All Business rates articles
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Features and analysis£100 fines for those who miss next week’s deadline for self-assessment returns
3.4m self-assessment returns are still to be filed, government reveals
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Features and analysisScottish government urged to rethink 40% rate relief exclusion for retailers
Independent retailers urge Scottish government to rethink plans to exclude them from rate relief support
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Features and analysisACS welcomes Bill to reduce business rates multiplier for retailers
The Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill passed its Third Reading in parliament on yesterday evening
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Features and analysisIncreased NI costs will lead to higher prices in stores, BRC warns
A survey of chief financial officers at 52 retailers has revealed significant concern about trading conditions for 2025
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Features and analysisImprovements for business rates valuations announced following consultation
The government’s Valuation Office Agency unveils details about improvements to information it discloses on business rates valuations
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Features and analysisACS gives evidence to Rates Bill committee on benefit of separate rates for retailers
The ACS today gives evidence to MPs about a bill which would give retailers more relief on business rates
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Features and analysisAnother damaging blow for Scottish retail as rates relief is passed over again
The SGF has urged the Scottish Government to extend the business rates support to cover retail as well
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Features and analysisSGF says Scottish government has an opportunity to boost growth through small retail with budget
The SGF calls on ministers to deliver a growth budget for small business and retail by passing on additional reliefs on business rates
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Features and analysisStores hit by Storm Bert could be eligible for business rate relief
Businesses damaged by the storms or flooded may be entitled to relief from business rates.
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Features and analysisThree in five Brits expect food prices to rise because of family farm tax
Research commissioned by the Liberal Democrats reveals almost 60% of Brits expect food prices to rise budget’s family farm tax
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Features and analysisBudget hikes could cost retail industry £7bn, letter to Chancellor warns
Over 80 retail industry bosses including Spar UK, Tesco and The Southern Co-operative have written to Chancellor Rachel Reeves over the recent Budget hikes
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Features and analysisAlliance shares vision for Northern Ireland’s high streets
A speech is due from the party today putting the high street at the centre of attention
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Features and analysisBudget 2024: Key headlines for retailers
Rachel Reeves has delivered her first Budget, and the first Labour Budget since 2010
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Dear JacCheck what you’re signing when it comes to business rates
Jac Roper hears from a retailer who learned a tough lesson in contracts
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Features and analysisACS warns of £634m impact on convenience stores ahead of Budget
Ahead of the Budget on Wednesday, the ACS has modelled the potential impact on the sector
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Features and analysisExclusive poll reveals priorities of convenience retailers ahead of budget
A poll was conducted by Convenience Store in advance of Wednesday’s budget
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Features and analysisGovernment debates fortunes of the high street
House of Lords Built Environment Committee heard evidence from Baroness Taylor of Stevenage as well as Alex Norris MP
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Features and analysisFDF responds cautiously to food and drink inflation figures
The Food & Drink Federation has reacted to latest Office for National Statistics figures concerning food and drink inflation
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Features and analysisRetail industry pays more tax than other sectors, research finds
New research unveiled today by the BRC shows the retail industry is overtaxed compared to other sectors of the economy
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Features and analysisBritish Retail Consortium warns Chancellor of Exchequer of 17,000 potential store closures
British Retail Consortium chief executive Helen Dickinson has written to Rachel Reeves about the issue