Beyond compliance counts…when retail gets complex

The retail industry is fast moving and complex. Whether you’re a tenant or a landlord, securing MEES and EPC compliance requires a strategic, long-term approach. You must go beyond today in order to provide a commercial platform for future growth. And that’s a journey that demands deeper real estate expertise.

Challenge

The test for tenants

Many retailers are tenants: they rely on landlords for compliance. This has potentially risky commercial implications. If a location is owned by a landlord with limited access to funding for upgrades, the retailer may be prevented from operating until the property is compliant. Income is lost.

The franchise demands

Franchise models and concessions often default a retailer to being the immediate landlord. MEEs becomes your responsibility. For your business to hit the ground running, a rapid response is needed. One that is highly flexible, understands your risks and considers your long-term strategy.

Solution

Reducing risk and promoting growth

We support our retail clients with a combination of data search and landlord engagement strategies – helping you to make the right long-term decisions for your business.

This includes:

  • Landlord analysis. We help identify the landlords likely to have future compliance well managed. And high-risk landlords: those who are likely to not have a plan in place.

  • Identifying properties with high energy consumption or a high carbon footprint. We help our clients to align with corporate goals on energy and carbon reduction – protecting reputations.

  • Properties where the retailer has carried out a refurbishment after the date of the EPC, this can be used to open discussions with the landlord as the refurbishment is likely to have improved the efficiency of the property.

  • Filling in any data gaps and updating data where a refurbishment has been carried out. We’ll ensure an accurate baseline for future decision making.