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Pensions Auto-Enrolment Seminar

7^th July – 8.00am – 9.30am

Workplace pension’s law has changed and as an employer regardless of your size, you are legally required to comply with these changes.

At our Auto enrolment seminar you will be given the opportunity to speak with our professionals to get their view on your circumstances, how these changes will affect your business and the risks that deferment carries. The seminar will also valuable to those employers who are seeking reassurance that what they have done meets the required standards.

Our pension’s specialist David Glaister (IFA) will outline the issues that pension stagers are facing and applying this practically. Howard Worth’s payroll team will discuss the practicalities and complexities of ensuring that your payroll systems and procedures are up to the challenge.

We know that you will find it useful and we will be delighted to see you there.

It will be on Thursday 7^th July from 8.00am till 9.30am at our offices on Gadbrook Park, Northwich, CW9 7RA.

A light breakfast will be provided.

Book your free place here

Congratulations and thank you to everyone who took part in the Gadbrook Park Bike to Work Day yesterday!

Huge thanks to the staff at Caffé Arabica, Active Cheshire and Alpha Omega for their assistance, and as ever, the continued help and support of Stephen Hall of H&M Disinfection Systems which was invaluable – despite short outbursts of rain we had a great turnout!

We would also like to thank Twelve50 Bikes for their fantastic display of bikes and accessories on the day and for supplying the prizes for the draw.  Should anyone wish to visit Twelve50Bikes their website is www.twelve50bikes.com

The draw was made by Mike Roberts, the Chairman of the Gadbrook Park Executive Board at Caffé Arabica at lunchtime yesterday and the lucky winners were as follows:

First Prize – a bike worth £500                    – Congratulations to Cesar Roux from The Hut Group            

Second Prize – a goody bag worth £50         – Congratulations to Matt Stainsby from MIS   

Third Prize – a goody bag worth £25             – Congratulations Adrian Levett from Nationwide Network Services

We are pleased to announce that there were 72 participants.

Well done to everyone who took part, we hope participants may consider biking to work more often (we know that quite a few do this every day anyway). We look forward to seeing you again next year!

Click on the link to read John Fifields letter in the Estates Gazette dated Saturday 28th May 2016, Chairman of Fifield Glyn.

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Save Tuesday 14th June in your diaries as the popular Gadbrook Park Bike to Work Day returns!

Supported by the Gadbrook Park BID, the event encourages employees to cycle to work for that day, with each employee that participates being entered in to a FREE PRIZE DRAW for a BRAND NEW BIKE worth £500!

Everyone who cycles in to work that day will also be provided with a FREE BREAKFAST BAP TOKEN for Caffe Arabica, where you can enjoy a delicious free breakfast sandwich and a drink.

Helpful advice will be freely given on any maintenance issues by Stephen Hall of H&M Disinfection Systems Ltd, and stewards will be on site to dish out breakfast tokens and to collect names for the prize draw from 6:00am until 9:30am.

The draw itself will be taking place at Caffe Arabica at 1:00pm, and all winners will be notified. We hope to see you there!

So get involved and don’t miss out on your chance to win a fantastic new bike!

The BID are holding an Emergency First Aid at Work Training Course taking place on Tuesday 21st June 2016, which is FREE for all employees from Gadbrook Park to attend (lunch will be provided). Ofqual accredited, this is a great opportunity to broaden the skillset of staff and fulfil any legal requirements. The course will cover basic life support training, choking, bleeding and managing an incident.

Please click here for the booking form – if you would like to reserve a place, please e-mail stephanie.leese@groundwork.org.uk with your completed booking form.

Cats Protection have appointed Fifield Glyn to identify and purchase a “purrfect” new 1.5 acre site to relocate their existing homing centre based at Maida Vale, Wrexham. The site must be close to the Town Centre and residential areas with easy access to the regional road network (A483, A5).

See our latest advert in the Estates Gazette July 2016

For more information email richard.smith@fifieldglyn.com

How it will affect both your commercial and residential property?

From 1st April 2018, it will be unlawful for Landlords of commercial and residential properties with an EPC rating of less than ‘E’ to grant new leases or renew  leases except for some exemptions as follows:-

•    Listed Buildings do not need comply with MEES
•    Properties with a short lease (6 months or less) or with a long lease (greater than 99 years)
•    Cost effective improvement works that cannot have a payback period of 7 years
•    The Landlord cannot obtain Third Party consent from; Local Authority, Lender, Superior Landlords, Sitting Tenant etc.
•    If a Surveyor determines that the energy efficiency improvements would devalue the property by more than 5%.

