17th June 2021
14th June 2021
Calls for further business rates relief as lockdown extension looks inevitable
The government is facing calls to extend economic support including business rates relief if the 21 June ‘unlocking’ date is delayed, as expected, today. Labour’s Shadow business secretary Ed Miliband has warned hospitality will be... Continue reading
4th June 2021
Business rate relief changes after June 30
The retail and hospitality sector will be nervously eyeing up June 30th after planned changes to business rate reliefs come into effect for a post-pandemic restart. In the March budget chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the... Continue reading
26th May 2021
Northern Ireland – Rating changes
The rate poundages for the current rate year have been released and can be viewed here. It is not good news for business rate payers with only three councils either freezing or reducing their poundages,... Continue reading
13th May 2021
High Court ruling on rates’ mitigation case
A significant recent High Court decision in Public Health England v Harlow District Council [2021] EWHC 909, has sought to provide further clarification on the area of rates mitigation. In an unprecedented step regarding cases... Continue reading
11th May 2021
Business rates in the Queen’s Speech 2021
Business rates made it in today’s Queen’s Speech. Here’s a summary for the 2021 Parliamentary session: Eligible businesses in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors in England will benefit from business rates relief worth over... Continue reading 11th May 2021
Business rate appeals pass 400,000 mark
More than 400,000 firms have lodged appeals against their business rates since the start of the pandemic. The rise in business rates appeals is not unexpected considering the upheavals seen within the UK economy over... Continue reading 26th April 2021
More calls for Government to extend business rates’ holiday
Hospitality main trade bodies are calling for the Government to extend the business rates holiday for a further three months to give businesses breathing space as they re-open after the latest lockdown. Whilst the public... Continue reading 14th April 2021