All Business rates articles – Page 4
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NewsShop prices fall by 0.6% in September, data reveals
Shop prices fell at the highest rate of decline since May 2018 in September, as food inflation eased to 1.1%, according to new data.
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Features and analysisPolitical gains
Establishing a relationship with your MP can help you influence local and national policy – and even force global corporations to make changes. Retailers and MPs share their experiences.
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NewsFSB calls for financial support for small businesses in no-deal Brexit
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has called on the government to introduce wide-reaching measures in an early Budget to boost small business cash flow in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
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NewsGovernment urged to introduce minimum service access to cash guarantee
Consumer organisation Which? is calling on the government to introduce a minimum service guarantee that cash will be accessible and accepted as payment for essential goods and services.
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NewsNorthern Ireland launches public consultation on business rates
Northern Ireland’s Department of Finance has launched a public consultation in an attempt to make the country’s business rates system “effective and fair”.
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NewsConvenience stores remain resilient in face of new challenges, report finds
The UK convenience sector remains resilient and vital for local shoppers despite numerous growing challenges, the 2019 edition of the ACS Local Shop Report, launched today, has concluded.
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NewsHigh street footfall falls by 1.9% amid ‘increasing consumer caution’
High street footfall declined by 1.9% year-on-year in the four weeks to 24 August 2019, following a 2% decline in August last year, according to new data.
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NewsLink urged to scrap fee cut and secure Scottish access to cash
Link must cancel the next planned cut in interchange fees for cash machine operators, in a bid to secure long-term access to cash, the Scottish Affairs Committee’s new report on Access to Financial Services says.
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NewsTrade bodies urge MPs to publish business rates inquiry
The Association of Convenience Stores has joined leading business organisations in calling for MPs on the Treasury Select Committee to publish the final report of their business rates inquiry before the Autumn Budget.
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NewsConvenience retailers demand government business rates reform
The chief executives of Costcutter, Spar and the Co-op Group have joined forces with grocery multiples to demand the government reform the “broken business rates system.”
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NewsWorst July for UK retail sales on record, BRC-KPMG data reveals
Total UK retail sales increased by 0.3% last month, marking the lowest rate for the month of July since records began in 1995, according to new data.
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NewsSpecialist food shops top list of most-wanted local services, ACS reveals
UK consumers have identified specialist food shops and banks as the most-wanted services in their local area, highlighting opportunities for convenience stores to meet such demand, according to new research by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS).
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NewsACS calls for retail policy changes in letter to Boris Johnson
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has called on new Prime Minister Boris Johnson to take immediate action to support the convenience sector.
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NewsHigh street footfall declines -4.5% in June, data reveals
High street footfall declined by -4.5% year on year in the five weeks to 29 June 2019, in contrast to a 0.1% increase in June last year, according to new data.
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NewsTory leadership candidates outline high street policies
The two remaining Conservative leadership candidates, Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, have put the spotlight on high street policy, with business rates at the forefront.
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NewsMinisters confirm more frequent business rates revaluations
Business rate revaluations will increase to every three years from the current five years, with the next revaluation brought forward a year to 2021, under new legislation introduced this week.
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NewsUK footfall drops to six-year low, new figures reveal
The UK has experienced the worst footfall figures in six years last month, with high street footfall falling by -4.8% in the four weeks to 25 May 2018, according to new data.
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NewsWelsh Assembly Members call for business rates reform
A cross-party group of Welsh Assembly Members have called on the government to focus on reforming the business rates system to encourage retailers to invest in their businesses.
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NewsGovernment to challenge ruling to scrap external ATM rates bills
The government has received Supreme Court approval to appeal a £300m court ruling that retailers should no longer have to pay additional business rates for cash machines outside their stores.
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NewsConsumers should be charged 1p self-checkout tax, say MPs
Consumers should be charged a 1p tax to use self-checkout machines in stores in order to help reduce generational divisions, a group of MPs has said.