27th January 2020
17th January 2020
Empty businesses cost UK taxpayers £1bn a year
Empty businesses cost UK taxpayers £1bn a year, with the North West being one of the worst affected regions, according to BBC research out today. The data is once again prompting calls for urgent reform... Continue reading
13th January 2020
More business rates relief announced for Welsh SMEs
Welsh Assembly Finance Minister Rebecca Evans has announced an additional £24.2m to support businesses in 2020-21 through the Welsh Government’s high street and retail rates’ relief scheme. The scheme, first introduced in 2017, is being... Continue reading
7th January 2020
Retail Relief Scheme could be 2020 lifeline
Hard-pressed independents, particularly in the hospitality sector, may save more than £10,500 after April 1 thanks to the retail discount being applied for 2020/21 business rates. The business rates’ retail relief scheme applies to occupied... Continue reading
20th December 2019
Wigan Athletic – 0 Valuation Office – 1
Wigan Athletics poor form in legal circles continues after it lost an appeal in the Upper Tribunal (Land Chambers) with its argument that relegation constituted a Material Change of Circumstances affecting its Rateable Value. The... Continue reading
16th December 2019
Business rates – NHS claim for charitable status dismissed by High Court
By Stuart Hicks, Director. The High Court has dismissed a claim by 17 NHS trusts that they are charities and should receive millions of pounds of business rates relief. Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust... Continue reading
10th December 2019
Private schools in Scotland to lose business rate tax relief
Private schools are to be taxed full business rates next year, the Scottish government has confirmed, with less than a year to go before the changes come into effect. The announcement means the schools will... Continue reading
2nd December 2019
Government lose court battle to wind up business rates’ mitigation schemes
THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY V. PAG ASSET PRESERVATION LIMITED AND VACANT PROPERTY SOLUTIONS LIMITED The Government has lost two important cases in the High Court in an attempt to... Continue reading1st December 2019