Property Community
Business rates, Landlord/tenant relationships, planning, High Streets
Addressing rising property costs through Business Rates reform, improved landlord relations, and collaboration with government and local partners.
As property costs continue to rise, it is increasingly important to identify the effective approaches retailers can take to successfully address them. This includes Business Rates reform, improving relationships with landlords and working with central government and local partners to support retail’s role in local communities.
The Property Community gives members the opportunity to shape the debate and tackle the issues collaboratively, effectively influencing government, landlords and the broader property landscape.
Objectives
Pressing for fundamental reform of Business Rates to ensure disproportionate impact on retail addressed.
Shaping government’s approach to planning reform to unlock successful high street transformation.
Ensuring security of tenure retained following Law Commission’s forthcoming review of the Landlord and Tenant Act.
Members
Property Directors
Estate Managers
Business Rates Managers
Associate Members
Latest Content
Associate InsightAre upward only rent reviews down and out?
29 Jul 2025- Member Access
ConsultationFinal Submission - Planning Committees
23 Jul 2025 
ArticleMember Value Statement 2025
22 Jul 2025- Member AccessConsultation
Draft Response: Reform of Planning Committees
15 Jul 2025 - Member Access
BriefingGovernment Announces Measures to Ban Upward Only Rent Reviews
11 Jul 2025 - Member AccessMeeting Note
July Property Community Meeting
08 Jul 2025 - Member Access
ArticleBRC meeting with the Business and Trade Secretary of State - 1 July 2025
04 Jul 2025 - Member AccessArticle
RICS Updated Service Charges Code
26 Jun 2025 
BriefingGovernment publishes industrial strategy
23 Jun 2025
ArticleThe Four Lenses in Retail Leadership: Working Through the Friction
19 Jun 2025
Upcoming Events
EventSeptember Property Community Call
Wed 3 September15:00Teams
EventMasterclassLearning ProgrammeHow to Integrate Nature into your Sustainability Strategy
Thu 11 September09:00 - 17:00The Form Rooms
EventMasterclassLearning ProgrammeSustainability Masterclass
Tue 7 October09:30 - 16:30The Form Rooms
EventCommunity MeetingNovember Property Community Meeting
Wed 5 November15:00 - 16:00- EventCommunity Meeting
December Property Community Meeting
Wed 3 December15:00 - 16:00
What our members say
The BRC’s Property Community brings real value in providing a safe space for members to discuss new retail property developments, speak to experts and get the latest on government thinking.
Community Manager
Tom Ironside
Director of Business & Regulation, BRC
Tom leads the Business & Regulation team covering a broad range of business cost and reputational issues including property, planning, regeneration, taxation, crime, employment, diversity and risk and safety.
He joined us in 2008 bringing previous experience in a range of public sector policy roles and began his career at the Local Government Commission leading reviews of local authorities' structure and electoral arrangements.
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