30th September 2025
3rd September 2025
Business Rates for Retail: How to Protect Your Bottom Line in a Changing High Street
The UK’s retail sector has never stood still, but recent years have brought disruption at an unprecedented scale. From the accelerated shift to e-commerce to the impact of rising wages, inflation, and supply chain pressures,... Continue reading
25th June 2024
VOA warns against high pressure sales tactics of rogue agents
The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has issued a warning to businesses regarding the deadline to appeal their 2023 business rates, with false claims circulating that June 30, 2024, is the cut-off point. Businesses generally have... Continue reading 5th February 2024
Valuation Office Agency publish Agent Standards Code of Practice
The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has published its Agent Standards Code of Practice that sets out its expectations of agents. The code of practice – which covers Behaviour, Professional Practice and Services – also gives... Continue reading
10th January 2024
Businesses redeveloping or refurbishing premises need to be aware of new rules surrounding Completion Notices
Any businesses redeveloping or refurbishing premises need to be aware of new rules surrounding Completion Notices that came into force at the end of last year (Dec 23). Completion Notices can now be issued by... Continue reading
19th October 2023
Inflationary figure for September announced – linked to 2024/25 business rate rises
The Government today announced September’s CPI as 6.7%. This inflationary figure is used to set the UBR (Uniform Business Rate)/ rate poundage for the next business rates for 2024/25. Unless the Government intervenes to freeze... Continue reading 21st May 2023
Government figures reveals number of appeals lodged against 2017 Rating List
Latest Government figures reveal more than 845,000 business rates’ appeals were made in England and Wales against the 2017 Rating List. A glut of appeals were lodged as the deadline to challenge the 2017 List... Continue reading
30th June 2022
Dunlop Heywood – At a Glance Business Rates Guide 2022/23
Dunlop Heywood has produced an AT A GLANCE : BUSINESS RATES 2022/23 GUIDE covering the UK, including Northern Ireland. https://dunlopheywood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/At-a-Glance-Business-Rates-2022-23.pdf Continue reading 11th May 2022