of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS).The EU subsidy system has provided...
Compulsory Purchase Orders – what you need to know
03/06/19
One of the lesser known parts of property consultancy concerns compulsory purchase orders, or CPOs. This is a legal order in the UK and Ireland that stipulates that various companies, individuals...
Admin fees set to change in the lettings market
28/05/19
From 1st June, the lettings market is set to change. A law is coming into place which bans letting agents and landlords from charging tenants admin fees. Many lettings agents and landlords have been taking...