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Kinney Green has secured a mandate at 10 Old Bailey Kinney Green. The firm will provide asset management and consultancy services alongside Anglo Fortune Capital Group. In this role, Kinney Green will proactively identify strategies. It will also deliver actions to maintain and enhance the asset. Therefore, the focus will remain on protecting long-term value. […]

The small business rates relief UK changes announced in the 2016 Budget have been welcomed by small businesses across the country. The Chancellor increased the threshold for 100% business rates relief from £6,000 to £15,000. As a result, around 600,000 small firms will pay no business rates from 1 April 2017. In addition, the Small […]

Nick Eden delivered a talk titled “Valuing in the Hypothetical World” at the Index Conference at Warwick on 8 March. The event was attended by over 100 people, including surveyors and lawyers. Following the presentation, Nick Eden took part in a Q&A session alongside Zia Bhaloo QC of Enterprise Chambers. The discussion also formed part […]

Kinney Green confirms that Nick Eden, Consultant, will speak at the Index Conference 2016 on 8 March at Ardencourt Manor Hotel in Warwick. He will deliver his talk, “Valuing in the Hypothetical World”, jointly with Zia Bhaloo QC of Enterprise Chambers, Lincoln’s Inn. The session will focus on how valuers apply assumptions in practice and […]

Mr Moore has been named this week’s L&T competition winner after taking first place in the internal challenge. The L&T competition winner demonstrated strong analytical thinking and a clear understanding of lease and tenant matters. He worked through each scenario with accuracy and confidence. Throughout the exercise, he showed a strong grasp of key principles […]

With the 2017 Rating Revaluation fast approaching, the government has predicted that Councils across England will make a record-breaking business rates income 2017 total of about £23.5 billion; an increase of about £400 million. The local government minister, Marcus Jones, attributed the increase to a rise in the number of new businesses across the country, […]

Rating Revaluation 2017: Fast Approaching! We are eagerly awaiting the delayed revaluation process. On 1st February, the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) confirmed a key date. They will publish the draft Rating List for the 2017 Rating Revaluation in September 2016. This announcement gives businesses a vital window to prepare for new overhead costs. You must […]

Kinney Green is delighted to announce a recent success in the West End. Our team successfully let the last remaining floor at 21 Conduit Street, W1. Apperly Estates has owned this property since 1923. Recently, they undertook a comprehensive refurbishment of the building. It sits on one of the most prestigious streets in the area. […]

Finding the right offices in Hammersmith is a priority for many businesses as we head into 2016. Our West End office is pleased to report a spate of transactions completed immediately after the summer period. These deals set a positive tone for the rest of 2015. Despite usual seasonal lulls, the market remains incredibly active. […]

New office measurement standards are set to change the way we value commercial property. On 1st January 2016, a new Professional Statement will replace the familiar Code of Measuring Practice (6th Edition). This update represents Part 1 of the “RICS Property Measurement 1st Edition.” It aims to create a consistent global standard for the measurement […]

In October 2012, the Government postponed the next business rates revaluation from 2015 to 2017. This decision was based on the desire to keep rates bills increasing by the rate of inflation year on year and to avoid unexpected hikes in rate liability. However, in reality this will delay the much needed rebasing of rateable values which are currently fixed […]

Bindi Buttar has joined the property management department at Kinney Green as an Associate Partner. Bindi has over 28 years’ experience within the commercial property sector predominantly focusing on City and West End assets. Prior to joining, Bindi worked on behalf of institutional pension funds, international investors and owner occupiers. The main focus being to […]

The Kinney Green professional department has recently settled a compensation claim on behalf of a long established Brixton Nightclub which was to be Compulsory Purchased as part of the ‘Your New Town Hall” redevelopment by Lambeth Council.  The ‘Your New Town Hall’ project is part of the Lambeth Council plans to regenerate a core 2.5 […]

After several years of seeking a central City freehold with a ground floor banking  hall, Kinney Green identified 45/47 Cornhill in behalf of Ziraat Bank. We then negotiated the purchase of the building in an off-market transaction. Kinney Green  have now also been instructed  to manage the building . The building which is arranged over […]

Hot on the heels of their purchase of 10 Dean Farrar Street SW1 in December the CERN Pension Fund completed their purchase of Monument Place, 24 Monument Street EC3 on 16th March. This 80,000 sq ft landmark building, situated next to Christopher Wrens’ monument to the great fire of London, is the jewel in the […]

Polar Capital has acquired approximately 19,000 sq ft of top quality air conditioned offices and will be relocating to new premises on the 4th Floor at 16 Palace Street SW1 later this month. Uncertainty about its future at 4 Matthew Parker Street and the need to accommodate anticipated future expansion resulted in a search for […]

The Government’s announcement postponing the 2015 business rates revaluation until 2017 is likely to significantly increase property costs for London office occupiers.  The business rates revaluation usually takes place every five years and reflects changes in the property market. The most recent revaluation in England and Wales was effective from 1st April 2010 and was […]

On their first attempt, Kinney Green’s Property Management team have won a Platinum Award in the prestigious City of London Clean City Awards. The award was made for the team’s innovative work on sustainability projects at the prime City office building 5 Fleet Place. The award was presented to building manager Jerry Paddon and Head […]

CERN completed their purchase of 10 Dean Farrar Street London SW1 late in the evening of 23rd December 2014.  Kinney Green’s management team assisted throughout the entire pre-purchase due diligence phase and are now instructed to manage this prime 30,500 sqft multi-let office investment. CERN beat stiff competition to secure the building situated in the […]

One of the most difficult questions we are often asked by clients is, ‘How long should we allocate to identify, secure and relocate to new premises?’ This is a little bit like asking how long is a piece of string and clearly the answer will depend on the size of organization, specific requirements and market […]

Chris Jakes has joined Kinney Green to further develop our strong professional services offer. Chris has spent the last 3 years at a national consultancy in the compulsory purchase department where he was involved in a broad range of infrastructure and regeneration projects, which included most notably the Thames Tideway Tunnel, Crossrail and High Speed […]

Kinney Green are pleased to report that James Wall and Henry Brewster have passed the Assessment of Professional Competence and are now qualified as Members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS). A 100% success rate for our graduates this year. James works in our Midtown Agency Department and Henry in our the West […]

Kinney Green’s West End Office Agency Team were recently instructed by the charity, Booktrust, to advise them on a suitable strategy to relocate them from their existing headquarters in Wandsworth, where they have resided for more than 20 years, to a larger and more suitable premises. Booktrust have been promoting books, reading and writing since […]