4/25/2022 5:46:21 PM Retail Transformation: causes and effects on business operations By Layla Dribble Howard Kennedy's Retail and Leisure team recently hosted a panel discussion exploring how businesses have been forced to reconsider their...
6/14/2021 4:51:50 PM Long term immunity – the resilience of hotels as an asset class By Charlotte Collard This isn't the first time there has been a global recession, but this recession is certainly different, particularly by contrast to the...
5/25/2021 6:12:29 PM The Landlords Strike Back?The Regis CVA and the New Look Appeal By Vernon Dennis Following hot on the heels of the New Look CVA challenge and the Virgin Active restructuring plan sanction hearing, the Regis salon...
5/4/2021 12:00:00 AM The increasingly difficult task to recruit staff in the hospitality sector By Howard Kennedy For many years, employers in the hospitality industry have struggled to recruit suitable staff due to a number of reasons (long hours,...
6/22/2020 12:00:00 AM COVID-19: Government publishes the Code of Practice for commercial property relationships By Howard Kennedy This voluntary code of practice is one of the measures announced by the Government over the last few months to address the impact of...
4/23/2020 12:00:00 AM New measures announced to curtail "aggressive rent collection" By Howard Kennedy On 23 April 2020, the Business Secretary, Alok Sharma, announced that temporary measures would be taken to restrict the use by landlords...
4/23/2020 12:00:00 AM Call for hospitality businesses to give evidence for UK Pathways to Recovery By Howard Kennedy Inquiry into measures for UK hospitality and tourism business recovery The All Party Parliamentary Group for Hospitality and Tourism has...
4/22/2020 12:00:00 AM Two thirds of hospitality businesses "won't survive 3 month lockdown"; ask for 9 month rent holiday By Howard Kennedy A recently-published survey of hospitality businesses indicates that two thirds of them believe that they will not survive another three...
4/20/2020 12:00:00 AM Hotel chains with leased properties trying to negotiate rent concessions By Howard Kennedy As expected, hotel chains with leased premises, like so many businesses in hospitality and retail, are asking for rent concessions amid...
4/16/2020 12:00:00 AM The Impact of COVID-19 on Hotel Values By Howard Kennedy HVS have published an insightful article on the valuation of hotels and hotel/hospitality businesses while they are in effect shut down...
4/9/2020 12:00:00 AM Commercial Rents and Coronavirus By Antonia Frangakis In recognition of the immediate and material disruption to businesses, the government has recently published guidance for businesses in...
3/30/2020 12:00:00 AM Unpaid rents - next on the list of retail's troubles By Howard Kennedy With all non-essential retailers now closed, many tenants are unable to pay their rents. Primark have been amongst the retailers taking...