PROPERTY MAYHEM

IMPLICATIONS; Landlords & Business owners urged to call their insurers ASAP to see if they are covered. some policies will cover people for damage caused by fire and looting, whilst accommodation costs incurred by being unable to stay in one’s home may also be included. FURTHER COMMENT; The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has moved to reassure those businesses affected by the riots in London and other parts of the UK that commercial insurance policies should cover losses resulting from the recent riots seen in London and other parts of the UK.

Hi Erica, working on it, will post in soonest:) Thanks for taking an interest:) Have a fab sunny Monday:)

QUES; was your / a friend / family business affected during the riots? Were you thinking of starting / building a business but you now have concerns? SHARE your thoughts or concerns, a problem put to the forum can grant you answers you would never have thought of, in my opinion, there is always a solution to the problem:)

Hey all, message to share with you received via Business Link;

BUSINESS RECOVERY ADVICE;
If you own or run a small or medium sized business and have been affected by the recent events in London, Business Link in London can provide you with advice and information:

Telephone: 0845 6000 787
Email: info@bllondon.co.uk
Internet: http://www.businesslink.gov.uk

In addition, the London Development Agency has set up a dedicated page giving advice and guidance on what action to take: http://www.lda.gov.uk/business-recovery.aspx

The LDA is also working with the Greater London Authority, London boroughs and the business community, to ensure that support is available to businesses in affected areas, complementing the advice available from Business Link.

Morning all. Are you a small firm? RICS MODUS TIPS; Attend a bank outreach programme event. The British Chamber of Commerce and the major banks are holding a series of events around the country aimed at helping small businesses improve their finances. London event – 22nd November; visit; http://www.betterbusinessfinance.co.uk. Also, take part in the UK government’s Red Tape Challenge, which invites you to NOMINATE business regulations to be scrapped; visit; http://www.redtapechallenge.cabinetoffice.gov.uk

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UPDATE ON EPCs for all properties;

RICS; Update on government’s proposed changes to EPCs – RICS has received confirmation from the government that the proposed changes to Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) will go ahead on 6 April 2012. The proposed changes will mean that there will be a requirement for the front page only of the EPC be ‘attached’ to sales and lettings particulars for all properties, both residential and commer…cial. RICS is seeking further clarification of how ‘attached’ will be defined. For auction catalogues, the definition of what constitutes particulars, and therefore what documents require the attachment of an EPC, has not changed.

Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) have set up a technical solution with Landmark to enable an EPC to be retreived from the central register and attached to online particulars. This would be a ‘free’ service to agents registering for the scheme. This would mean that there would be no need for the agent to hold the information electronically within their own systems, but to simply provide the link to the centrally held document.

Where there is a need to preserve the anonymity of the property address, there will also be a facility to retrieve an EPC with the address removed. There will be a small charge for this service.