All Business rates articles – Page 27
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NewsBusiness rates appeal backlog pushes retailers to the brink
Retailers have called for Government to deal with a backlog of business rates appeals, warning that a delay in refunds could put store groups out of business.
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NewsFootfall declined 1.2% in December as shoppers made fewer high street trips
Footfall across the UK fell 1.2% year-on-year in December as shoppers took fewer trips to high streets, shopping centres and out-of-town retail parks.
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NewsThe Government is urged to back retail as failures begin to mount
Pressure is mounting on the Government to ease the burden of business rates following the collapse of high street retailers Blockbuster, Comet, HMV and Jessops in recent weeks.
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OpinionComment: Retailers need help from Government to prevent more casualties
As the sales figures are assessed post-Christmas, a number of retailers have done well but for others the sums have failed to add up.
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OpinionComment: What to watch out for in 2013
This year won’t be an easy ride for retailers, but there will still be winners.
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NewsBRC boss tells retailers to keep fighting for fair rates
The British Retail Consortium’s (BRC) new director-general Helen Dickinson has urged retailers to keep fighting for fairer business rates, despite the Chancellor shunning the issue in his Autumn Statement last week.
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NewsRetailers ignored as Chancellor shuns plea for business rates freeze
Chancellor George Osborne has dealt a blow to retailers, ignoring their pleas to freeze business rates and save them from a £175m bill next year.
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OpinionComment: Look after the retailers of the future
It is not uncommon for British prime ministers to call on the Blitz spirit when they want to appear statesmanlike, and David Cameron certainly evoked some Churchillian rhetoric last week.
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NewsTwo thirds of MPs support business rates freeze
A freeze on business rates for retailers next year is backed by two thirds of MPs, says a poll by the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
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NewsRetailers cut back to cope with rates rise
Retailers are poised to slash investment and make redundancies if next year’s proposed business rates hike goes ahead.
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NewsShop vacancy level highest for more than a year
Total retail footfall in the three months to the end of October fell 0.4% against last year as the town centre vacancy level in October hit 11.3%, the highest figure in more than a year.
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OpinionComment: Government backtracks on rationale for rate revaluation delay
The Government has had to backtrack on its claimed justification for the rate revaluation delay as we at Gerald Eve had predicted.
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NewsFair rates for retail campaign gathers pace as 1,500 write to their MPs
Almost 1,500 letters have been sent to MPs urging them to ease the burden on retailers by freezing business rates.
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NewsBRC urges Chancellor to freeze 2013 business rates
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) is urging Chancellor George Osborne to freeze business rates and scrap the planned fuel duty rise in a letter sent ahead of the Autumn Statement.
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NewsSpring Fair backs Fair Rates for Retail campaign
Spring Fair, the UK’s largest exhibition for the home and accessories trade, has lent its support to Retail Week’s Fair Rates for Retail campaign.
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NewsGovernment pressured over business rates revaluation
Retail and property leaders are today calling on the Government to reconsider its decision to revalue business rates two years later than planned.
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OpinionComment: Death and business rates
Two subjects are head and shoulders above all others in retail currently - and death is not one of them
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NewsTwo thirds of retailers warn stores and jobs will be hit if rates rise
Seventy per cent of retailers believe another business rates rise would stunt job creation and result in less investment in new stores.
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NewsDeloitte 'urgently' seeks Comet buyer
Comet stores are to continue to trade for the time being and staff will be paid, administrator Deloitte has said.
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NewsMary Portas backs call to freeze business rates
High street campaigner Mary Portas has lent her support to the Fair Rates for Retail campaign calling for a freeze in business rates next year.