TENANT COMMERCIAL LEASE ZONE - SCOTLAND

Commercial leases are among the most significant contracts businesses and other organisations enter into.  If dealt with properly, a commercial lease can work well for a business, giving it guaranteed occupation for a period that ties in to its business plan, dealing sensibly with repair bills and ensuring that ongoing occupational costs are anticipated.  By contrast, if handled poorly, a commercial lease can cause tenants major grief - by, for example, committing tenants to stay in the property for longer than they would have wanted, costing them substantially more in repair bills than they may have, at first, envisaged and containing other unwelcome "nasties" in the small print of the lease.

Tenants need, then, to be alert, then, to the importance of commercial leases.   The pages on this website are intended to provide some useful resources to tenants, both prospective and existing, of commercial leases in Scotland, in order to help them:

• understand the main terms of commercial leases and the most important points that arise when negotiating leases or variations to existing leases - click here for our series of quick guides
• be aware of topical issues affecting tenants of commercial leases - click here for our knowledge zone
• in particular, be alert to the recent growth of climate change regulation affecting commercial properties and the impact this may have on tenants - click here for our green lease section
• know how to deal with some common issues involving commercial leases such as rent reviews, repair problems and applications for landlords' consent to transfers of the tenants' interest or to proposed tenant alterations

We also offer a special service to allow owners and occupiers to make green improvements to their property - click here for more details.