28th March 2017
8th March 2017
Budget & Business Rates 2017
Initial Budget comment by Stuart Hicks – Director. No surprises… Chancellor Phillip Hammond announced a handful of relief schemes for those hardest hit by increases in liability resulting from the 2017 Rating Revaluation. This amounts... Continue reading
24th February 2017
Northern businesses will suffer if ministers back down over business rates revaluation
Dunlop Heywood Director Stuart Hicks is warning of a severe knock-on effect for thousands of Northern businesses if Ministers back down over planned business rates rises this April. Whilst business leaders and retailers in London... Continue reading
23rd February 2017
Additional support announced for Scottish businesses following rates’ revaluation
Derek Mackay, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution, has today announced additional support for businesses following the rates’ revaluation. These measures will apply for one financial year. Thereafter, Mr Mackay will consider the findings... Continue reading20th February 2017
Business rates protests continue to make national headlines
Business leaders from a growing number of sectors have come out to condemn the business rates revaluation which kicks in on April 1. Momentum has been building with business chiefs, as far apart as London... Continue reading13th February 2017
Hospitality chiefs fear closures with business rate rises
Popular pubs and restaurants could disappear from the high street as a result of a business rate rises in April, the Government is being warned. A group of business leaders has written a letter to Chancellor... Continue reading
9th February 2017
Small Scottish renewable energy schemes under threat after revaluation
Small Scottish renewable energy schemes could be faced with new business rates increasing three-fold, claims industry lobbyists The Scottish Government issued a draft budget for 2017-18 in December last year, which included legally-defined rateable value... Continue reading31st January 2017
Mary Portas joins row over business rates
Retail guru Mary Portas has joined the chorus of criticism of the Government’s business rates’ revaluation, taking to Twitter to vent her frustration. “This is short term business thinking, sadly, from the govt,” Portas said on... Continue reading
24th January 2017