ASTOP supports communities by partnering charities with landlords so they can both benefit from business rates reductions. These initiatives significantly reduce landlord costs and give non-profit organisations and charities rent-free temporary office and retail spaces across the UK.
Our work lets landlords benefit from empty property rates relief while their premises are occupied by community-driven projects. Retail and office space that is filled through charitable partnerships is typically better maintained and more secure than empty space and, as a result, becomes easier to relet. Supporting local community-focused projects also offers excellent PR and ESG/CSR opportunities. Such initiatives are also typically welcomed by local councils and are widely supported as an acceptable mechanism to deliver business rates reductions for landlords.
Through our work, ASTOP has gained an unrivalled local community development network across the UK. This allows us to offer tailor-made ethical solutions for any type of vacant commercial site. Since 2009, our team has been busy empowering local communities and transforming over 500 empty properties, saving more than £15m in dilapidation, vandalism, squatting, social, PR, media and other costs often associated with unused premises.
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