12th January 2021
7th January 2021
Easy ways to check if you are eligible for Lockdown grants
Here is an easy way to check if your business is eligible for further grants to help it through Lockdown 3.0. Any businesses that were open as usual, but then required to close between 5... Continue reading25th March 2019
Court of Appeal rules on rates’ avoidance schemes
Court of Appeal’s Judgements in Rossendale Borough Council v Hurstwood Properties & Wigan Council v Property Alliance Group Limited. I’m sure many of you reading this may have a feeling of déjà vu if you... Continue reading
8th March 2019
Biggest rate payers in North West revealed
By Stuart Hicks. When the new business rates bills for 2019/20 start to land shortly there will be many out there who feel they are shouldering an unfair tax burden. But no matter how much... Continue reading18th February 2019
Early 2019 stats don’t paint a pretty picture
By Stuart Hicks, Director A few interesting stats are doing the rounds at the moment after a hard start to 2019 for some retailers. A disappointing Christmas helped to push some retailers over the edge... Continue reading
4th January 2019
When naming and shaming is the only redress left
By Stuart Hicks, Director. A new year maybe but old habits die hard with a string of foreign embassies owing the taxman more than £1.5million of unpaid business rates. Diplomatic representatives from foreign countries are... Continue reading 7th December 2018
Local Authorities business rate receipts 2017/18 up £300m
Local authorities have reported that business rate income for 2017-18 amounted to £23.8 billion – up £300m on 2016-17 receipts. This amount is what authorities collected after all reliefs, accounting adjustments and sums retained outside... Continue reading
16th July 2018
More firms ending up in Magistrates’ over non-payment of business rates
A short but certainly not sweet update on another impact of the revaluation on businesses across England and Wales. Almost 200,000 businesses are believed to have been summoned to appear before magistrates for non-payment... Continue reading
13th July 2018