All Business rates articles
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OpinionExplainer: What revaluation means for retailersâ business rates bills
The rateable values announced in last monthâs Budget represent the biggest shift in support for 30 years. They reveal structural tensions, but big retailers should benefit, observes tax specialist Ryanâs Alex Probyn
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DataRanking: Retailâs biggest winners and losers in business rates revaluation
Some retailers are facing increases of hundreds of thousands of pounds in their business rates on certain properties, while Harrodsâ bill is set to fall by over ÂŁ1m
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NewsWaterstones boss says Budget business rate change will help high streets
Waterstones chief executive James Daunt has welcomed changes to business rates revealed in last weekâs Budget.
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Chart of the WeekCharts of the Week: How business rates will change for different parts of the sector
The government confirmed major changes to business rates coming into force next year. Here is what was announced and how rateable values will change
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AnalysisWhatâs in the Budget for retail and how has the sector reacted?
Everything unveiled by chancellor Rachel Reeves in todayâs [November 26] Budget, and how the retail sector has reacted to it
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NewsGovernment confirms business rates surtax on larger commercial properties
The chancellor has confirmed the government will push ahead with introducing a surcharge on retail property rates above ÂŁ500,000.
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AnalysisBudget 2025: Business rates, rateable values and online taxes
With less than a month to go until the next Budget, on November 26, Retail Week will be running analysis all this week, looking at the governmentâs latest proposals and what theyâll mean â for retailers and consumers.
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NewsRetail bodies say over 100,000 jobs at risk if chancellor hikes business rates
Over 100,000 jobs could be at risk if chancellor Rachel Reeves imposes higher business rates, the British Retail Consortium and UK Hospitality have said.
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NewsGrocery giants make rates plea to chancellor in bid to tame inflation
Leading grocers have written to chancellor Rachel Reeves, setting out the case for excluding shops from the planned business rates surtax.
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NewsM&S boss urges chancellor to back business, not burden it, in Budget
Marks & Spencer chief executive Stuart Machin has called for business rates reform and no new taxes that affect consumers in the forthcoming Budget.
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NewsRetail sales growth slows as Budget uncertainty and weather delay spending
The rate of retail sales growth moderated in September as factors such as a looming Budget and warm weather affected trading conditions.
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NewsIceland boss says private equity firms causing âdeath of the high streetâ
Iceland boss Richard Walker has said private equity ownership in the UK has caused more damage to retail than any other entity.
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NewsCo-op warns 150,000 jobs at risk without business rates reform
Co-op has called on the government to do more in the Budget to protect small shops, warning a failure to do so could cost 150,000 jobs.
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OpinionâThe Labour Party Conference offered moments of political clarity and economic ambiguityâ
The Labour conference in Liverpool shows that some of retailâs demands are breaking through to government, writes Helen Dickinson. But it also reveals that Labourâs priorities lie in fighting off the rise of Reform, not focusing on business
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OpinionWhat the 2026 business rates revaluation means for major chains
Forthcoming changes represent a structural shift for big retailers, and they need to be prepared, observes Ryanâs tax services specialist Alex Probyn
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NewsBusiness rates rise brings closure risk for 400 stores
Supermarkets and department stores are among shops threatened with âa wave of closuresâ if businsess rates changes go ahead.
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NewsGovernment hints at âfundamental changeâ for business rates
The government has said it considers there to be a case for âfundamental change from a âslabâ to a âsliceâ systemâ of business rates, in an interim report published today.
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OpinionâNew business secretaryâs Body Shop background may be good news for retailâ
As the next Budget looms, retailers need all the friends they can get in government, but last weekâs reshuffle means they need to build new relationships, observes George MacDonald
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NewsâLevel playing fieldâ business rates plan risks backfiring
Big retailers face paying far more in business rates than their pureplay counterparts as measures designed to ensure the latter shoulder more of the burden look likely to flop.
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NewsSupermarkets at risk of closing as a result of business rates rise
More than 100 supermarkets run by big grocers could shut because of government plans to increase business rates, piling futher costs on the industry.