Alliance Boots Awards Energy Deal

Property compliance specialist BES Consulting has kicked off the New Year by reaching an agreement to provide Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) to pharmacy-led health and beauty group Alliance Boots.

The agreement will see BES Consulting work across Alliance Boots' property portfolio nationwide and follows its £1m investment in building the country's largest field-based team of EPC-qualified surveyors.

"It was clear to me that we needed specialists to support the group with these new certificates," said Jean Waring-Thomas, Energy Manager, Boots UK.

"By working with BES Consulting we not only receive the certificates but we also get true and useful recommendations about how we can improve the energy performance of our properties."

The first Alliance Boots properties to be surveyed by BES Consulting include offices, warehouses and residential flats located above stores.

EPCs are a new legal requirement for any commercial building that is let or sold.  BES Consulting recently announced that it has won major deals to supply the certificates to national pub chains including Marston's and Punch Taverns.

The company, which has offices and surveyors across the UK, provides management solutions for statutory property compliance.

It works on some of the country's largest commercial property estates, including most of the top ten pub chains, and has helped companies to cut energy costs by up to 30%.