Review your property costs
Finance Director - Your ReassuranceWe're delighted to announce that we've teamed up with LeaseholdersUnited to guide our members through the minefield of property cost and business rate issues. This service is offered as part of our Finance Director business solution.
 
We often speak to business owners who have been taken advantage of by ‘cowboy' rating companies that charge expensive fees but don't produce any result. So, we've teamed up with property experts, LeaseholdersUnited, to offer you the chance to use their comprehensive suite of online services – minus the £150 joining fee!
 
This service puts you in control by giving you step-by-step instructions on how to amend your property details, so you can start looking at cutting your property costs straight away, without employing a surveyor.
 
For just £100 a year, you'll have access to a one-stop service that can help you to:
  • Spot the most common mistakes made by the Valuation Office on floor areas, descriptions and values and get a reduction without having to make an appeal
  • Know how and when to appeal your 2005* and 2010 rateable values
  • Claim a reduction in business rates of up to 20% for nuisances
  • Know which of your neighbours have agreed rates reductions and how to get the same
  • Know what your rates bills are likely to be in each of the next five years.
There is also an automated system for claiming Small Business Rate Relief, which has resulted in £2 million being claimed so far.
 
Plus, you can:
  • Ask Chartered Surveyors property-related questions without fees
  • Use a relocation tool to find the rental costs in more than 40,000 different UK locations
  • View a directory of property experts in your area
  • Access an independent view on local rental values
  • Learn how to increase your chances of winning your next rent review
  • Check that you're not being overcharged for building insurance and service charges.
These benefits alone would usually cost you well over £1,000 a year, not to mention hours of your valuable time, but you can get them now for just £100.
 
* Plus, you could save thousands in property costs and even reclaim overpaid rates, if you act before 31 March 2010.
 
This special offer is only available to members of the FPB, click here to join now or call us on 0845 612 6266 to find out how we can help your business. 
 
Members - log in to MyFPB to sign up now!