8th March 2022
3rd February 2022
All party inquiry launched into pub business rates
The All-party Parliamentary Beer Group (APPBG) is conducting an inquiry into pubs’ business rates and asks individual licensees and any interested parties to submit evidence or ideas for reform by Wednesday 17th February 2022. The... Continue reading
24th January 2022
Business rates holiday let loophole to close
A loophole that allows second homeowners to wriggle out of both business rates and council tax on a furnished holiday let property will close, as from April 2023. Landlords will have to prove holiday lets... Continue reading
5th January 2022
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 reading 4th 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 reading 15th 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 reading
1st December 2021
Dunlop Heywood Director Stuart Hicks take up prestigious RICS’ role
Stuart Hicks, Head of Rating at Dunlop Heywood, has been elected Vice Chair of the Rating Diploma holders’ section of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). This section of the RICS was established in... Continue reading 28th October 2021
Dunlop Heywood advise on important RoI business rates’ ruling
The Valuation Tribunal Ireland has handed down an important decision in respect of the Westlink Tolls and the LUAS light rail system in Dublin. To start the Tribunal determined a procedural issue making clear that... Continue reading 27th October 2021