A COMMERCIAL property consultancy has launched a business relocation service to help local firms looking for new premises.

GJS Dillon, which has offices in Worcester and Bromsgrove, believe around one third of Worcestershire businesses are planning to move in the next two years as part of their plans for growth. Its new relocation service will find and acquire new premises and dispose of existing property, saving businesses time and money in the process.

Partner John Dillon said: "With an increasing shortage of office and industrial and warehouse space in Worcestershire, it can take up to two years to identify, acquire and move into suitable new premises, especially if the chosen premises are new-build or are being purpose-built.

“We help by identifying a business’s needs, space requirements and budgetary constraints and then search on and off the market for suitable property. We then acquire the new property and help the business to move. At the same time the business needs to prepare to exit its existing building, so our in-house building surveyor will advise on early dilapidations and negotiate with the landlord if the premises are rented, or how to bring them up to standard to maximise the value for a sale, if the business owns its premises.”