Budget: Business rates holiday extended and new recovery grants revealed

Rishi Sunak Budget March 2021

Source: Number 10

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has extended the business rates holiday for a further three months and will offer non-essential retailers new recovery grants of up to £6,000 per store.

In the Budget today, Sunak unveiled further tax cuts and relief programmes for retailers and other high street businesses forced to close due to the pandemic.

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