28th May 2025
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
7th March 2023
New regulations passed to limit rating appeals linked to future Covid pandemics
Regulations to prevent rating appeals consequent on actions taken by public authorities or governments, and their effects, as a result of any future coronavirus pandemic has been passed in the last few days. The Valuation... Continue reading 2nd November 2022
Scotland delays issuing new appeal regulations for 2023 Revaluation
The Scottish Government has announced that there is a further delay in the issue of the new appeal regulations for the 2023 business rates revaluation. They were supposed to be issued on 26 October (after... Continue reading
30th June 2022