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Search Score

What is the CR Search Score Every month thousands of available shops, restaurants and bars are added to Completely Retail (CR). As a result, there are often hundreds of properties for occupiers to choose from in the larger towns and cities. It can be a time consuming process to sift through all of the opportunities. The CR Search Score is our way of ensuring the best possible user experience. Each property is given a unique daily score based on the quality and depth of information displayed. We think it is only fair to reward those advertisers who take a bit more time listing their properties. So, the more information agents and landlords provide potential occupiers, the higher the available property will appear in a search on CR. Benefits of the […]

7th September 2021

Things to consider when opening a shop

There’s much talk about the decline of retail and the high street, and starting any business is never without its challenges. But with a larger supply of vacant shops than ever, and with cheaper rents, there’s arguably never been a better time to open a business in your local high street

18th August 2021

Retail leasing revived by new concepts

In this piece, Dom Millar, CEO of The Completely Group, shares what he’s hearing from Retail landlords and agents and how the face of retail space is evolving.

The Pros and pros of turnover leases – it’s time to change the way we lease

What could be fairer or more equitable than an arrangement that allows a retailer to pay as they grow – literally as their turnover increases so too does their rent which is set at an agreed percentage– a win:win situation. This article covers the benefits around why, for retail property, we need to Change The Way We Lease

Retail customers are going online to shop offline – locally

As retail opens back up and lockdowns lift, everyone wants to know the answer to two key questions: how do we get footfall back into retail shops and what does the future for retail online look like?

Demystifying “Heads of Terms” jargon

Taking a lease for your first shop is a journey that the property industry fills with jargon. Often the phrase “heads of terms” is thrown around – some paying no attention to it and others giving it almost mythical legal status.

Helping town centres market their available properties

Just launched. – The new Experience Guildford (EG) property portal provides national, independent and local start-up brands with all of the information they need to make an informed decision about opening a local shop.

Creative ideas for landlords with vacant space

Town Centre’s across the UK are all facing the same problem at the moment, that vicious circle of an increasing number of empty stores with an often-proportionate fall in footfall.

Ground-breaking retail and leisure property listings platform will give access to 90%+ of UK availability

A new online listings platform created by The Local Data Company (LDC) and CompletelyRetail.co.uk will give access to more than 90% of all the retail and leisure properties which are currently on the market in the UK.