29th April 2019
8th April 2019
Two-tier rates’ system to help retailers could cause headache for other sectors
By Stuart Hicks, Director Last week saw business rates rise again, with the multiplier increasing to 50.4p in the pound – a hit many companies could do without and pretty much every retail lobbyist out there... Continue reading 18th February 2019
Early 2019 stats don’t paint a pretty picture
By Stuart Hicks, Director A few interesting stats are doing the rounds at the moment after a hard start to 2019 for some retailers. A disappointing Christmas helped to push some retailers over the edge... Continue reading
24th January 2019
New regulations complicates already groaning business rates regime
By Stuart Hastie, Director A respected business rates expert recently said that seldom has the title of a new set of regulations given less clue as to its real purpose. He was referring to the... Continue reading
14th January 2019
Amazon business rate bill causing headlines for wrong reasons
Thanks to a series of Parliamentary questions Amazon has confirmed it pays business rates of £63.4m – almost £40m less than Next, despite netting more than double the UK sales of the FTSE retailer. Cue... Continue reading
4th January 2019
When naming and shaming is the only redress left
By Stuart Hicks, Director. A new year maybe but old habits die hard with a string of foreign embassies owing the taxman more than £1.5million of unpaid business rates. Diplomatic representatives from foreign countries are... Continue reading
18th December 2018
Supreme Court settles business rates’ case caused by diligent receptionist
Another long-standing business rates’ saga has finally come to its conclusion in the Supreme Court in the case of UKI (Kingsway) Limited v Westminster City Council. This case dates back to 2012 and, believe it... Continue reading
12th December 2018
The Smiler ride – not so funny outcome for Park owners after Appeal decision
The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) has delivered its judgement in a case involving the “Smiler” ride at Alton Towers. In Merlin Entertainments Group Ltd v Wayne Cox (VO) [2018] UKUT 0406 (LC) the Tribunal considered... Continue reading
23rd October 2018