All Business rates articles – Page 29
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News£1 rents as landlords try to avoid business rates
Shops are being let for just £1 to retailers on some depressed high streets as landlords try and avoid paying business rates.
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NewsBRC calls on Chancellor to tackle 2012 business rates in pre-Budget statement
Chancellor George Osborne must address significant business rate increases, retail jobs and improving access to overseas markets in his Autumn statement, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) has urged.
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NewsInflation reaches record levels sparking fears of business rates hike
Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation jumped to 5.2% in September from 4.5% in August, while the Retail Price Index (RPI) measure of inflation has risen to its highest level in 20 years, at 5.6%.
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NewsBusiness rates revamp under Localism Bill
Local authorities will have greater control over setting business rates under new powers proposed in the Localism Bill.
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NewsLandlords join retailers in business rates battle
Retail landlords have lent their voice to the campaign against next year’s rise in business rates, warning that a disproportionate increase will endanger the economic recovery.
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AnalysisLocal business rates relief
The Government plans to let local authorities subsidise business rates in certain areas. Will this help stimulate local economies and reduce vacancy rates?
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NewsScottish retailers ‘hindered by business rates policy’
Retailers in Scotland will be harmed by the Scottish Government’s failure to introduce business rates transitional arrangements, according to the Scottish Retail Consortium.
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NewsRetailers to pay more in business rates to fund Crossrail
Retailers will be forced to pay more in business rates in order to fund London’s Crossrail network.
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OpinionRetail surgery: The 2010 business rates revaluation
What is the 2010 business rates revaluation and how will the amount we pay be affected?
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NewsRetailers get business rates revaluation
Retailers are able to discover how much they will be charged in business rates today after the Government revealed its revaluation rates.
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NewsGovernment considers business rates relief fund
The Government has launched a consultation process on a £2bn relief scheme for businesses, including retailers, affected by next year’s business rates revaluation.
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CBI: rejection of business rates amendment ‘will damage local economies’
MPs have attracted criticism for rejecting amendments to a bill designed to protect businesses’ right to veto business rates levies.
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NewsNearly 20,000 jobs threatened by business rates rise
Business rates rises could kill off nearly 600 retail businesses resulting in 19,300 redundancies by 2012, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
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Government defers 5% business rates rise
Chancellor Alistair Darling has modified plans to increase business rates by 5 per cent tomorrow.
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Business rates rise is 'complete madness' says Boots UK head
Alliance Boots health and beauty chief executive Alex Gourlay has slammed the Government over its proposals to increase business rates, branding the rise as 'complete madness'.
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Business rates raise is 'complete madness' says Boots UK head
Alliance Boots health and beauty chief executive Alex Gourlay has slammed the government over its proposals to increase business rates payments for retailers, branding the rise as 'complete madness'.
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Alistair Darling: no climbdown on April business rates hike
Chancellor Alistair Darling has refused to back down over the 5 per cent increase in business rates that is due to hit next month, but left the door open for future changes to make the system fairer after the 2010 revaluation.
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Opinion
Business rates issue can’t wait
Alistair Darling is a busy man at the moment, so perhaps it’s an achievement in itself that he has responded to Retail Week’s Rate Rage campaign and acknowledged the severe problems that retailers are facing.
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BRC urges business rates freeze
The Government has come under fire this week for adding to retailers’ business rate burdens.
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Opinion
Business rates are out of kilter with the modern world
Retailers’ focus is clearly on Christmas and if this week’s Sales are anything to go by, stores are already worried that trade will be tough. So why do retailers have to convince the Government to revalue massive hikes to business rates for next year and 2010?