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Turn Your Commercial Property into a Film Location Opportunity

March 13, 2026 | Uncategorized

🎬Did you know your commercial property could generate additional income by being featured in film and TV productions? We specialise in connecting commercial properties with the film industry — creating new revenue streams for property owners and fee-sharing opportunities for agents. Production companies are constantly searching for unique, flexible spaces. That’s where you come in.

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Now available until October – County Hall Location

February 13, 2026 | Our locations

This popular Campus-style vacant multi-use site has a diverse range of architectural styles all in one place 📍 Some pencils in Summer but availability now extended until October. 📍Ideal double for a police station, university, a hospital, a government building, a wedding venue, a school, or a residential block or mansion 📍A mix of 1930s and 1970s office

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Case Studies 2025

September 16, 2025 | What we do

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Empty offices are not sexy

January 15, 2025 | Locations in Action

Sad, dim shadows of the former hub of activity they used to be. Maybe they are waiting for planning permission, maybe the whole building is due to be demolished, maybe tenants have moved out, maybe the lease hasn’t expired. But we love them! They are hugely useful for filming and short-term production offices. We seek

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Liaising With Legal Departments – Film Production Companies and Property Landlords

September 5, 2024 | What we do

Production Legal Departments and Landlord’s Lawyers rarely agree on anything. Once we have a licence template agreed with a landlord (ideally before marketing a location), and a production has agreed they want to use a location, we need to get their respective legal teams to agree the terms of the licence. They cannot enter a

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