Corporate Consulting

Adapting to change

As an occupier and user of space you are constantly being confronted with the need to adapt your business to your buildings which have often been secured on long term contracts or built to match a perceived, but perhaps historic, long term need, but which, for multiple reasons, such as changing markets and evolving business strategies, are no longer as fit for purpose as they may previously have been. We are here to help you adapt your real estate to meet your current and future business needs, enabling you to concentrate on what you are good at – providing goods and services to your clients.

How do we do this?

Robert Mathieson & Co. works closely with clients developing and implementing solutions that make real estate a significant positive contribution to productivity and performance for the client organisation. Our client-centric approach optimises the result within the framework agreed with each instruction or client. The result is a focused, value-creating set of outcomes.

Real estate is one of the top three costs for most organisations. But when it is managed systematically, strategically and operates at peak efficiency, it can be a powerful tool that enhances output. We help organisations of all sizes free up capital from owned and leased land and buildings, optimise the use and productivity of workplaces and make their portfolios more adapted for the future.

Consulting

Identification of constraints and opportunities to make your assets, workplaces and people more efficient and productive.
and subsequent planning of strategy and specific tactics to meet your changing business needs
monitoring of performance of those tactics and strategy
Re-evaluation and further adaptation to meet evolving needs

Energy and sustainability

We’ll help your organization become more sustainable and efficient by identifying how, and where applicable putting into place, means of reducing or optimising your energy use, operating costs and carbon footprint.

Review of existing energy use and systems
Identification of weaknesses, constraints and opportunities
Development of integrated plans with full costings and timetabling to meet your business needs and constraints as well as environmental and legislative demands
Monitoring performance
Re-evaluation and updating of energy performance plans and strategy

Corporate Capital Markets

By reviewing and monitoring your existing and business plans’ real estate needs we can help you make better financial and operational decisions when we advise on the ramifications of current and future owning, leasing, disposing or refinancing real estate assets and liabilities.

Changes in accountancy have changed the perception and the advantages of leasing or owning property. We can bring light upon the real benefits or dis-benefits for your particular business plans and help you make the right decisions as you evaluate issues such as capital versus revenue expense, physical and financial control, security, adaptability and flexibility of each element within your real estate portfolio.

Facilities Management

We can advise on current and possible facilities management strategies and either take over the management of your corporate facilities or negotiate with third parties to increase or otherwise optimise the real estate’s operational effectiveness, whilst lowering operating expenses and improving service levels.

Lease administration

By organising a systematic approach to, and/or centralizing, the management of leases and the generation of accurate portfolio data, we can track contract expirations and plan the optimal real estate solutions to meet your future needs, whilst finding opportunities to cut unnecessary costs and renegotiate more favourable terms.

Project & development services

Years of planning and managing developments, from new buildings to refurbishments and fitting out have given us significant experience to offer our clients anything from simple project planning or monitoring to a fully turn-key service. This can take the worry and management time out of projects, whether small or large, for owned or leased premises, and place it in the hands of a professional team that has your interests wholly at the centre of their minds.

Tenant representation

We are able to find the right space to suit your business plans, negotiate the best possible lease terms, saving you time and money. We can also negotiate favourable lease extension terms or renegotiate contracts with landlords to adapt them to your current and future needs.

Transaction management & workplace strategy

By planning, developing a strategic approach and managing portfolios of leases and owned properties we are able to help you optimise your real estate by reducing occupancy costs and providing the right accommodation at the right time and in the right place.