Retail footfall reaches 2015 peak
16/06/2015
Retail footfall reached its highest level of 2015 so far during May as Britain’s high streets continued to “build momentum”. The month brought the busiest shopping weekend of the year, according to Ipsos data released today, as consumers flocked to stores during the late spring bank holiday. Footfall levels beat the previous peak, which was ....
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April 2015 Budget – how it affects your business rates
18/03/2015
Business Rates – Budget 2015 Pilot Scheme Introduced Within the budget today The Chancellor has announced that in a pilot scheme Greater Manchester council and Cambridge can now keep 100% of additional business rates collected above existing forecasts. The Chancellor also encouraged other councils wanting to take part to come forward. This is what the ....
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Business Rates News Thursday 19th February 2015
19/02/2015
Labour Leader Ed Miliband vows to cut business rates The Labour leader used a visit to the Jaguar Land Rover engine plant in Wolverhampton to outline a plan for the economy, promising an apprenticeship for every school leaver who gets good grades and a cut in business rates. Mr Miliband said the plan would not ....
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Business Rates News 17th February 2015
17/02/2015
Miliband plans boost for small businesses Ed Miliband will on Monday commit his party to helping Britain’s small businesses as he outlines an industrial strategy linking “bigger profits” in the economy with the individual prosperity of entrepreneurs. In a speech to executives at Jaguar Land Rover in Birmingham, the Labour leader will attempt to show ....
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Business Rates News Thursday 12 February 2015
12/02/2015
Western Isle Council Plans to write off £353,000 of bad debt. The money is owed to the council by residents and businesses for unpaid council tax, business rates, housing benefit overpayments and unpaid invoices. Debts worth around £311,000 have already been cancelled and a further £42,000 worth of small debts are expected to be written ....
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Business Rates News – Tuesday 10th February 2015
10/02/2015
Small business rate exemptions are extended to 2015-16 in Wales The small business rate relief scheme is being extended for another year, Economy Minister Edwina Hart has said. It means business rates do not have to be paid on properties with a rateable value of £6,000 or less. Lower levels of relief are available to ....
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Using a business rates company – what are your options?
15/01/2015
Why use a business rates company? Business rates are currently a sore topic for many businesses both small and large. Many companies in the lower end of the sector are fighting for their lives, just to stay afloat while larger companies are disgruntled at the fact that they are going to be looking at large ....
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Business Rates News – Thursday January 15th 2015
15/01/2015
Calls for business rates relief on nurseries Local authorities will be given a financial incentive to encourage them to offer business rate relief to nurseries. The National Day Nurseries Association has highlighted the burden these rates place on nurseries and has campaigned for them to be exempt and given 100% relief from rates. In response ....
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Business Rates News Wednesday January 14th 2015
14/01/2015
£35m Business rate relief pledge by Welsh Government Finance Minister Jane Hutt said helping small businesses “continues to be important” with increases in bills to be capped again at 2%. The Federation of Small Businesses Wales welcomed the news. However a spokesman called for “much wider reform” to help firms when control of non-domestic rates ....
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Business Rates News Monday 12 January 2015
12/01/2015
Sturgeon opens new era for Scotland salvo aimed at shooting estates. Scotland’s new first minister has taken aim at big landowners, calling for the power to intervene if they stand in the way of substantial development and revealing plans to impose business rates on shooting estates. Nicola Sturgeon’s promise of radical land reform highlights the ....
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