business rates
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Business rates will rise by £1.56bn, warns Colliers
April’s rates rise will be pegged to September’s inflation of around 6%
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Extend empty buildings rates relief, BPF tells chancellor
Only a handful of properties are relet within three months
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MPs call for ban on ‘box shifting’ business rates loophole
The loophole leads to around £250m of avoidance each year
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Reform ‘disastrous’ business rates, says Frasers boss
Michael Murray says rates are like “paying rent twice”
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Retailers call for business rates freeze
44 big retailers have written to the chancellor calling for the multiplier to be scrapped
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Empty rates clampdown is ‘cuckoo’
Civil servants working on the consultation “don’t live in the real world”, says Colliers’ John Webber
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High street vacancies at ‘critical levels’, says BRC
Government plans may leave high streets “gap toothed” and “unviable” as vacancy hits 13.9%
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Government is attacking empty property rates relief, says surveyor
A rating surveyor has slammed the latest consultation on business rates avoidance and evasion
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Charity begins at the gym
Louise Clark offers her analysis of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on charitable rate relief
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A declining grade on business rates
The government is failing to keep its promises to reduce the rating burden on businesses
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Change ‘pernicious’ business rates, FSB tells Hunt
The chancellor is under pressure to make changes in the 15 March Budget
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A tale of two Westfields: how the rates revaluation will impact retail hotspots
Exclusive data shows the winners and losers of this year’s rates shake-up