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

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

Countdown to Government consultation on business rates as deadline looms

  By Stuart Hicks, Managing Director. We are in the final countdown to the deadline for submissions to the Government’s consultation paper “Business rates: delivering more frequent revaluations”. Published jointly by HM Treasury and Department... Continue reading

Valuation – Assets & new accounting rules

Companies have an obligation under Financial accounting rules to ensure that their fixed property assets are faithfully recorded within their annual company accounts. Continue reading

Could business rates revaluation have saved NHS?

There have been many, many headlines over the last few weeks regarding the demise of BHS but it was one story this week that caught my eye - where the government’s failure to… Continue reading

Let’s move from recommendations to action!

There’s a small steering group that has just started to meet with the catchy name of the Local Government Association (LGA) and Department for Communities and Local Government… Continue reading