The incomes of savers and pensioners will suffer after much of a £2.5billion rent bill went unpaid in a grim day for landlords. As shopping centre owner Intu teeters on the brink of collapse, experts said cash-starved shops were expected to pay as little as 10 per cent of the June quarterly rent bill due … Read more
Senior Primark boss says High Street landlords face reckoning as coronavirus leads to ‘new reality’ By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 12 June 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 12 June 2020 ‘New reality’: Social distancing is expected to hamper store sales for many months High Street landlords face a reckoning as coronavirus … Read more
Landlords rage over Travelodge plan to slash costs and protect jobs by paying less rent By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 3 June 2020 | Updated: 22:36 BST, 3 June 2020 Travelodge has confirmed it is going ahead with a controversial plan to slash costs and protect the jobs of its … Read more
Slash social distancing to 3ft to allow up to 120% more pubs to reopen, urge UK landlords who say smaller venues without beer gardens will struggle to keep 6ft gap between drinkers Brewery bosses claim many pubs are too small to enforce stringent measures They say halving recommended distance would mean more pubs can reopen … Read more
Many university students are being threatened with legal action from letting agents and private landlords unless they pay for accommodation they signed up to until the end of the academic year. Others have hit a brick wall in trying to get refunds for rent already paid on digs for the summer term – sums typically … Read more
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Students’ landlords need a lesson in fairness By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:15 BST, 25 April 2020 | Updated: 22:15 BST, 25 April 2020 These are not good times for our universities with the latest research indicating that a majority of them will end up in the red next … Read more
Three quarters of landlords warn their tenants will fail to pay rent as coronavirus lockdown continues Seven in 10 landlords have been contacted by tenants worried about paying rent Five million privately rented households in the UK are affected by the crisis Unions call on the Government to ban future evictions based on rent arrears … Read more