Trade: Business Rates

Chancellor Philip Hammond has confirmed plans to give smaller retailers a 33% cut to business rates and introduced a new digital services tax for companies with at least £500m in ...

An award-winning jeweller has been forced to close his Southport store due to high business rates. Peter Jackson MBE, owner of Peter Jackson the Jewellers, decided to shut his store ...

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has called George Osborne's Budget, announced today, a "strong and stable Budget for business facing global stormy waters".  CBI director general, Carolyn Fairbairn, said: “The Chancellor has ...

Business rates relief for small businesses will "more than double" during the next budget period. The Chancellor, George Osborne, announced that he was raising the threshold to £15,000 for the lower ...

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has welcomed the extension of the business rates review announced in Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement today.  A major overhaul of the business rates system ...

Local councils are set to get control of business rates following a major overhaul of the system announced by George Osborne today. Speaking at the Conservative Party conference, Osborne announced ...

More than 110,000 firms in England and Wales are likely to miss 31 March deadline for appeals over business rates, and at least £221 million in potential relief will lie unclaimed. ...

Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has said in his Autumn Statement that business rates will undergo a full “structural review” alongside the extension of the 2% cap on business ...

According to reports from BBC News the Chancellor, George Osborne, is expected to reveal an overhaul of business rates to help high street retailers compete with internet retailers in his ...

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has published a submission to the Treasury ahead of the Autumn Statement on December 3, highlighting the need for a fundamental reform of the business ...