Real estate
Real estate
The cost of providing office space and services for your employees is a significant expense for organisations moving into the UK.
Maximising the value of this space is important but challenging – particularly given how office usage is evolving and operational costs are rising.
Today’s offices serve many functions, including:
- Supporting productivity and wellbeing
- Attracting and retaining talent
- Enabling collaboration and innovation
- Reflecting an organisation’s brand, values and ESG objectives.
A well-managed property strategy is an integral part of an organisation’s growth plans.
Ensuring that the two are aligned from the outset can help smooth your entry into the UK, increasing productivity and delivering cost savings over the long term.
We offer strategic advice to help you settle in and plan for the future.
Hear more from our experts
We regularly produce reports, articles and thought leadership to help businesses plan ahead and respond to upcoming challenges. Take a look:
- Office Occupiers Report: we surveyed more than 500 senior decision makers with a responsibility for office occupancy choices. The pressure of rising costs leads to greater scrutiny of investments. You can read their thoughts on the environmental and social factors alongside more traditional financial and logistical measures that are being used to inform their property strategies
- ESG considerations for your property: there is a wide range of considerations for organisations who want to align their property strategy with their wider ESG aspirations. We’ve set out some key factors to bear in mind at each stage of the property lifecycle.
- UK Businesses at Breaking Point: The Return-to-Office Surge and Its Impact: host Clayton M. Coke sits down with Will Scott, Real Estate Disputes Partner at Irwin Mitchell, to explore the resurgence of office demand as UK businesses adapt to staff returning to the workplace.
How can we help?
Real Estate
We’ll work with you to understand what you want from your offices and help secure your ideal space. With lawyers who specialise in transactions, dispute resolution, construction, planning and environmental, we can find solutions to any issues that arise.
Through our network of offices, our experts have unrivalled local knowledge of the UK’s cities, towns, rural areas and industrial sectors. Your market is our market, so we know its nuances and can provide tailored advice based on this knowledge. We can help to make things run smoothly to ensure that:
- Your new space is provided on time and to your expectations, so you can maximise the potential of your property.
- Your landlord provides the services and facilities to support your occupational and business needs.
- Break clauses, lease disposals and renewals are exercised in a timely manner to take advantage of changes in the rental market.
- Any alterations or works carried out are properly documented and your rights and interests are protected.
- If anything goes wrong, you can navigate your way through any dispute to a satisfactory conclusion.
How can we help?
Real Estate We’ll work with you to understand what you want from your offices and help secure your ideal space. With lawyers who specialise in transactions, dispute resolution, construction, planning and environmental, we can find solutions to any issues that arise.
Through our network of offices, our experts have unrivalled local knowledge of the UK’s cities, towns, rural areas and industrial sectors. Your market is our market, so we know its nuances and can provide tailored advice based on this knowledge. We can help to make things run smoothly to ensure that:
- Your new space is provided on time and to your expectations, so you can maximise the potential of your property.
- Your landlord provides the services and facilities to support your occupational and business needs.
- Break clauses, lease disposals and renewals are exercised in a timely manner to take advantage of changes in the rental market.
- Any alterations or works carried out are properly documented and your rights and interests are protected.
- If anything goes wrong, you can navigate your way through any dispute to a satisfactory conclusion.