These are tough times but rather than accommodate a good client, as you or I might look at it, these inflexible bullies have adopted the might of right. As a result a number of these retailers have been forced into liquidation and the landlord has lost a tenant and had empty premises.

One case I was involved in was a retailer with a national chain of 12 shops. Post liquidation they have one shop. Eleven inflexible landlords lost out. They’ve had to discount their premises substantially – I’m talking less than half what they were getting in some cases – and accept short term tenants just to get them filled up again, and some are still empty. They lost out because of their inflexibility.

I am dumbfounded by the stupidity of these morons. Are all landlords bully boys or are there some sensible business minded ones too?