Comment

• Management costs, as both as a percentage of expenditure and a rate per sq ft/m, increase across the park classes (Bulky Goods to Shopping)

• Utilities costs rise in rate per sq ft/m across the park classifications while as a percentage of expenditure costs reduce for Retail Parks 

• Soft Services. Cleaning & Landscape Maintenance as a percentage of spend falls across the range of park classifications although they increase in rate per sq ft/m 

• Security costs increase across the park classifications both in terms of percentage of expenditure and rate per sq ft/m 

• Promotions are concentrated in the Shopping Park classification, but as a percentage of expenditure increase from Bulky Goods

• Overall the Soft Services costs increase across the range of Park Classes as both a percentage of expenditure and a rate per sq ft/m 

• Hard Services reduce as percentage of expenditure from Bulky Goods to Shopping while as a rate per sq ft/m it increases from Bulky Goods to Retail Parks and then reduces with Shopping Parks

• Income is generally at a low level although increases from Bulky Goods to Shopping Parks

• Insurance. Not included

• Exceptional expenditure included within hard services