business rates
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Briefing: Rates winners and losers
Estates Gazette takes a look at some of the changes in business rates valuations finally set to come into force after a seven year wait
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BT badly hit as businesses learn their new business rates
BT has condemned the rates rise after seeing its bill soar by 387% from £165m to £743m. Sky has seen its bills rise 15%
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London shaken by rates rise blow with £7.5bn hit
London has borne the brunt of the long-awaited rates revaluation, but many other businesses across the country expecting their tax bills to drop may have to wait years for the…
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Large properties ‘exposed to massive pain’ by new business rates
Mark Rigby of CVS said: “We have never seen transitional arrangements that effectively expose larger properties to such large business rate increases. They are going to feel massive pain.”
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Autumn Statement falls short on business rates
Governmental inertia on business rates reform has once again reared its head – but, honestly, is anyone surprised any more?
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Business rates – an ongoing fiasco
The furore around business rates in the UK has dragged on long enough – and it isn’t going to be resolved any time soon.
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Business rates reform essential to retail future
Edward Cooke, director of policy and public affairs at BCSC, writes on the government’s decision to cap business rates in last week’s autumn statement