14.11.05 - FM World: Service charges are variable in name, variable in nature and variable in
the timing of their impact on a tenant's budgeting and accounting processes.
And it's getting worse. That's the message from the latest update on the
Loughborough Service Charge Study.

November.05: New Loughborough study calls for action from the property industry to
properly manage commercial service charges.

11.11.2005 - Property Week: Confusion still reigns over service charges, reveals report. Commercial service charges are still in dire need of regulation says new Loughborough service charge study.

08.11.05 - Evening Post: New Loughborough study reveals that there is no regulation on service charges.

12.11.05 - Estates Gazette: New Loughborough research reveals commercial service charges
continue to increase in cost and suffer from poor management control.

October.05: Loughborough University Business School has completed a two year study, sponsored by Property Solutions, into service charges in multi-let office buildings in the UK. The conclusion is that many tenants are paying excessive costs.

04.03.05: Report by Mark Janssen on the Loughborough Service Charge Study

01.04.05: Letter by G J Hall, NAI Fuller Peiser commenting on the publication of the Loughborough Service Charge study

17.06.05 - Property Week: Tribunal blast agents for "inappropriate" management

20.05.05 - Property Week: Battle Charge

17.06.05 - Property Week: Kitemark initiative will provide service charge transparency

08.04.05 - Property Week: A Highly Charged Battle

06.05.05 - Property Week: A Little Knowledge Can Help Prevent Overcharging

12.02.05: Loughborough service charge study completed

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