Business rates news
Traders unite in snack battle
Source: The Weston Mercury
AN EVANGELICAL preacher, café owners and the town council are united in their concern about a snack stand due to open in Weston High Street.
Pastime Pantry has been given a licence to trade outside the former Woolworths store and could take trade away from existing businesses.
Snack bar owners say it is not [...]
Cockell slams Darling over ‘damaging’ rate increases
Revaluation of business rates by the Government in the capital is ‘short-sighted’ and ‘hugely damaging’, London Councils has warned.
Source: James Evison LocalGov.co.uk
The comments follow details of the business rate revaluation, published by the CLG.
In March, a damning letter was written to the chancellor, Alistair Darling, by London Councils’ chairman, Cllr Merrick Cockell, in which he [...]
Shop keepers in uproar after pub calls time on free parking
Source: Messenger.com
OWNERS of an Ashton-on-Mersey car park where shoppers have been parking for free since 1967 have come under fire after it was closed to the public without warning.Trafford Council had previously paid a peppercorn rent to brewery Mitchell & Butler on the understanding shoppers could use the car park of the Buck Pub [...]
Companies face business rates rise of up to 25%
Source: The Times – Catherine Boyle
Companies are facing rises of up to 25 per cent in business rates after a revaluation of commercial properties rewarded small businesses at the expense of large retailers. Supermarkets are likely to face an average 12 per cent rise in business rate bills, said the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
Businesses in [...]
Firms Hit By Tax Hike On Office Space
ECONOMY- By ASHLEY ARMSTRONG
CITY firms are bracing themselves for a crippling increase in business rates after new valuations for their premises were released yesterday.
The tax hikes led to fury after it emerged that the majority of businesses will see increases of between 25 and 40 per cent.From April next year, the new business rates will [...]