Budget latest: business rate relief schemes and grants announced

Business Rate headline announcements from today’s Budget: The Retail Discount for Business Rates is now 100% relief for the next financial year, worth £1bn in total and worth, on average, £25k per business. The discount... Continue reading

Calls for business rate reforms falling on deaf ears

By Stuart Hicks, Director Recommendations for business rate reform seem to be falling on deaf ears in government these days. Way back in October the Treasury Select Committee concluded to much national media fanfare that... Continue reading

Council set to name and shame non business rate payers

By Stuart Hicks, Director Plans by one of Scotland’s biggest councils to name and shame businesses that avoid business rates has been given cross party support. The SNP-run Glasgow City Council has vowed it will... Continue reading

Business rate “holidays” put forward as option by IoD

The Institute of Directors is the latest lobby group to jump on the business rates’ bandwagon with a call for the Government to offer “holidays” via relief schemes for expanding businesses. In a bid to... Continue reading

CBI turning screws on Government over business rates

Director General of the CBI Dame Carolyn Fairbairn is turning the screws on the Government over business rates. The CBI boss had written to the Chancellor to press the case of a full overhaul of... Continue reading

Check Challenge Appeal statistics make grim reading for businesses

Business rates have been in the headlines the past few weeks right across the UK but the main focus has been on rate reliefs and some significant changes been voted through in Scotland. Perhaps the... Continue reading