Loughborough University Service Charge Study

Dr John R Calvert and Loughborough University Business School is carrying out a study into UK office service charges sponsored by Property Solutions. The study commenced in 2003 and is ongoing.

Updates to the original report have been carried out each year. Click on any of the reports below to read more, download a copy of that report or email reception@property-solutions.co.uk for a printed copy of all the reports.

2007 Update – Next Chapter for Loughborough

More bad news for tenants...

The 2007 Loughborough Report, will raise tenants’ concerns yet again due to further increases in service charge costs and new analysis of the negative effects of landlords opting to register their buildings for VAT which raises costs for most financial industry tenants who cannot reclaim VAT.

2006 Update – The Truth About Service Charges
Published 30 November 2006

This is the first look at how the UK multi-let office industry measures up to the requirements of the RICS Service Charge Code of Practice published in June 2006.

Update Report 2005 Update – The Trouble with Service Charges
Published 9 November 2005

Looks into certificate and budget lateness, proposes a cost group system to allow comparisons of costs across buildings and updates the cost data in the original study.

Long Report The Original Loughborough Report
Published 24 February 2005

Determines the scale of service charges paid by tenants in multi-let offices across the UK, seeks reasons for reported cost increases and comments on the opportunities for efficiency improvements.

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