All Business rates articles – Page 19
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on business rates, Boots and HMV
Retail news round-up October 29, 2013: Business rates revaluation postponement hits smaller retailers hardest; Boots establishes Smokers Anonymous clinics at over 500 stores and HMV revamps online presence with new site launch
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OpinionComment: Retail needs a better deal on rates
When we set out to publish an alternative review of the high street we all had one thing in mind. We wanted to start a conversation about change and kick-start a different debate about the future of the high street.
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NewsBRC takes business rates fight up a gear as it hires adviser
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has appointed Ernst &Young to step up its bid to reform the business rates system.
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NewsBoxpark founder takes pop-up business rates plea to Westminster next week
Boxpark founder Roger Wade is set to speak to government next week to encourage it to waive business rates for pop-ups.
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OpinionComment: Government needs to look again at business rates data
Yesterday the new High Street’s Minister, Brandon Lewis, came to the despatch box for Opposition Day in the House of Commons to debate, at Labour’s request, zero hour contracts, high streets and changes to use orders.
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OpinionComment: Today’s RPI increase demonstrates the need for business rates reform
In retail, we all know that you don’t get many opportunities to predict the future accurately. There just aren’t many times when you have access to a reliable crystal ball.
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NewsRetailers to face extra £242m in rates next year as RPI hits 3.2%
Retailers will face an extra £242m in business rates next year as the ONS revealed September’s RPI rate of inflation hit 3.2%.
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NewsUK town centres "absolutely" a Government priority, insists new high street minister
The new minister for the high street Brandon Lewis has insisted that UK high streets are “absolutely a priority” for the Government.
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NewsFears Government shunning high street as junior minister appointed
Junior minister Brandon Lewis has been given responsibility for the high street after Mark Prisk’s sacking, prompting fears the Government is not taking town centre regeneration seriously.
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OpinionComment: Winning the battle of the high street needs engagement from Westminster
It was perhaps appropriate that Bill Grimsey chose the Churchill Dining Room in the House of Commons to officially launch his review of the high street.
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OpinionComment: Appeals backlog should trigger transparency at the Valuation Office Agency
The Government must make the setting of business rates more open and transparent in order to cut the number of unnecessary appeals and reduce the cost of the Valuation Office Agency.
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NewsCBI calls for business rates holiday to address shop vacancies
Retailers that return empty shops to use should be exempt from paying business rates for a year to regenerate the high street, the CBI has recommended.
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NewsNorthern retailers paying twice as much as they should in business rates
Retailers in some northern towns are paying twice as much in business rates as they should, according to a new study.
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OpinionComment: Time to recognise big retail’s role in economic recovery
Ed Miliband’s ideas to tackle the burden of business rates on small businesses should be welcomed and will help stimulate the more detailed debate that’s needed if a solution to this punitive cost on retail is to be found.
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OpinionComment: Change on the high street is inevitable, while tax is a constant
A former Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli, was known for saying, “Change is inevitable. Change is constant”.
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NewsEd Miliband plans business rates freeze for small firms
Labour leader Ed Miliband is to unveil plans to freeze business rates for small firms. However, his proposals have been been criticised as “tinkering at the edges”.
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OpinionComment: Are high street reviews needed when customers have the last word?
Comrades, today I am announcing the launch of the long-awaited Zuppinger Inquiry and Review into why it takes so many inquiries and reviews into retail to come up with a panacea for high street woes.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Sainsbury's and business rates
Retail news round-up September 24, 2013: Sainsbury’s hires Conversocial to bolster its social media strategy; Ed Miliband pledges business rates freeze for small firms
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NewsLink between rents and rates irrevocably broken
The link between business rates and rents is likely to have been permanently severed, showing how out of touch the ratings regime has become.
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OpinionComment: Malcolm Walker's recipe for high street success
Ten days ago we opened Iceland’s 800th store in the UK - our greatest number ever, and the vast majority are on the high street.