I am reasonably happy with a company that has approached us on a no win no fee basis to look at business rates.
Happy with the percentage of the saving as the fee,
However, would you normally expect to pay this fee for every year on the rates list? It has been a few years (10+) since I was last involved in this area, and that was for a much larger site.
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I wouldn't.
They do the work once - I don't expect to provide them with a pension in perpetuity.
I may agree to two or three years if that means that the fee is effectively spread over a period but, ultimately, I'd be looking at whether the overall fee was fair.
It depends......
The company I used to use charge 20% of the savings they got you of a 5!year rate period
It basically meant they got the first years savings then you got the next 4 years benefit and beyond
You would be better off paying a reputable, qualified RICS surveyor a fixed fee.
There's too many cowboys in the % game.
I would google the company with keywords like dodgy or scam etc. As Mrme89 says there's a fair few cowboys as can be seen from this article
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/scam-business-rates-company-rva-12...