Exemptions are valid for 5 years and to qualify, the Owner/Landlord must register the property on the Private Rented Sector (PRS) Exemptions Register. www.prsaccreditation.com/contact-us/
•    Penalties for non-compliance range from £2,000 to £150,000 depending on the rateable value of the property.
•    Penalties apply where the Landlord has supplied incorrect or false information on the PRS Register
•    Names of Landlords will be published on the PRS Register
•    If a substandard property is sold, the new owner has 6 months to comply with MEES.

What do you need to do next?
1.    Assess the possibility
a.    Identify properties with E or lower EPC ratings
b.    Ensure EPCs are valid
c.    Determine if any properties are exempt and are on the PRS Register

2.    Plan improvement works
a.    Develop a plan of work needed.
b.    Obtain any necessary consents
c.    Investigate funding available

3.    Consult with your Tenants
a.    Leases do not usually state works to include energy efficiency.
b.    Discuss proposals with them early
c.    Add Memorandum of Understanding to any new Lease for future works
d.    Ensure Tenants fit out proposals will not affect the EPC rating

Edward Fifield, Director of Fifield Glyn comments ‘We believe that it is beneficial for Landlords to act prudently and plan ahead. We at Fifield Glyn are happy to advise our Clients with their property portfolios and see which property’s fall below the ‘E’ grade and help take the necessary works to improve the EPC rating or whether exemption will apply’.

If you would like to know how this new regulation can affect your property, please contact Edward.fifield@fifieldglyn.com or your Property Manager.

Camping holiday specialist Eurocamp is relocating to a larger premises in Cheshire as the company continues to expand.

Eurocamp, which specialises in self-catering holidays at locations across Europe, is moving its headquarters to Chelford House on Gadbrook Park just outside Northwich town centre.
The company has taken out a 10-year old lease on 16,000sqft of space encompassing the entire first floor and part of the second floor of the property at an initial rental of £12.50 per sq ft (£200,000 per annum).
Richard Smith, Director of Agency at Fifield Glyn advised the building’s owners, Chrystal Property and Land.

Moving to Chelford House from Eurocamp’s previous base at Hartford Manor in nearby Hartford will provide a more open plan environment for the company, which sells self-catering holidays on purpose-built parks across 10 different European countries and employs around 180 people at its headquarters.

Eurocamp managing director Darren Marsh said “We are delighted to have found the ideal place for a new headquarters for the company.
“With the growth plans of business, we needed to find new premises that encouraged a more flexible way of working but we wanted to stay in the area to ensure continuity and in our operations and most importantly, for our staff.
“Chelford House ticks all the boxes as it gives us an open plan space in a modern complex with good transport links that isn’t too far away from where we are now”.

The company is due move into its new headquarters by April 2016.

Richard Smith, Director of Agency at Fifield Glyn said ‘We are very pleased to have secured Eurocamp as a tenant at Chelford House where they will occupy it as their new headquarters. It is on an established business park with on-site amenities and well connected to the region’s transport networks as well as being in close proximity to where the company is currently located”.

Howard Worth Budget Breakfast 2016
March 22, 2016 @ 8:00 am – 9:45 am
Following the Chancellor’s announcement that the 2016 Budget will take place on the 16th March, we invite you to join us in order that our tax and finance team can outline how the Chancellor’s plans for the economy will affect you.
The seminar takes place from 8am until 9.30am on Tuesday 22nd March; the venue is The Castle Suite, Macdonald Portal Hotel Golf and Spa, Cobblers Cross Lane, Tarporley, Cheshire, CW6 0DJ.
Please arrive for registration at 7.45am with breakfast served at 8am prior to the presentation commencing at 8.30am, with a 9.45am departure after questions.
Book your free place here

Technology advances are changing the way we all do business.   Come along to our free event to find out more about how you can get your business fully mobile.  

 
We will have Industry leading experts to give you practical information to help you make the right decisions in order that your technology can support your business both now and in the future.
 
Converge Technology Specialists:
 
Flexible and agile working with the cloud.
Many firms are recognising the benefits of flexible and agile working but how do you support this whilst protecting your data and that of your customers?  This session will demonstrate how cloud technology can support a more agile approach to IT; increasing productivity and accessibility, whilst maintaining security and reducing costs.
 
Xero (Beautiful Accounting Software):
Small business makes the world go round – and is the heart of the global economy. Xero want millions of small businesses to thrive through better tools, information and connections. Joining us is Kat Bond, Senior Account Manager at Xero to give us an online demonstration of the accounting app and talk through the benefits of becoming mobile with your accounting software.
It will be on Wednesday 9th March, 8.00am till 9.30am in the Delamere room at our Northwich office. A light breakfast will be provided.
Book you free place HERE