21st May 2023
26th May 2022
MCC appeals relating to Covid-19 impact dismissed – Tribunal
Tribunal Decision – MCC Appeals related to the impact of the COVID Pandemic, dismissed. The subject appeals were based on the following premise ‘We propose a 65% ‘stand back’ abatement to the existing rateable value... Continue reading
31st January 2022
VOA latest “Check Challenge Appeal” stats tell two different stories
The latest “Check Challenge Appeal” business rates appeal figures ending December 2021 show the Valuation Office Agency has had the highest ever success rate in resolving checks and challenges since the list began. Whilst this sounds... Continue reading
31st January 2018
Court of Appeal ruling over North West office block sees RV of £1 agreed
An important decision has just been handed down by the Court of Appeal that saw a Rateable Value on an office block in Blackpool reduced from £490,000 to a nominal £1. It has taken almost... 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 20th April 2017
Cash machines in firing line after business rates’ challenge fails
By Adam Brooke, Rating Director Free ‘hole in the wall” cash machines attached to corner shops and petrol stations could become a thing of the past in England and Wales following a recent Upper Tribunal... Continue reading 18th April 2017
VOA chasing business rates off a cliff
By Stuart Hicks, Director. This latest High Court ruling probably won’t have a huge impact on North West sunseekers but it did make me ask the question how far is the VOA prepared to go... Continue reading 28th March 2017
Dunlop Heywood’s free introduction to Check Challenge Appeal
DH – PDF Leaflet (CCA) low res We have read a lot in the media and from MPs on the subject of appealing against unfair business rates but the touchy topic has now reared its... Continue reading
2nd March 2017