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Client entertaining at the Nature Valley Nottingham Open Tennis Tournament… someone’s got to do it!
Client entertaining at the Nature Valley Nottingham Open Tennis Tournament… someone’s got to do it! #networking… https://t.co/K6ZkiFTILf… Read More
SPRING STATEMENT 18: IS THE 2021 REVALUATION PLEDGE JUST ANOTHER PIECE TO FIT INTO THE RATING JIGSAW?
By Andrew Hulbert, Director The latest twist in the revaluation tale was unlikely to be welcomed as long as problems with the current Check Challenge Appeal system continued to prove problematic. Philip Hammond’s pledge in the Spring Statement to bring forward 2022’s Revaluation to 2021 came hot on the heels… Read More
TEAM HL ARE ON THE BALL
Team HL donned their shin-pads and yellow shirts this week to take part in Telereal Trillium’s five-a-side football tournament. Captain Tom Morley reports… We’re always up for a bit of healthy competition at Harris Lamb, so an invitation to take on a selection of… Read More
ALMR PLEDGES TO HOLD THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE OVER RISING BUSINESS RATES
By Victoria Trafford, Director of Business Rates The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has called on the Government to ‘act decisively and soon’ to alleviate increasing concerns amongst licensees about escalating business rates. Businesses within the hospitality industry are bracing themselves for hikes in bills from April, and the… Read More
INVESTING IN NOTTINGHAM: WHERE TO FOCUS WHEN THE STUDENT ACCOMMODATION BUBBLE BURSTS
By Rob Haigh, Agency At the beginning of this year, I was asked by thebusinessdesk.com to make a few predictions for 2018, and one of those was my conviction that residential developers will continue to focus on the conversion of redundant upper floor… Read More
GOVERNMENT LAYS DOWN 20 PER CENT INCREASE IN PLANNING FEES
An increase of 20 per cent will be applied to all existing planning application fees as a result of new regulations brought in earlier this month. The House of Lords approved the regulations that introduce the fee increase, along with other changes to the fees regime, in December. The changes… Read More
ALL HAIL COVENTRY: UK CITY OF CULTURE 2021
David Walton, born-and-bred Coventrian and Head of Retail, on the news that his home city has been named UK City of Culture 2021 Tonight saw something monumental happen for Coventry; something that will boost its economy, aid tourism to the city and create jobs, kudos and pride for us. We… Read More
THE GIFT OF GIVING
This Christmas, Harris Lamb is pledging its support to Birmingham Christmas Shelter to help ensure that the homeless, vulnerable and lonely people of the city can enjoy the festive season. Having been operating for more than 30 years, Birmingham Christmas Shelter became a registered charity… Read More
IT'S A START…
Andrew Hulbert, Director, Business Rates Many will have welcomed Philip Hammond’s efforts in today’s Budget to address concerns from retailers, licensees and business owners around their bills, but not quite enough has been done by the Chancellor to alleviate them completely. Most notably, the switch from the retail prices… Read More
WE'VE GOT IT COVERED
We recently sat down to map out where the team had done business in the last 12 months – and it looks like we have the UK covered. From Inverness to Truro, our company cars have travelled 500,000 this year – and we’ve notched up a fair few air-miles and… Read More
FORGET THE X FACTOR: JAMES SET TO JUDGE THE PUBLICAN AWARDS 2018
We’re rather proud to announce that James Ward of our Licensed & Leisure team has been asked to be a judge in the Publican Awards 2018, launched last month by The Morning Advertiser. Entries for these awards have been extended until this Friday and the… Read More
CHARITY BALL RAISES £14,000 FOR EDWARD’S TRUST
Harris Lamb held its first charity ball in five years this month, and raised a fantastic £14,000 for Birmingham charity Edward’s Trust. The black tie ball, held on Friday October 13th at the city’s Botanical Gardens in Birmingham, saw… Read More
WHEELIE HARD WORK, BUT ALL FOR A GOOD CAUSE
Team HL joined thousands of cyclists yesterday to take place in Velo Birmingham – a 100-mile ride through Birmingham, Worcestershire and Staffordshire, in aid of a host of good causes. Fiona Mellor and Andy Groves pulled together all the pedal power they could muster for the epic ride… Read More
A musical legacy or a refusal to live in the present?
The revelation that The Specials’ Ghost Town has been chosen as the best song out of Coventry has caused something akin to outrage in the Harris Lamb office this week… The Belgrade Theatre launched a campaign to find the favourite song performed by Coventry and… Read More
THROWING SHAPES AND RAISING MONEY: BRACE YOURSELF FOR THE RETURN OF THE HARRIS LAMB CHARITY BALL
If you know anything about Team HL, you’ll know that we party as hard as we work, and that we love to do our bit to help good causes.That’s why we’ve decided to host our first charity ball in five years this Autumn: to let our hair down,… Read More