All Business rates articles
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NewsIndustry slams £4.6bn retail and hospitality relief package
Bodies dismiss government package as ‘sticking plaster’ that fails to address issues of rent and business rates.
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Calls renewed for end to business rates advantage for online retailers
The property industry has renewed calls on the government to level the business rates playing field between online and bricks and mortar retailers.
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‘Rates relief handed back should fund tax holiday’
Business rates relief handed back to the government by the UK’s supermarket chains should be spent on extending the tax holiday for cash-strapped retailers, say experts.
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Pressure growing on F&B retailers to pay back business rates relief
Pressure is growing on a number of F B retailers to pay back business rates relief after almost £2bn was given back to the treasury by a number of supermarkets.
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Sainsburys and Morrisons pay back £714m in business rates relief
Two more supermarkets have agreed to pay back the business rates relief granted by the government earlier this year, after Tesco handed back £585m.
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Furore over business rates 'postcode lottery'
Local authorities have been slammed for using heavy-handed tactics to chase unpaid business rates bills from office occupiers during the second national lockdown.
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Insight
Business rates system is rotten apple
Editor: When rateable values were last updated in 2017, the apple was the UK’s favourite fruit. It now barely features in the top 10 – a sign that a lot has changed in three years .
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Revo calls on government to cut business rates to 30% in order to save high streets
Revo is urging the government to urgently address the £7bn business rates ‘cliff-edge’ facing retailers from April 2021.
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More business rate appeals filed in last six months than in previous three years
More business rate appeals were filed in the six months to 30 September this year than in the three years to 31 March 2020.
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Professional
Concerns raised over timing of business rates revaluation
Experts say fallout of pandemic and ongoing rental negotiations make it difficult to assess values accurately
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Revo calls for business rates cap of 30% and annual valuations
Retail property lobby group Revo has called for a drastic cut in the level of business rates as part of its first stage response to the HM Treasury consultation on business rates reform in England.
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Appeals against business rates soar in wake of Covid-19 uncertainty
Over 2,000 non-domestic premises are challenging their business rates every day in England, according to data from the Valuation Office Agency.
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Government postpones business rates revaluation from 2021 until 2023
The government has postponed the business rates revaluation for two years to gain a wider review of the firms affected by Covid-19.
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Supreme Court win for retailers in £430m ATM business rates case
The UK supreme court has ruled that ATMs inside and outside stores should not be assessed separately for business rates in a decision that will cost local authorities £430m in tax rebates.
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UK property companies ask for business rates holiday extension
Stakeholders in commercial real estate have urged the chancellor to extend the 2020/21 business rates holiday “to businesses across all sectors”.
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Business rates revaluation postponed
The next revaluation of business rates has been postponed.
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Insight
Rates revaluation threatens recovery
Editor: For new rating lists to start next April, at a time when large scale physical changes may still be taking place, or at least bedding-in, just doesn’t make economic sense.
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Professional
Rates relief does nothing for struggling office occupiers
Experts agree there is a degree of unfairness in the government’s approach to business rates relief
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British Retail Consortium urges government to pay back all rates appeals
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has urged the government to pay back all the money claimed by ratepayers.
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DeVono Cresa petitions for business rates holiday for all
DeVono Cresa is calling on the UK government to extend its business rates holiday to all businesses, across all sectors.
