Press Releases
When we have good news, we like to share it with you! Please see below some of our recent press releases. Click on 'read more' to view the full information and feel free to email marketing@rlf.co.uk if you have any further questions.
Press ArchiveBusinesses set to throw away millions on unnecessary fit-outs
Article for Facilties MagazineJuly 2010
Steven Barker, Senior Partner at construction and property consultants Robinson Low Francis (RLF), asks why developers forget to factor in fit-out expenses and argues that it’s actually what’s inside that costs when considering leasing commercial property.
Fit-outs: inside out
It is baffling – especially during this period of such economic uncertainty – when commercial properties come onto the rental market that the actual cost of the inside of the building seems to get so little attention. A recent detailed study carried out by our firm to investigate the commercial rental market calculated that businesses in central London will squander over £400 million* a year refittin...
Clutch of Health Care wins seals good year for Robinson Low Francis
July 2010Property and construction consultancy Robinson Low Francis (RLF) has been appointed to provide specialist quantity surveying, cost consultancy and project management services for a range of prestigious healthcare and special needs accommodation projects in Scotland.
The projects include a feasibility study for a new £7.3m Inverurie Care Home; a new £4.5m Victoria House Housing Access Centre for the homeless in Aberdeen; a new 13m Raeden School in Aberdeen for children with complex learning and support needs; a £1m extension to Marchburn Children’s Home in Aberdeen; and a new £4.5m Scottish national assessment centre for epilepsy for Quarriers.
RLF has also been appointed by a commercial development comp...
The Care Sector conundrum
Article requested by the editorial team at Care Homes magazine on business efficiencyJune 2010
It has been an interesting year for the Care Sector….
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is in the process of introducing its re-registration system, something which comes into force on October 1st, 2010. Whilst there are obvious benefits – for both individual providers and the industry as a whole - to implementing such a system, one must question the manner in which it is being rolled out. The registration process began on April 1st, 2010 and will run through to September. The CQC must allocate providers with a 28 day window to make their application. Failure to comply with this deadline will leave the provider liable for prosecution.
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Robinson Low Francis celebrates a boom in affordable housing
April 12th, 2010: Property and construction consultancy Robinson Low Francis (RLF) announces its most successful year to date for the delivery and completion of affordable housing at its Stevenage office.During 2009/2010 financial year the office project managed and handed over more than 500 new houses and flats for 10 different Housing Associations, continuing their steady growth in new homes provided over previous years. This reflects the Government’s emphasis last year on providing targeted grants and funding initiatives that support the development of affordable housing and maintains the sectors momentum.
Mark Newberry, Partner, Robinson Low Francis, said: “We have been delivering affordable housing for associations in our region for over...
CLARITY AND CONSISTENCY NEEDED FOR PUBLIC SECTOR CONSTRUCTION
2 April 2010During the last decade the public sector has invested billions of pounds in brand new buildings featuring the latest technologies and materials, in particular new schools and education facilities.
But this golden period of extensive investment is at an end. Local Authorities are now facing an era in which they have to challenge every investment decision as never before, and where frugality is the new benchmark for financial management.
Local Authorities are not alone. Central Government and, increasingly, The Scottish Government are all being forced to examine the extent of their activities. Inevitably, there will be spending casualties amidst growing calls for the role and extent of government to contract.
Anyone...