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All Business rates articles – Page 6
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NewsScottish government urged to scrap new rates levy
Leading business organisations are calling on Scottish finance secretary, Derek Mackay MSP, to scrap a proposed new business rates levy on out-of-town premises.
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Features and analysisFine margins
Operating costs are increasing at an unrelenting pace, leaving retailers with little choice but to boost margins just to stand still. Here C-Store looks at how store owners and their symbol groups are working together to maximise the potential return from every shopping visit.
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NewsRates no longer apply to external ATMs following court ruling
Retailers will no longer have to pay business rates for ATMs outside their shops, following a court ruling.
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Dear Jac
The licence fee goes up. Why? Because you're in a new tax band
So it’s a double whammy. The score is council one: you, zero…
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NewsBudget: C-stores welcome rates cut for '90% of independent shops'
News that the government will take significant steps to ease the business rates burden on small shops has been broadly cheered by the convenience store industry.
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Dear Jac
Watch out for statutory demands - they need a reply
If you don’t respond they could bankrupt you…
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NewsReform business rates to trigger investment, MPs told
Business rates must be reformed if retailers are to invest in their businesses and help UK highstreets to flourish, an influential committee of MPs has been told.
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NewsBRC steps up calls for business rates reform
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has stepped up its call for the government to reform business rates after new official data highlighted the decline in total shop numbers across the UK.
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Features and analysisHey big spender
As Tesco rolls out its latest bargain basement format, Jack’s, there are other retailers who are setting their sights on a more upmarket future.
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NewsC-store retailers back parties' focus on high streets
Retailers have broadly welcomed the two main political parties’ new strategies for saving the high street, with action on ATMs, business rates and a digital services tax among the proposals capturing imaginations.
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NewsLabour vows to ban ATM charges and save high streets
Labour has pledged to ban ATM charges under a five-point plan to save the UK’s high streets.
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NewsFSB sets out small business survival plan for England
Policymakers are being urged to take note of a new five-point “lifeline” plan to help keep England’s small business sector afloat.
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NewsScottish government presses ahead with business rates reform
The Scottish Government has announced plans to introduce a new Bill on business rates that will see more regular valuations and improved standards of information.
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BlogRating the options
If the government wants to torch the business rates system, that’s fine by us, but many of the things that would make the system fairer and more effective don’t need a whole new system.
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NewsLib Dems call for changes to business rates system
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable MP has called for reform to the business rates system in the UK, a move welcomed by The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS).
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NewsOvernight trade drives growth in foodservice market
The number of times people in Britain visited food or beverage outlets between midnight and 7am rose to 257 million for the year ending May 2018, according to new figures from global information company The NPD Group.
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BlogFee to use?
Link must continue to be held to account over the effects of interchange fee cuts, James argues.
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NewsChancellor rejects calls for business rates reform
The UK government has resisted pressure from retailers and industry bodies to reform business rates, with the chancellor responding to calls from a group of influential MPs.
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NewsBRC calls for two-year freeze on business rates rises
The British Retail Consortium had called for a two-year freeze on the business rates increases, describing the current system as “unsustainable”.
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NewsFresh food price inflation slows as overall deflation eases
Fresh food price inflation slowed marginally to 0.9% in June, with overall shop price deflation easing by 0.6% when compared to figures in May, according to the latest BRC-Nielsen shop price index.