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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?

Two award winning Surrey commercial agents merge to become Owen Isherwood
Wadham and Isherwood merge to form a new Guildford based Retail commercial agent, Owen Isherwood

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.

The new Retail & Leisure property use classes explained – E is for Everything!
One thing that you may have missed, or not had time to investigate, is the change to the Use Classes regulations from 1st September 2020.

Growing an awesome F&B brand – The Zabardast story (so far)
Completely Retail first met the team at Zabardast when they presented at Soapbox which takes place at the Completely Retail Market Place events.