ECONOMIC GROWTH
Labour calls for council powers to intervene in high streets
By Martin Ford | 25 February 2021
Proposals for councils to take over empty shops and a ‘wholesale reform’ of business rates have b...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Councils walk away from business rates pools amid income fears
By Dan Peters | 17 February 2021
Four business rates pools have walked away from the opportunity amid major uncertainty about the ...
FINANCE
Business leader calls for appeals talks to restart
By Heather Jameson | 16 February 2021
Halting discussions on business rates appeals between the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) and ratep...
BUSINESS RATES
NI councils handed powers to vary taxes
By Heather Jameson | 15 February 2021
New legislation at Stormont will allow councils in Northern Ireland to vary the rate of council t...
FINANCE
'Amazon tax' will make matters worse, says MP
11 February 2021
Adding an online sales tax to a broken business rates system will only make matters worse, a Cons...
FINANCE
Finance chiefs' rates warning
By Heather Jameson | 10 February 2021
Potential cuts to the rateable values of business properties in light of COVID could have a ‘cata...
BUSINESS RATES
Local government settlement shows Government is not in listening mode
By Ian Miller | 09 February 2021
It is clear from the final local government settlement that the Government did not pay attention ...
BUSINESS RATES
Fixing the fiscal flaws
By Heather Jameson | 09 February 2021
Last week saw the Treasury put a pause on business rates billing until after the Budget. But the ...
BUSINESS RATES
There is no better time to sort out funding
By Heather Jameson | 09 February 2021
Heather Jameson says it will take a wholesale rethink of local government funding – and a social ...
FINANCE
Treasury asks for business rates pause
By Martin Ford | 03 February 2021
The Treasury has asked councils to delay sending out business rates bills until after the Budget,...
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