Trent Barton Buses

Client Name
Trent Barton Buses
Category
Business Rates, Business Rates Audit
Property Type
Bus Garages, Industrial, Offices, Retail
Trent Barton was formed form a merger of Trent Motor Traction and the Barton Buses companies in 1989. The company provides public transport for Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire and its routes stretch as far North as Chesterfield.

The company occupies a number of properties across its network, largely comprising bus depots but with office and retail elements too.

Business Rates

2017 & 2023 Rating Lists

Rowland Burkitt Chartered Surveyors are instructed to act on behalf of Trent Barton for the duration of the 2017 & 2023 Rating Lists.

Undertaking the instructions involved inspecting all premises and, where appropriate, lodging appeals on our client's behalf.

In the context of business rates, we have assisted Trent Barton in advising on the response to the Covid-19 crisis by identifying properties that are eligible for reliefs and lodging appeals for those that are not.

Business rates appeals for Trent Barton's portfolio have involved an understanding of the contractors method of valuation which takes the cost of reconstruction as the starting point for the rating valuation.