All Business rates articles – Page 15
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NewsLondon alliance calls for business rates reform
A group of more than 40 organisations have joined forces with the Mayor of London to lobby for business rates reform.
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OpinionOpinion: How business rates reform is a blow for retail
I always get a feeling of déjà vu when I start to write something about business rates, and this occasion is no exception.
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NewsBig four grocers to get £173m business rates reduction on larger stores
The big four grocers will receive a £173m tax reduction on their larger stores over the next five years following the business rates revaluation.
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CartoonBlower’s retail cartoon: London retailers hit by business rates revaluation
Cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on the revaluation of business rates causing significant increases in costs for retailers in the capital.
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NewsLondon retailers dismayed as business rates revaluation sends costs soaring
Retailers in central London face “a hammering” financially as a result of the revaluation of business rates revealed on Friday.
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NewsWest End retailers hit out at 'catastrophic' business rates plan
Retailers in London’s West End reject Goverment offer of relief on this week’s changes to business rates as “extremely disappointing”.
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NewsTourists boost post-Brexit London but business rates are cause for concern
Tourists have boosted West End tax-free sales by 44% in August, but retailers in the district are set to be dented by business rates.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: The Hut Group, business rates and footfall
Retail news round-up: The Hut Group’s takeover of US firm, August footfall up due to tourist influx, and John Lewis’s pension hole problem
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NewsBritain’s top retail groups call for urgent cut in business rates
Britain’s leading retail industry groups have written to chancellor George Osborne, lobbying for a reduction in business rates.
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NewsBusiness rates revaluation delay cost BHS £75m over five years
BHS incurred annual costs of £15m over five years owing to the delay in business rates revaluation, according to Colliers International.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Business rates changes are "important" - Lucy Neville-Rolfe
Government minister Lucy Neville-Rolfe has argued the move on business rates is an “important change” but acknowledged industry disappointment.
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NewsBudget 2016: Reaction to the Government's plans on business rates
Chancellor George Osborne finally revealed details of the Government’s long-awaited review of business rates in today’s Budget.
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OpinionOpinion: Slight shift in business rates reform makes for 'lopsided' Budget
Before he had even posed for the photo outside Number 11, large elements of what Chancellor George Osborne would say were already clear.
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NewsBudget 2016: Osborne reveals plan to help retailers on business rates
Chancellor George Osborne has revealed business rates will be based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) instead of the higher Retail Price Index.
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VideoRetail Week Live: Matt Davies on Tesco's future and business rates
Watch Tesco’s UK and Ireland boss, Matt Davies, discuss the grocer’s future and his hopes for the Budget in the Retail Week Live TV Studio.
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NewsRetailers await George Osborne to reveal business rates review in Budget
Retailers are today expected to discover the result of the Government’s long-awaited review of business rates.
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NewsChancellor urged to scrap link between business rates and RPI
Businesses are urging the Chancellor to reform business rates and stop basing the tax on the Retail Prices Index measure of inflation.
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OpinionOpinion: Why the Budget needs to bring action on business rates
George Osborne must deliver a better business rate deal, not just for the survival of bricks-and-mortar retail but for the sake of communities
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NewsEx-Sainsbury's boss Justin King slams 'unfair' business rates bills
Former Sainsbury’s boss Justin King has labelled business rates as a bigger problem for British retailers than the corporation tax scandal.
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OpinionOpinion: 2016 will be a momentous year for retail as policy challenges loom
While the industry can do much to help itself, a lot rides on easing some of the policy burdens imposed on it by Government.