On 7 October 2025, McGuireWoods London partner Callum Hassall moderated the session “From Spec to Let: What It Takes to Deliver a Winning Office in 2025 – Aligning Design and Construction for Faster, Smarter Office Delivery”...more
Across the UK, owners and developers of subprime office buildings face a paradox: they are ready to invest in meaningful upgrades, but the system seems designed to penalise rather than support them. Outdated tax structures...more
Delays, uncertainty and red tape continue to plague the planning system – making even straightforward reuse of commercial buildings unnecessarily difficult. As Mark Leeson, operations director of McBains and member of The...more
Not so long ago, the commercial heart of many towns and cities pulsed with life – local cafés, dry cleaners, sandwich shops and newsagents thrived on the daily rhythm of office workers spilling into the streets. Above them,...more
Subprime office stock faces the risk of becoming stranded not just because of poor energy performance, but because of poor measurement....more
We have walked through more high-spec, high-end office cycle storage facilities than we can count, and the one thing they almost always have in common? Gleaming racks, digital access controls, motion-sensor lighting, even...more
As secondary office stock continues to face high vacancy rates and falling rental values, revitalisation efforts must look beyond individual refurbishments. One strategy gaining traction is the creation of local office...more
Technical solutions to decarbonising subprime offices exist. So do many of the funding mechanisms. But without a broad, aligned understanding across stakeholders – from tenants and lenders to landlords and investors – these...more
On 21 March 2024, McGuireWoods London partner Callum Hassall moderated the third session of Bisnow’s UK Office Series: The Renaissance event, which focused on London’s office leasing landscape....more
Do the latest changes to the MEES Regulations apply to me?
If you have a lease of a commercial premises that was granted before 1 April 2018 and the premises have an energy performance certificate (EPC) rating of F or G,...more
An amendment to the emergency Coronavirus Bill means that no business will be forced out of its premises if it misses a rent payment in the next three months.
The government will continue to monitor the situation, as...more
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The time the UK allows a purchaser for filing a Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) return and paying any tax due to HM Revenue and Customs is about to decrease substantially. Where the “effective date” of a transaction is on or after...more