All Business rates articles – Page 8
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Features and analysisC-Store Champions: Prepared for anything
Our C-Store Champions are readying themselves for whatever 2019 may throw at them with plans to improve ranges and control costs
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NewsSmall business fears amid potential no-deal Brexit
Confidence among small businesses has plummeted as the prospect of a no-deal Brexit becomes “real and imminent”, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).
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Dear Jac
Who do you pay your business rates to? I expect you know
And you would certainly expect a ‘professional’ to know the answer…
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NewsCash payments fall 29% over the last 10 years, says report
Cash payments have dropped from 63% of all payments to 34% over the last 10 years, but approximately eight million people (17%) say cash is an economic necessity, according to a new report suggesting the UK is not ready to go cashless.
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Features and analysisC-Store Champions: Rolling with the punches
Our C-Store Champions have seen their share of challenges in 2018, but their tenacity and ability to adapt have kept them on track.
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NewsScottish government caps rise in business rates
The Scottish government has capped a rise in business rates at a below-inflation level of 2.1%.
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Features and analysisFuture in your hands
The future political landscape may appear beyond everyone’s control, but c-stores can play a part in defining their fortunes over the coming year and capitalise on demand for convenience. Industry commentators and retailers forecast what’s in store for 2019.
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NewsATM ram-raids rising by 22% each year, report reveals
The frequency of ATM ram-raids has increased by an average of 22% each year since 2014, according to a new report from Cardtronics UK.
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NewsGovernment publishes details of rate relief announced in Budget
The government has published details of how business rates discounts announced in October’s Budget will be allocated.
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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.