9th September 2019
4th July 2018
Completion Notices under the spotlight in tribunal ruling
By Stuart Hicks, Director You may think I just spend my days trawling online tomes to find the latest rating appeals as I’ve written about quite a few lately, but this one is worth a... Continue reading
21st May 2018
Dunlop Heywood demonstrates strong track record in go kart rating appeal success
Dunlop Heywood has been successful in an important Tribunal appeal on behalf of Go Karting for Fun Ltd which saw its rateable value (RV) reduce by 39.4%, from £167,000 to £101,250. Director Stuart Hicks led... Continue reading
23rd March 2018
Scotland show how it’s done when it comes to Business Rate reform
By Stuart Hicks Scotland recently gave us a kicking at the Rugby Six Nations and now it seems they are also showing us how it’s done when it comes to Business Rate reforms. The Barclay... Continue reading
14th March 2018
Upper Tribunal being kept busy with business rate appeals
By Stuart Hicks, Director For those involved in the more arcane areas of rating valuation, another interesting decision has been determined by the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber). In Semlogistics Milford Haven Ltd v Webb (VO)... Continue reading 14th March 2018
Spring Statement – rates’ revaluation moving to 2021
By Stuart Hicks, Director The Spring Statement announces that the government is bringing forward the next rating revaluation for business rates by one year to 2021… Wow! This follows the Autumn Budget 2017 move to... Continue reading 23rd January 2018
Business rate row shows dangers of tinkering with tax over reform
By Stuart Hicks, Director. Scotland seems to be tying itself in knots at the moment after a loophole in plans for small business rate relief mean hundreds of SMEs are still facing massive hikes this... Continue reading
2nd January 2018
New CCA system sees only three cases get to “Appeal” stage in eight months
By Stuart Hicks, Director We all know the wheels grinds slowly when it comes to Government machinations, but eight months after the new Check, Challenge, Appeal system was introduced, only now are the first appeal... Continue reading
17th November 2017