Licensed Trade & Leisure
Specialist Services for a Specialist Sector, Graham + Sibbald, is now recognised as leading the field in this important sector of the market and has been providing professional property consultancy services to the hotel, licensed trade and leisure industry for many years.
Graham + Sibbald is retained by all of Scotland's major brewers, as well as many hotel and leisure groups, and independent operators. Our Hotel, Licensed Trade & Leisure Department offers an extensive range of property and related services, both locally and through dedicated department offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh. These services include disposals, acquisitions, valuations, rating appeals and rent reviews.
In addition, through Graham + Sibbald's other departments, we offer building surveying services, project management, fire insurance and reinstatement valuations, development advice, property management, dedicated property help-desk services and support in many other related specialist areas.
Buying or Selling?
Whether buying or selling, there are real benefits in asking Graham + Sibbald to act for you. For a buyer, we report on all aspects, including trading history, and carry out valuation and condition surveys. We cost-effectively market properties for sale, through a mix of advertising in relevant national and local media and through direct contact with potential buyers. Our national presence, coupled with our network of offices and local knowledge, allow our clients an unrivalled level of expertise, and give us the edge.
Valuations and Surveys
Graham + Sibbald undertakes valuations for sale or purchase, asset valuations for the balance sheet, and for secured lending purposes. Our Valuation Reports are acceptable to all of the major banks and brewers. We also undertake detailed condition reports, structural surveys and surveys for reinstatement and fire insurance purposes. Rent Reviews negotiations, arbitration - we are experienced in acting for both landlord and tenant to ensure a fair market rent.
Rating Appeals
There are a number of opportunities to lodge an appeal against your assessment. This can arise on the occasion of a Revaluation, which normally occurs every five years. In addition, any person acquiring an interest in a property, either as a landlord or tenant, has a period of six months from the date of acquiring that interest to lodge an appeal. It is important that the initiative is taken by the ratepayer, rather than waiting for formal notification from the Assessor, which could result in any appeal being time-barred. Lastly, there may also be an opportunity for appeal where a ratepayer considers his business to have been affected by external circumstances.
Rent reviews
We will ensure that you are either maximising your rental income, if you are a landlord or paying only only market rental value and no more, if you are a tenant.
Graham + Sibbald's Hotel, Licensed Trade & Leisure Department is a wholesale member of the Scottish Licensed Trade Association, and discounted fees are available to SLTA members.
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Latest News
Graham + Sibbald to support our heroes at Christmas
21/12/2011Graham + Sibbald to support our heroes at Christmas
Leading firm of chartered surveyors, Graham + Sibbald have donated £1000 to help the charity ‘Poppy Scotland - Supporting our Heroes’.
The money has been generated by sending an e-card at Christmas to the company’s clients rather than the more costly process of posting off traditional printed cards. This year Graham + Sibbald decided to donate to Poppy Scotland.
Robert McRae from Poppy Scotland who received the cheque, said he was delighted with this gift as the money will be put to good use for therapy, housing, mobility aids and retraining the veterans. Without these donations, none of this would be possible.
Ian Gillies, Senior Partner at Graham + Sibbald said: “At Graham + Sibbald, the environment and social responsibility rank high on our business agenda. We are delighted therefore to have reduced our carbon footprint by distributing e-cards once again this year, offering Christmas greetings to our clients. We are even more pleased to have been able to make a donation, to Poppy Scotland – Supporting our Heroes, a charity which provides support to ensure Scotland’s ex-Servicemen and women receive the best care and support possible.”
For more information please visit their website, where you can even plant your own virtual poppy for our nation’s heroes: www.poppyscotland.org.uk.
Photo (ltr): Ian Gillies, Senior Partner at Graham + Sibbald, Robert McRae, Scottish Poppy Appeal Organiser.
Glen Eagles Ryder cup 'key views' saved by Graham + Sibbald
20/12/2011Glen Eagles Ryder cup 'key views' saved by Graham + Sibbald
Graham + Sibbald’s Planning Team, acting for a local group – SEAG – was successful in persuading a Scottish Government Reporter to reject the Standingfaulds wind farm proposal.
The proposal would have seen the erection of 8 turbines, each over 100m high near Muthil, which would have been clearly visible in some of the key, iconic “high camera” panoramic views of the Ryder Cup course at the event scheduled for broadcast throughout the World in 2014.
Ian Kelly, Head of Planning at Graham + Sibbald, stated that this was a model wind farm objection project, with the local client group – SEAG – commissioning a full assessment at the earliest possible stage, leading to submissions and presentations to Perth and Kinross Council, followed by submissions to the appeal process.
This early engagement meant that the local group and the Gleneagles Hotel were able to co-operate fully and present a united front at the appeal in support of the refusal of planning permission by the Council. The appeal result, issued on 15th December, reinforced the clear planning policy position that wind farms should only be approved for appropriate sites.
Ian also stated that being able to work alongside the Gleneagles Hotel team raised the overall seriousness of the issues involved.
Bill Thomson, Chair of SEAG, commented that they were delighted with the quality of advice from Graham + Sibbald and with the way that they organised the whole project team including landscape sub-consultants Mark Steele. He continued that, after two years of stress and worry for the local objectors, the result was everything that they could have hoped for. We would not hesitate to recommend the Graham + Sibbald’s Planning Team.
Latest Case Studies
Deramore Property
Graham + Sibbald were involved in providing full Project Management Services for Deramore Property Group for the property at 95 Bothwell Street, in respect of carrying out measured survey, making application to obtain building warrant and planning consents where appropriate in respect of providing internal office refurbishment.
- Department:
- Specialist
- Partners:
- Alastair Welch
Chevron Group
Graham + Sibbald's specialist Petroleum & Roadside Services Team completed an extensive portfolio valuation exercise on behalf of the Chevron Group's joint venture partnership between Texaco Investment Netherlands Inc & Norsk Hydro ASA, in Scandinavia. Following the valuation, the U.S.-based Chevron Corp. and Norsk Hydro ASA announced the sale of their joint Hydro Texaco gas station chain to Norway's Reitan Servicehandel group. Our portfolio review included the provision of strategic advice in relation to the value of the portfolio for existing use, together with an appraisal of the latent development value of the property base. When considering a disposal of this nature, it is essential that the Company is aware of the true underlying value of its property assets, for alternative use, which can frequently far exceed the value of the properties for their existing use.
- Department:
- Specialist
- Partners:
- Calum Campbell
