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Published on 26th January 2022
Providing tailored commercial insurance: We now cover businesses of all shapes and sizes
From shops to restaurants and office blocks, Associated Insurance Services – part of the Gateway Group – is ready to cover your business with competitive, comprehensive policies.
Associated Insurance Services (AIS) will take care of all your insurance requirements, leaving you free to focus on your business. Our service is tailored around what you do as a limited company, partnership or sole trader for optimum cover with respected providers and best prices.
You can count on exemplary service, expert advice and fast, efficient claims support. Our commercial policies include cover for buildings, contents, stock and electronic business equipment, protecting against accidental damage, fire, theft, vandalism, flood and storm damage.
Benefits to your business of using AIS
Free, no-obligation quote and advice
Comprehensive cover with leading UK insurers
Dedicated insurance professional handling everything
Full claims support
Savings for new customers and clients
To find out more on how we can help – including a free review of your existing commercial cover – just get in touch with the team on 01702 443 543 or by emailing commercial@aisplc.co.uk
Busy in Yorkshire: Our growing nationwide portfolio
New year, new properties. Gateway Property Management is delighted to have just been appointed as managing agent for residential developments in Bradford and Driffield. What a great way to start 2022.
Located in West and East Yorkshire respectively, the two stylish developments add a further 370 modern homes to our ever-expanding portfolio. Our dedicated, experienced team from our Leeds office is ready to support, taking the complexity out of managing property while safeguarding investment and looking after leaseholders.
Elsewhere in Gloucestershire, 90 contemporary properties will soon be coming under our care. They’re looking fabulous too.
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We’re not interested in being the largest service provider out there, simply the best possible property partner. You can find out more about our specialist companies at LinkedIn, read our latest posts and see how we can best support you. Whether you’re a property developer, investor, landlord, buy-to-let owner, management company or tenant, we’re all set to help.
Season’s Greetings! Wishing you all the best for 2022
We’d like to wish our clients and customers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
2021 has been another busy 12 months for the Gateway Group. We’ll be back in 2022 to keep you updated on Property Matters. Until then, Season’s Greetings and a Happy New Year from our teams at HQ, London, and Leeds. We hope you stay safe and well during the festive season.
Our offices are open as usual to support you. So please get in touch if you need to.
Published on 15th December 2021
Market outlook: Will downsizing free up properties in 2022?
This month, the BBC reported a story of payments being offered to west Devon housing tenants who opt to downsize. Could this be one solution to free up much-needed family homes in the UK?
The bold move made by councilors is to address a shortage of suitable rental properties for families. Rising house prices and a lack of homes on the market have led to a housing crisis in this part of the country, but Devon is not alone in facing this situation.
The plan is to offer tenants who move to a smaller home a £1,000 fixed payment, with an extra £500 per bedroom released as a bonus. Tenants downsizing from a three-bedroom house to a one-bedroom property would receive £2,000, for example. There is also discussion of a discretionary £5,000 lump sum in areas of West Devon where the housing market is particularly strained.
Generally, it seems that older homeowners are keeping hold of their properties. A report from Legal & General Financial Advice at the end of Summer 2021 finds that fewer than one in four households headed by someone over 55 years old plan to downsize in the near future. This is a smaller proportion than when the survey was conducted three years ago.
