7th May 2018

Business Rates’ revaluation almost bad as 2008/09 crash for retailers?

The business rates’ revaluation has been almost as bad as the financial crash of 2008/2009 for restaurant groups and retailers, according to new research out this week. In the last 12 months, since the revaluation... Continue reading

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14th March 2018

Spring Statement – rates’ revaluation moving to 2021

By Stuart Hicks, Director The Spring Statement announces that the government is bringing forward the next rating revaluation for business rates by one year to 2021… Wow! This follows the Autumn Budget 2017 move to... Continue reading

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26th February 2018

Business rate receipts to soar as appeals plummet

By Stuart Hicks, Director It is business rates bonus time for the Government once again with almost £25bn set to be collected in 2018/19. Local authorities in England alone are calculated to collect an additional... Continue reading

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8th February 2018

Retailers are getting creative to qualify for business rate relief

It seems retailers are having to become “creative” to find ways to qualify for the various business rate relief schemes currently on offer. Reports are surfacing of small retailers looking to abandon or even “lop... Continue reading

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23rd January 2018

Business rate row shows dangers of tinkering with tax over reform

By Stuart Hicks, Director. Scotland seems to be tying itself in knots at the moment after a loophole in plans for small business rate relief mean hundreds of SMEs are still facing massive hikes this... Continue reading

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12th January 2018

Debt collectors called in to claw back Business Rate arrears

By Stuart Hicks. Director. English and Welsh councils are believed to have used bailiffs on nearly 41,000 firms that struggled to pay higher business rates following the Government’s controversial revaluation last year. Apparently, research shows... Continue reading

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26th May 2017

Business Rates relief schemes’ update

 By Stuart Hicks, Director  Business rates aren’t top of the Government’s agenda right now for obvious reasons but the Dept for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) is still receiving a number of enquiries about the... Continue reading

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11th May 2017

Football clubs facing triple digit business rates rises on back of league successes

 By Adam Brooke, Rating Director Some British football clubs have more to worry about than just their league position as the 2016/17 season draws to a close. Having gathered the business rates data following the revaluation,... Continue reading

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27th April 2017

£300m business rates aid package still on, despite General Election

  By Adam Brooke, Rating Director Despite some scaremongering in the national media, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DGCL) has announced the allocation for the £300m package promised in the Spring Budget to... Continue reading

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