15th August 2016
20th July 2016
Check Challenge Appeal – Government reveals its hand
Following on from the Government’s “Check, challenge, appeal” business rates appeals reform consultation, it has now published its findings and plans to draft regulations with a deadline to get the new system ready to apply... Continue reading
8th July 2016
You cannot be serious!
By Stuart Hicks, Managing Director In a vague nod to Wimbledon this week my opening line for today’s piece has got to be “YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!” I have just read an article about The... Continue reading
7th July 2016
Business Rates Appeals reform – the jury is back
By Stuart Hicks, Managing Director The Government has released a summary of the responses on its consultation “Reforming Business Rates Appeals” and the system of “Check, Challenge, Appeal”. Coming in at just over 3600 words... Continue reading29th June 2016
SHOPPING CENTRES FACE MORE PRESSURE ON COMMERCIALISATION PROFITS
By Stuart Hicks – Managing Director. UK shopping centres are coming under increasing pressure from Local Authorities and the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) which are now determined to extract revenue from mall activity once seen... Continue reading
28th June 2016
British Museum court case has implications for charitable sector
By Stuart Hicks – Managing Director. An interesting case is winding its way through the courts at the moment involving the British Museum and a disputed £720,000 business rates bill. The museum is currently challenging... Continue reading
21st June 2016
Appeals system could derail business rates’ devolution if we’re not careful
By Stuart Hicks The appeals system in its current form could derail the whole business rates devolution process, if we’re not careful. According to the Communities and Local Government Committee in an interim report on... Continue reading
25th May 2016
Business rates alone can’t finance devolution
It would seem that business rates aren’t the cure all cash cow that many in Government – local and national - assume. According to a report commissioned on… Continue reading 24th May 2016