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Dunlop Heywood secure significant rates win for Irish Football Association
A rateable value reduction has been secured for the National Football Stadium at Windsor Park, Northern Ireland, on the 2015 Valuation List following detailed discussions with Land & Property Services in Belfast. Following the 2015... Continue reading4th January 2022
Latest support packages for business rate payers affected by Covid-19
Set out below are the latest support packages that have been announced for ratepayers in the four regions of the UK: England COVID-19 business grant funding schemes: guidance for local authorities (30 December 2021) COVID-19... Continue reading21st December 2021
Significant win for Dunlop Heywood on behalf of aviation client at Valuation Tribunal
Dunlop Heywood’s London office has secured a significant win for its client Regional & City Airports, owners of Bournemouth Airport, following a decision by the Valuation Tribunal for England. The business rates’ appeal centred around... Continue reading20th December 2021
Further guidance on business rates’ relief and MCC rating appeals latest
By Stuart Hicks, Director “Today notices are being issued by the Valuation Office Agency refusing appeals made against the current 2017 rating list that cite the effects of Covid-19 as being a Material Change of... Continue reading17th December 2021
New guidance out on Government Covid Additional Relief Fund (CARF)
The Government has now released guidance on the COVID-19 Additional Relief Fund (CARF) to support businesses outside of the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors adversely affected COVID-19 and ongoing pandemic. It will be down to... Continue reading15th December 2021
NI business rates – latest from Finance Minister Conor Murphy
With regards to 2022/2023 the following was discussed in the Northern Ireland Assembly this week. Finance Minister Conor Murphy has confirmed the following as part of the Public Expenditure: Draft Budget 2022-25 relating to business... Continue reading19th November 2021
LAs lose 50 per cent of business rates income through Covid
Local authorities’ business rates’ income dropped dramatically by almost 50% in the last financial year, revealed in government data published this week. According to the annual stats released by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing... Continue reading28th October 2021